WORCESTER COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION, WCBA

 

EST. 1900

The oldest county beekeeping organization in the United States

 

      
       
 

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Saturday June 21st, 2008 Monthly Meeting

Date:  Saturday June 21, 2008
Time:  9am - 4pm
Topic:  Mass Beekeepers 3rd Annual Field Day
Place:  University of Massachusetts Agronomy Farm, South Deerfield, MA
Presenters:  Multiple Presenters

 The WCBA will join the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association at the Third Annual Field Day.  The program will include 2 series of workshops;  one for the beginner and one for the experienced beekeeper.  The focus will be on practical management using live colonies.  Dr. Callahan from our own association will be doing one on queen rearing and Ken Warchol will be doing one on looking for abnormalities in the beehive.  There will be over a dozen different presentations that will last from 45-90 minutes.  The Worcester County Beekeepers will hold their monthly meeting at noontime.  You can bring your lunch, order one through Mass Beekeepers or go to a nearby restaurant.  For further information you may go to the Mass Bee website for a schedule of topics and how to order lunch.  The website is www.massbee.rog.  The state bee smoker contest will be held on this day so bring your favorite smoker and fuel and win a free nuc hive.

The Worcester County Beekeepers will be sponsoring a bus to South Deerfield if there is enough interest.  The cost is $20 per individual.  If we get at least 30 people we will follow up with this.  We would leave the Auburn Mall parking lot at 7am and return at 6pm.  W had a great time when we did this 23 years ago.  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, click here for the form.

 

Saturday July 19th, 2008 Monthly Meeting

Date:  Saturday July 19, 2008
Time:  11:30am (early start)
Topic:  Evaluating your hive at Midsummer, and WCBA Smoker Contest
Place:  Home of Scott Malkasian
           51 Dowd's Lane
           Princeton, MA

 We will evaluate Scott's hives at midsummer including the queen and honey production.  We will also hold the WCBA Bee smoker contest at this meeting guaranteed.  You should bring your favorite smoker and fuel and try to dethrone last year's champ. The prize will be dinner for two at the Thanksgiving banquet.  This will also be our second annual WCBA COOKOUT EVENT starting at 11:30am.  Scott is providing the burgers, hot dogs, and drinks.  Members should bring a variety of salads (garden, macaroni, potato etc) and dessert.  If you have not seen Scott's home in progress, you may want to get a tour with Scott.  It will mind boggle you.

Directions:  Take Route 122 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 hat way.  This is the only way to Scott's house.

 

Saturday August 16th, 2008 Monthly Meeting

Date:  Saturday August 16, 2008
Time:  1pm
Topic:  Preparing your hive for the long winter season Fall Management the Ken Warchol Way
Place:  Paul & Linda O'Connor
           192A Main St. (Route 70)
           Boylston, MA

 This program is a must for all new beekeepers in order to keep your hives alive through the winter months.  Ken will demonstrate how to administer the needed medications and evaluate your hives for successful wintering.  Topics to be covered are:  The old queen versus the new queen, food stores and placement, pollen stores and manipulation of frames,  feeding, medication versus integrated pest management and  honey removal.  This will be a valuable experience because of the hands on demonstration.  This is also the meeting at which we have a plant swap.  Anybody who brings a plant will swap and take one home in return.  This is also our annual meeting when club dues should be paid.

Directions:  Take I-290 to exit 23B Route 140 North.  Follow Route 140 down the hill (about a mile) until you come to a set of lights at Route 70.  Take a left at these lights.  Follow Route 70 for 9/10 of a mile.  You will come to a speed limit 35 sign.  The driveway is on the left directly opposite the sign


 
   
   

Directions to the Leicester Knights of Columbus for the WCBA monthly meetings
Monthly Meetings and many of the Special Events of theWCBA are held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Manville Street, in Leicester, Massachusetts. 

Directions From Webster Square in Worcester:
Follow Route 9 West, a major road, into Leicester.  2 miles from the town line turn right onto Manville Street, just after Entwhistle’s Garage.

Directions From Spencer or Leicester:
Follow Route 9 East.  Turn left onto Mannville Street just before Entwhistle’s Garage.  The entrance to the Knights of Columbus Hall will be on your left within ˝ mile on Mannville Street.

 
   
   
   
 

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