History of Club Programs

2012

January    Beekeeping in the Amazon, Peru  (German Perilla)

Feb. refresher class  Winter into Spring Management (Karla Eisen)

March  Certified Naturally Grown Program for Beekeepers (Johnathan Duffy)

2011

January                                   Snowed out!

March 2011                            Erin Forbes, Overland Apiary, ME, Maine: A Comparison of Honey Bee Colony Strength and Survivability between Nucleus and Package Started Colonies & Backyard Queen Rearing.

May                                         Backyard Queen Rearing with Nicot/Jenter (Don Heishman0

July                                         Club Picnic

Sep.                                         Honey Tasting & SARE Results  (Karla Eisen)

Nov.                                        Queen of the Sun movie presentation

Feb. Int. Seminar                    Pat and Jim Haskell on The Nuts and Bolts of Nucs and Splits

April Int. Seminar                  Mike Palmer, French Hill Apiaries, VT.  The Sustainable Apiary

August Refresher Class          Fall Management, Karla E.

2010

January 2010                          Honey Tasting

March 2010                            Swarm Catching and Bee Extractions- Mike and Tina Kestner

May 2010                                Club Business, Committees, & Networking

Sept. 2010                               Planting for Bees- Louise Edsall

Nov. 2010                               Observation Hives with Dr. Frank Linton

Feb. Int Seminar                     Spring Management- Karla Eisen

April Int. Seminar                  Swarm Management- Bill Bundy (LBA)

May Int. Seminar                    Queen Rearing- Keith Fletcher

June Int. Seminar                    Honey Harvest and Extraction- Pat and Jim Haskell

June Int. Seminar                    Overwintered Nucs – Karla Eisen and John Strecker

2009

January 2009                          Pollen Nation movie

March 2009                            Spring Management – Keith Fletcher and Karla Eisen & Bee Club Committee Structure

May 2009                                Sister Bee Movie

July 2009                                Fall Management- Keith Fletcher

September 2009                      Keith Tignor- State Apiarist

November 2009                      Preparing for the Honey Show- Bob Wellemeyer- Regional Bee Inspector, Honey Judge & Owner of Windsong Apiaries

(SARE) April & May 2009    Making Nucs- Karla, John, and Keith

(SARE) May 2009                  Queen Rearing Class- Keith Tignor and Dr. Rick Fell (VT)

2008

January 2008                          Pot Luck dinner

March 2008                            Honey Hunting in Nepal

May 2008                                4 H 2BAB- Brenda Kiessling

September 2008                      Fall Management- John Strecker, Introducing SARE

November 2008                      Nucs – John Fraser & Rezoning

(SARE) June 2008                  Queen Rearing – Keith Tignor and Dr. Rick Fell

2007

January 2007                          Pot Luck Dinner

March  2007                           Club Business followed by Bee Class

May 2007                                Splits- Pat Haskell

September 2007                      Bob Wellemeyer- Regional Inspector

November 2007                      Nucs- Billy Davis

2006

November 2006                      Bee Removals with Tom Berry

May 2006                                Apitherapy basics with Tom Berry

Sept. 2006                               What is a Bee- Dewey Caron