Queen Rearing Workshop July 21st and 22nd
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Summer meeting Speakers June 12th, July 10th and August 14th
Our guest speaker June 12th will be Jim Coss. Jim is the owner of The Honey and Bee Connection a beekeeping supply business located in Morehead, Kentucky. Jim’s program will be, ‘‘The Seasonal Management of Your Hive-What A Good Hive Should Look Like During Each Seasonal Period”.
If you would like to contact Jim for any beekeeping supplies, he can be reached at 606-784-3108. The business website is www.thehoneyandbeeconnection.com.
The July 10th program will feature Christine Tailer discussing, ‘‘The Life Cycle of the Bee and Bee Behavior”.
The August 14th program will have as a guest speaker Tim Arheit. Tim is currently the Secretary of The Ohio State Beekeepers Association and his program will feature, ‘‘Sustainable Beekeeping Using Nucs”.
Summer Meeting Location June 12th 7PM
The Brown County Beekeepers will meet on June 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the District Office of Southern Hills Career & Technical Center. The Southern Hills Career & Technical Center is located at 9193 Hamer Road in Georgetown. Remember this is our meeting location for June, July & August.
Extracting demonstration
At the next meeting on May 8th a Honey extraction demonstration will be given. Join us for a step by step walk through of the process. Best practices and common mistakes will be discussed. We look forward to seeing you there.
Next Meeting May 8th
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. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His program will be on beekeeping in ancient Egypt, based on his book, “The Tears of Re”. He will discuss the relationship between the honey bee and ancient Egyptian culture.
Next Meeting April 10th
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. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Pollen Chart
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.
Next Meeting is March 13th 7PM at Western Brown High School in Mt Orab
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 bee breeding program.
Dwight is also active in varroa mite management, giving presentations in Ohio and throughout the midwest on this topic. He is a Regional Director with the Ohio State Beekeepers Association, and Vice President of the Buckeye Queen Producers.
Dwight’s program will be ‘‘Creating Nucs With Locally Adapted Honey Bees”. This program will cover how to properly create them; their importance in your bee yard, and how they may be maintained year round.
ODA Launches New Sensitive Crop Registry
Read the press release here:
http://ohioagriculture.gov/public_docs/news/2018/03.01.18%20OSCR%20by%20Field%20Watch%20release.pdf