Meetings to Resume

We  have received approval from the Brown County Health department to resume meetings as long as we follow CDC guidelines which include wearing a mask, social distancing etc.   We will be in the Rhonemus Hall building which is west of the main show ring on the south end of the administration building at the Brown County Fairgrounds in Georgetown starting 8/11/20. We will have it reserved the 2nd Tuesday each month moving forward.

Happy Pollinator Week!

Penn State will be offering a Pollinator Webinar Series, Wednesdays at 3 pm,  Registration required, but the webinars are free and open to all.  To find out more information and register, please go to this website: 

https://lopezuribelab.com/2020/05/23/pollinator-webinar-series-summer-2020/

Topics and dates are below!  Hope to ‘see’ you there!

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June 24th – Bee nutritional ecology: from flowers to landscapes

July 1st – Mason bee management for backyard and orchard pollination

July 8th – Bumble bee biology and management for pollination

July 15th – Bee Biodiversity in Pennsylvania

July 22nd – Gardening for pollinators

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Christina M. Grozinger
Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Director, Center for Pollinator Research

Scholar-in-Residence, Sustainability Institute
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
W-209 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802
Email: cmgrozinger@psu.edu
Webpage: http://grozingerlab.com/; https://www.facebook.com/thegrozingerlab
Center for Pollinator Research: http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators

Live Webinar Training Available

Live Webinar Training Directions

Click on the link above for a PDF of the instructions

All of the webinars will be recorded and posted on OSBA’s “NEW” YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOFVaRx00YMUvbVtTR2RxsQ Be sure to “Subscribe” and click the bell to be alerted when we upload any new videos. Click on the speaker/presentation to be taken directly to the recording.

Apr 12 – Jamie Walters – Spring Management w/ Installation of Nucs & Packages 

Apr 26 – Dave Noble – Queen Selection & Spring Splits

May 10 – Dwight Wells – Honeybee Nutrition

May 24 – Barb Bloetscher – ODA, Alcohol Wash, & County Inspection Program

June 14 – Peggy Garnes – Overwintered Queens

June 28 – Kim Flottum – Let Your Bees Pay Their Way

Please give us feedback on what you might want to see in future presentations. You can come this far…take a 2-minute survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WTDLB9J  This helps us know what you’re interested in. Thank you…

 

You’re still not sure you can do this?

Guess what, we have practice sessions between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm EST before each presentation. Since you will receive the email link 2 hours before the presentation, your welcome to click the link and practice. This allows you to come into the event and learn how to work your microphone, camera, and software settings.

Please remember not to share this link, as each spot is reserved. We do not want anyone interrupting or highjacking the presentation. The host will also be online to answer any technical questions. Ask the host/engineer – Jamie Walters with any technical issues or just say “HI”. It’s easier than you think…

Meeting 3/10 open discussion and social starts at 6pm

Brown County Master Gardeners present PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2020 7:00 P.M.—8:-00 P.M. The focus of this program will be on how to establish larger scale pollinator projects. Topics to be covered: • Site preparation • Choosing seed mixes • Treating noxious weeds • Long term maintenance of pollinator and prairie plots • Resources and funding landowners can utilize.

Programs covered will be: Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP) Presenter Emily Archibald is a Private Lands Biologist with the Wildlife Division of The Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Beginner Basics 7pm Feb. 20th

Join Chris Dresel and Gary Keuffer at the Southern Hills Career and Technical Center, 9193 Hamer Rd in Georgetown at 7pm for BASICS FOR BEGINNERS. This will be an information session on the first steps to becoming a beekeeper, covering what you need and where it may be obtained. Handout materials will be available.

First Meeting 2/11 @ 7pm Featuring Alex Zomchek

The guest speaker Tuesday, February 11, 2020 will be Alex Zomchek from Miami University. Alex  Zomchek is a honey bee researcher at Miami University’s Ecology Research Center located in Oxford, OH (the birthplace of Langstroth’s modern, movable frame beehive). As a lifelong beekeeper, areas of interest in his teaching and research include:  Instrumental Insemination, Cryogenics/Banking, Winter Colony Storage and Spring Stimulation, Bee Biology and Behavior, Colony Management, Feeding and Nutrition, Bee Gadgets and Hive Monitoring. Alex is a recipient of the North American Apicultural Society’s Divelbiss Award for outstanding apiculture contributions.

The topic will be  Successful Overwintering.

Meetings are Open to the Public, membership is never required to attend.

The meeting will be held at 7pm in the Community Room of Western Brown High School, 476 West Main Street, Mt. Orab, Ohio, 45154.

11th Annual NE Kentucky Bee School

11th Annual Northeastern Kentucky Beekeeping School
February 29, 2020

Maysville Community and Technical College
1755 U.S. Highway 68, Maysville, KY 41056
www.maysville.kctcs.edu
Hosted by: Licking River Beekeepers Association
Visit them on Facebook for Class Schedule and Updated Information
Preregistration is requested but not required.  Email questions to
loribob10@hotmail.com or call Bob Fore at 606-247-5817. Pre-registration forms and payment must be received by 2/26/20.
Vendors will be present with Items for Sale or save shipping costs by pre-ordering and picking up on Campus