2019 Big E Honey show winners!

2019 HCBA Honey Show Results

BIG E Farmarama Building

https://www.journalinquirer.com/connecticut_and_region/family-farm-flavor-at-big-e----days/article_6a823258-d68f-11e9-bca3-935ce84bb68e.html

So many outstanding entries this year.  A big thank you to all that contributed.  The following are the results of Monday's judging by Mary Duane:
Categories:

Light

1st: Lee Duquette
2nd (tie): Mark Lantzakis, Jeff Rys
3rd: Jeff Rys

Light Amber

1st: Mike Koleczek
2nd: Mark Gilmore
3rd: Joyce Munson

Amber

1st: Liz Bone
2nd: Annette Isner
3rd (tie): Jon Isner, Sean Martin

Dark Amber

1st: Mark Lantzakis
2nd: Jim Stefanik
3rd: Roxie Pin

Dark

1st: Lee Duquette
2nd: Jessica Martin
3rd: Zack Flebotte

Chunk Honey

1st: Pam Rys
2nd: Mike Koleczek
3rd: Bill Romito

Cut Comb

1st: Lee Duquette
2nd: Bill Romito
3rd (tie): Jeff Rys, Pam Rys

Best of show with a score of 98.5 in the Light Amber category: Mike Koleczek

BIG E HCBA Happily there for another great year!

HCBA is pleased to be a part of the Big E again this year!

Sign up for your shifts on our webpage!!

Smile you lovely beekeepers you.

Dandilions!!

Yes!! Dandilions are coming up all over!!

Here in the Northeast it is one of our first big bee food sources!

May your hives bee buzzing and happy!

March 15th HCBA regular meeting and last bee school Saturday!

HAPPY St. Patrick's Day!!

March 15th Regular HCBA meeting at 7pm.

118 Mount Vernon Road

Chicopee, MA 01013

Final Saturday of the 2018 HCBA Bee School

HCC, Holyoke, MA

See You All Soon!!

HCBA January Meeting

Brrr..Yes it is cold outside but...

HCBA will be having it's January meeting!!

Thursday, January 18th at 7pm

Willimansett Heights Improvement League

Chicopee, MA 

our topic will be Mid-Winter Hive Assessment

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL BEEKEEPERS!

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

MASSBEE Annual Fall Meeting

HCBA is hosting MASSBEE ORG. Annual Meeting this year!

It will be held at Westfield State University in Westfield, MA

Saturday,November 11th 

Here is the link for information on the gathering.

https://www.massbee.org/events/fall-meeting/

Should be a great day of bee information with speakers and vendors and good folk to meet.

Our October HCBA Meeting.

Our Next HCBA Meeting is Scheduled for October 12th at 7pm.

We will be talking about the Big E, what worked and what didn't.

Dispursement to sellers.

And general Bee Talk!

WHIL 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA  01013

HCBA Big E 2017

Hello out there!!!

Well this is it..the beginning of another year for us at the Big E!

Both Booths look super thanks to a lot of helpful hands and eyes making them look even better than before.

We have lots of new items for sale too!

Smile and have fun!!!

BIG E 2017 HCBA

ANOTHER HCBA YEAR AT THE BIG E!!

We are all looking forward to attending the exciting Big E this year.

Our booths at both the MASS building and Stroh building will be in full swing!

We will have new products to sell and as always is our mission to talk BEES!

Spreading information and the good word of the work they do for us all.

Our Honey Candy Bagging Night! August 17 6pm start

We are getting ready for the Big E!

First said. Many hands make light work.

We start at 6pm.

Last year we had a banner year of helpers who attacked the candy bagging in record time.

More time for pizza, drinks and bee talk!!!!

118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee. MA 01018

Bees LOVE Lavender!

Club member sent lavender loving bee picture for us all to enjoy!!

Thank you Pam!

HCBA Annual Picnic

Our Annual HCBA  Picnic will be held on July 20th!

Starting a bit earlier 6pm so we can enjoy the daylight.

We provide hamburgers and hotdogs and the hot grill.

You provide whatever you like, a favourite picnic food, it would be fun if we could include honey in our recipes!

Bring a lawn chair so we can relax on the side lawn and have as always some good bee talk.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

WHIL, 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA 01013

HCBA June 22nd Meeting

Hello Out There in BeeLand!!

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 22nd.

7-9pm

118 Mount Vernon Road

Chicopee, MA 01013

Guest Speaker Mary Duane will be teaching us the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of preparing your honey products for honey contests.

We also will be having our elections for board members, if you have any nominees please prepare to present them at this meeting.

And a surprise is in store for all who attend, we will be celebrating someone's 80th birthday..any guesses?

Hope to see you all there!

HCBA April 20th Meeting

Well this is it for our 2017 Bee School!!

Our class will be receiving their certificates proudly.

We will be having an auction of bee related items and as always

enjoy some delicious sweet treats!

See you there!

WHIL 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA 01013

HCBA March 23rd Meeting

Howdy Beekeeps!

Our next meeting will be March 23rd, Thursday.

7-9pm

Guest speaker Ken Warchol, MA Bee Inspector will be talking about some of the

challenges in beekeeping.

WHIL, 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA 01013

HCBA March 9th Meeting

Our next HCBA Bee School meeting will be held this Thursday, March 9th at 7-9pm.

Our guest speaker will be Jeff Rys with the topic of "Bears and other invaders"

WHIL, 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA 01013

Lovely Early Pollen

Member Mark Lantzakis bees have been very busy bringing in pollen!

HCBA February 23rd Meeting 7-9pm

Our February 23rd Meeting will be a combined effort!

Speaker Tom Flebotte will cover the topics of sourcing your honeybees and installing them into your hives.

Andrew Preissner will be discussing Queens and covering Dynamics of the Hive.

Should be a fun filled night!

And support your local farmstand! Buy local honey and maple syrup!

Yes the sap is running in NEW ENGLAND!

WHIL, 118 Mount Vernon Road, Chicopee, MA 01013