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WORCESTER COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION, WCBA |
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EST. 1900 |
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The oldest county beekeeping organization in the United States |
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Date: Friday April 10, 2009 Time: 6:30pm Topic: Trials and Tribulations of New Beekeepers: Case Studies Place: Knights of Columbus Hall, Leicester, MA Speakers: Rebecca Knapp Keri Schray Kelly Charpentier Jack Nothardt James Blodgett Dr. Joerg Mayer I have chosen 6 new beekeepers to present their story on starting new with bees. They will discuss how they got into beekeeping, the problems they faced with their bees and how they tried to solve those problems, the joy they have got from their new hobby and give some parting advice to new beekeepers that will be starting at the end of this year's bee school. We will all be able to learn from this session which will open our eyes to the problems most faced by new beekeepers. It is especially important for all new beekeepers to attend. There are speaker bios in the Winter 2008 Apiary news page 9.
Saturday May 2, 2009 First Outdoor Meeting of the Season Date: Saturday May 2, 2009Time: 1pm Topic: Swarm prevention methods and Making effective splits. Hive openings and hands-on workshops for new keekeepers Place: Home of Norman Mercier, 99 Lovett Road Oxford, MA 01540 508-987-0947 Speaker: Ken Warchol and workshop leaders Ken will open several hives and demonstrate how to keep your hive at peak strength and yet keep it from swarming. There is a delicate balance between a booming hive and a swarming hive. Ken will demonstrate several methods of swarm detection and prevention in order to increase our honey yield. The second half of the program will be hands-on workshops for new beekeepers under the mentorship of experienced beekeepers. New beekeepers will have the opportunity to put their theoretical learning at the bee school into practice. Please bring veils and gloves as needed Directions: Take Route 395 south from Auburn or north from CT. Exit on 4A to Sutton Ave. Go left onto Lovett Road at the lights (Home Deport is on the right) Stay right at first intersection and left or straight at the second intersection. Norman's is the 2nd to last house on the left before the end of the road. Date: Saturday June 13, 2009 Time: 1pm Topic: Keeping your hive at peak strength during the summer season. Brief history of the shaker community in Harvard Place: Home of Marc Sevigney, 101 South Shaker Road, Harvard, MA Speaker: Ken Warchol and Marc Sevigney There are many ups and downs that a colony can take during the long summer season. We must deal with dearths, supercedures, swarms, mites, honey bound hives, and laying workers that can put a hive into a downward spiral. We must know how to deal with these issues in order to keep our hives at peak strength. Ken will open Marc's hives and give beekeepers ideas on how to minimize these problems and keep our hives at peak strength so that we are able to capture the waves of nectar flows. Marc has purchased the old 1800's Shaker Meeting House in Harvard with its out buildings and has restored it into one extraordinary home that he lives in. I was so impressed with this restoration that I felt everyone in the club should see it. Marc will give us a brief history of the Shaker Community and of the meeting house. He will then take us on a tour of the house and outbuildings. This is a tremendous opportunity to see what can be done with historic buildings and keeping the aesthetics. Marc keeps 6 colonies of bees on his property and has been a beekeeper for many years. Directions: Follow Rt. 2 East to exit 38B. Merge onto Rt. 111 North/110 East toward Ayer. Follow Rt. 110/111 (Ayer Road). Turn right onto South Shaker Rd. Follow South Shaker Rd. to number 101 South Shaker. Marc's house is on the left. (If you get to the Ayer town line then you missed South Shaker Road.) Date: Saturday June 20, 2009 Time: 9am-4pm Topic: Forth Annual Massachusetts Beekeepers' Association FIELD DAY Place: UMASS AGRONOMY Farm, South Deerfield, MA For more info on the workshop schedule and how to order lunch, please go to www.massbee.org Once again, the Worcester County Beekeepers will be sponsoring a bus to South Deerfield. The cost is $10 per individual (this is for the bus only--lunch is not included). We will leave the Auburn Mall parking lot at 7am and return at 6pm. We will make a quick stop at McDonald's for breakfast and an ice cream stop on the way home. If you are interested in going by bus and joining the fun, please fill out the form in the Spring 2009 newsletter.
Date: Saturday July 18, 2009 Directions: Take Route 122A North out of Holden Center toward Rutland. Take a right onto Route 68 North. Go 4 miles to Glenwood Road. Take a right onto Glenwood Road and follow it for a short distance where it splits. Go left onto Dowd's Lane which is a dirt road. Follow it to the dead end which is Scott's house on the left. Even though the map shows a road coming in from the opposite side, you cannot go through that way. This is the only way to Scott's house.
Please save these dates for more upcoming meetings in 2009: August 15th Fall management and winter hive preparation, home of Paul & Linda O'Connor, Boylston September 19th Final winter preparations, Keown Orchards, Sutton
October 17th
Special all-day Saturday meeting in conjunction with Mass Beekeepers
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