The Brown County Beekeepers will meet on May 8th at 7:00 p.m. at the Western Brown High School in Mt. Orab The May speaker will be Dr. Gene Kritsky. Dr. Kritsky is the Dean of Behavioral and Natural Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Biology at Mount St.…
The Brown County Beekeepers will meet on April 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the Western Brown High School. The April program will be presented by Emily Archibald. Emily is a Biologist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife. She will talk about plants, shrubs and trees that are beneficial to bees. …
Some of you may be interested in this pollen chart. It helps you to identify what your bees are foraging on. I am seeing a lot of light yellow maple pollen going into my hives right now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pollen_sources
On March 13, 2018, our guest speaker will be Dwight Wells. Dwight has several decades of beekeeping experience. He is an officer in his local bee club as well as a founding member of The Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Cooperative, which is currently collaborating with Purdue University in their queen…
Read the press release here: http://ohioagriculture.gov/public_docs/news/2018/03.01.18%20OSCR%20by%20Field%20Watch%20release.pdf
Our first monthly meeting is tomorrow, 2/13, at 7 PM!
Northeastern Kentucky Beekeeping School to be held Feb. 24, 2018
In the Sunday, February 4, 2018, edition of the Brown County Press, there is a classified ad seeking a bee inspector for Brown County. Those interested may submit an application with the Board of Brown County Commissioners, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Suite 101, Georgetown, Ohio 45121.
http://www.cvent.com/d/2tq3rv?lang=en&sms=7&cn=3zx-RXpNlEasm9gUn8BE1A If you are interested in going, sign up soon. It fills up very quickly!
Join us for an Introduction to Beekeeping at 11 a.m., January 13 at the Owensville Branch Library. Gary Keuffer, master gardener and coordinator of education for the Brown County Beekeepers Association will be on hand to teach us the basics. For more information or to RSVP, call the library at…
