When: Thursday November 13th at 7pm
Where: Willimanset Heights
Showing posts with label HCBA meeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HCBA meeting. Show all posts
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
August Meeting...
When: Thursday, August 21st
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
Pizza and beverages will be
served!
Come help out and have some
fun!
We’ll be bagging candy in
preparation for the Big E, so while this will not be a regular meeting, we will
have the opportunity to discuss all things bee while we work. Come lend a hand, and get some last minute
tips for harvesting and fall and winter management.
Have you tested for mites yet? Treated?
Do you have honey? Have you
harvested? Getting ready to? Should you?
Can you borrow the extractor? Are
you feeding? Medicating? Are your hives in danger of robbing? When will you put on your entrance
reducers? Are you using a slatted or
screened bottom board? Should you
switch? Come one, come all! Some of us have questions, and other have
answers, new and experienced beekeepers come together and help each other out!
See you there! And don’t forget to volunteer for a shift at
the Big E!
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
July Meeting BeeBQ...
When:
Thursday July 17th
Starting
at 5:30pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
Our first BeeBQ Pot Luck Picnic of 2014!
When:
Thursday July 17th
Starting
at 5:30pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
Our first BeeBQ Pot Luck Picnic of 2014!
Come
one and all! It’s our first BeeBQ of the
summer! We’ll start earlier than usual
so we can take advantage of maximum daylight.
The club will provide hamburgers and hot dogs, soft drinks and water. The rest of us can pitch in by bringing a
side, salad or dessert. Time to bust out
your favorite summer recipes! Please let
me know what you plan to bring when you RSVP.
We
will also need a Grill Master! Last
year, club president Jeff Rys handled the grill duty, so this year’s volunteer
will have big shoes to fill! Up for the
challenge? Please let me know right
away. The Grill Master will be
responsible for getting the grill to the hall for the BeeBQ and for cooking our
burgers and dogs.
This
will be more social event than meeting, but a great time to get together with
your fellow beekeepers and ask questions and share knowledge.
We
will have use of the parking lot, side yard, and hall so we’re covered even if
it rains. If you’d like to sit outside
in the grass… PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS!
Feel
free to… BYOB
If
you plan to attend, please RSVP by July 10th
RSVP
to Jessica Martin by email jessicapulse@gmail.com
or
Phone
860-978-5388. Texts are OK too. Include your name, the number of people
attending, and if you plan to bring a side.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
June Meeting...
BIG
E SELLERS MEETING
When:
Thursday June 26th at 7pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
If you plan to sell honey or beeswax products at the Big E
this year, you must attend the Big E Sellers meeting.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Bee School Session 8...
Hampden County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, April 24th
All Bee School
Topics: Beeswax Products & First Aid
Graduation & Raffle
Speakers: TBD
All members are welcome to attend. We will have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group is encouraged to do so. See you at bee school!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Bee School Session 7...
Hampden County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, April 10th
All Bee School
Topics: Fall & Winter Management
Extracting Honey
Speakers: Jeff Rys & Bill Romito
All members are welcome to attend. We will have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group is encouraged to do so. See you at bee school!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Bee School Session 6...
Hampden County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, March 27th
All Bee School
Topic: Challenges of Beekeeping
Speaker: Ken Warchol
All members are welcome to attend. We will have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group is encouraged to do so. See you at bee school!
Monday, February 17, 2014
Bee School Session 4...
Hampden County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, February 27th
All Bee School
Topic: Dynamics of the Hive
Queens & Swarms
Speaker: Eric Nitsch
All members are welcome to attend. We will have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group is encouraged to do so. See you at bee school!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
BEE SCHOOL CANCELLED...
Due to the impending snow and ice storm, our bee school class scheduled for Thursday, February 13th has been cancelled. We will cover bee sources and installation at a later date. Stay warm and safe!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Bee School Session 3...
Hampden County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, February 13th
All Bee School
Topics: Sources of Bees & Installing Bees
Speaker: Tom Flebotte
All members are welcome to attend. We will have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group is encouraged to do so. See you at bee school!
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Bee School 2014 Session 2...
Hampden
County Beekeepers Bee School 2014
Thursday, January 23rd
All
Bee School
Topic: Protective Clothing & Hive Assembly
Speaker: Lee Duquette
All
members are welcome to attend. We will
have our usual break between the first and second hour of each bee school
meeting and anyone who would like to bring food/snacks to share with the group
is encouraged to do so. See you at bee
school!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Pam's Pie...
For those who were unable to attend the November meeting and honey recipe contest, here's a peek at a bit of what you missed. This gorgeous pie was baked by our own first lady, Pam Rys! This is Pam's ginger, honey and pumpkin pie and it took second place in our honey recipe contest.
Bee well!
Friday, October 25, 2013
November Meeting & Recipe Contest...
&
HONEY
RECIPE CONTEST
When:
Thursday November 14th
Starting
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
It’s time for our November
meeting. This time of year the activity
in your hives is winding down. The
colder weather will start the bees to cluster.
It’s time for us to put entrance reducers on the hives and make sure our
equipment is properly stored for winter.
And since the bees need less management now, we should all have some
free time on our hands (right? or yeah, right!).
Our November meeting theme is
going to be our HONEY RECIPE CONTEST! The
rules are simple… Bring a dish of your
choice, and the recipe MUST include honey.
There will be three categories: Appetizer, Entrée, and Dessert. Each member can enter as many dishes as they
wish. Everyone who attends the meeting
will have the opportunity to try all the made with honey goodies, and then
we’ll vote for our favorites. There will
be a first place winner in EACH category and the winners will receive….
$50 CASH!!!
Please bring a label for your dish
so we can see the name of your recipe and make voting easier. Please consider making “sample” size servings
of your recipe so everyone can get a taste.
If you’d like to share your recipe with the club, please bring
copies. Winning recipes will be posted
on the blog.
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
October Meeting...
When:
Thursday October 10th
Starting
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
It’s October and it’s time to meet
again! This will be our Big E follow up
meeting. For members who sold honey and
beeswax products at the Big E, checks will be available for pick up at the
meeting. Treasurer Cheryl Robare will be
ready to give us all the full financial report on the fair, so we can see how
we did. Did you work the Big E? It’s time to go over the pros and cons. How did we do, what can we do better, and what’s
really working great? We will also have
our annual post Big E auction. Left over
honey sips and candy will be available for purchase to the highest
bidders. There is usually something for
everyone, so bring your wallets! If you
have anything bee related you’d like to get rid of, feel free to bring that
too. We’ll auction anything! President Jeff Rys will be our auctioneer for
the evening.
Next, let’s talk about getting our
hives ready for winter! If you have
questions or suggestions concerning fall and winter management, please join us
at the October meeting for this discussion topic.
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
Thursday, August 15, 2013
August Meeting...
When: Thursday, August 22nd
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
Pizza and beverages will be
served!
Come help out and have some
fun!
We’ll be bagging candy in
preparation for the Big E, so while this will not be a regular meeting, we will
have the opportunity to discuss all things bee while we work. Come lend a hand, and get some last minute
tips for harvesting and fall and winter management.
Have you tested for mites yet? Treated?
Do you have honey? Have you
harvested? Getting ready to? Should you?
Can you borrow the extractor? Are
you feeding? Medicating? Are your hives in danger of robbing? When will you put on your entrance
reducers? Are you using a slatted or
screened bottom board? Should you
switch? Come one, come all! Some of us have questions, and other have
answers, new and experienced beekeepers come together and help each other out!
See you there! And don’t forget to volunteer for a shift at
the Big E!
Friday, May 31, 2013
June Meeting...
Hampden
County Beekeepers
When:
Wednesday, June 12th at 7pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
Big
E Meeting
At this meeting, we will select our Big E committee, go
over the rules and regulations for Big E Sellers and volunteers, and vote on
spending some money in hopes of making the Big E more profitable for everyone
involved.
If you have any questions about what we do at the Big E,
or what to expect as a volunteer, or even how you can sell your own honey or
beeswax products in the HCBA booth at the fair, this meeting is for you!
I am proposing we spend an estimated $900 to buy custom
printed bright yellow bags to put our honey in.
Our customers will carry our bags around the Big E all day and advertise
for us, generating more visitors to our booth and more sales. At the meeting I will have a bag sample, and
price quotes. The treasurer’s report
will also be available for review at the meeting so you can see the finances
before you vote.
After the Big E discussion and the vote, we will have an
open forum bee talk. What’s on your
mind? What’s going on in your hive? Want to talk about swarm prevention? I do!
We will have pizza, salad and drinks.
All members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to me by email or phone if you
plan to attend so we order enough food!
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Beeswax Products...
At our final bee school session of 2013, HCBA's new President and first lady, Jeff & Pam Rys covered the topic of Beeswax Products. I grabbed a quick photo of their set up before they packed it up for the night...
When it comes to beeswax, Pam does it all! And since she's not busy enough with the bees and the HCBA, she also belongs to a Bull Terrier dog club. When they needed trophies for an event, Pam came through with her beeswax skills and made these...
When it comes to beeswax, Pam does it all! And since she's not busy enough with the bees and the HCBA, she also belongs to a Bull Terrier dog club. When they needed trophies for an event, Pam came through with her beeswax skills and made these...
Bull Terrier votive beeswax candles!
If you've got any questions about beeswax or beeswax products, Jeff and Pam have answers! Thanks to you both for sharing your knowledge and craft with us!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
May and the Annual Meeting...
Because our time together from January through April is taken up with bee school, our May meeting is our first official club meeting. This year's annual meeting is important because we will be electing the Board of Directors who will hold office for the next 2 years. These meetings are less structured than our school sessions and are great asset for all members. As soon as the new officers have been locked into their positions, we'll choose our Big E Committee for this year's fair, and then have an open floor for Q&A and general bee discussion. I hope to see all of you there! Here's the official meeting announcement...
When:
Wednesday, May 8th at 7pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
At our first post-school meeting on May 8th,
we’ll be holding elections for a new board of directors.
And the nominees are…
President… Jeff Rys
Vice President… Tom Flebotte
Treasurer… Cheryl
Robare
Secretary… Jessica
Martin
Trustees (3)… Lee Duquette, Larry Borysyk, Ron Willoughby &
Mike Feeney
As our out-going president, Jim Stefanik will be our 4th
Trustee
We have 4 nominees for 3 Trustee positions, and all of the
other nominees are running unopposed. We
do still have to make it official. Come
out and vote!
Once the new Board of Directors has been made official,
they will elect “The Big E Committee”.
The fair will be here before we know it!
After elections, we will have an open floor for Questions
& Answers, and we would also love to hear from our newest members about how
their first hive installation experience went... Hopefully the new bees are here by then.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Graduation Day...
Special thanks to new beekeepers Stefania Raschilla and Heather Bean for the adorable graduation cupcakes! You ladies rock!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Bee School Session 8...
When:
Thursday, April 25th at 7pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
This
will be our 8th and FINAL session of bee school for 2013!
All members are welcome to attend.
HCBA Vice President, Jeff Rys will be back with his lovely
wife Pam to cover Beeswax Products and First Aid. This lesson will be followed by presentation
of bee school certificates, and the raffle for the new hive set-up.
At our first post-school meeting on May 8th,
we’ll be holding elections for a new board of directors. If you have any nomination ideas for
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, or our 3 Trustee positions, or
want to get involved yourself, please let me know.
I will have Mann
Lake
I will also have sign up sheets for the Sturbridge Village
Trip for anyone interested, just find me and ask!
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
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