Calendar of Events in Local Clubs around Vermont and a little bit beyond!
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Vermont Clubs
Vermont Beekeepers Association
- Chittenden County Beekeepers Club Meeting
Friday, May 9, 2008, 7PM
City Market, Burlington, VT
City Market is showing Jan Cannon's new documentary, "Health and the Hive." City Market will allow us to use the screening on Friday, May 9th as a Club event and we can meet after the showing to organize future workshops and events. Join us!
Contact: Beth Griffin, beth@burlingtontelecom.net - Vermontbees Yahoo Discussion Group Begun
Kim Greenwood (of the Central Vermont Beekeeping Club) shares the following: At the suggestion of our member Dave Cain, we are launching the Vermontbees Yahoo Discussion Group.
This is a place where you can pose questions to other discussion group members, find out what others are doing at this time of year, what's in bloom and post things that might be of interest to others. To join, and to get more information on this list, please visit:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vermontbees/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1
You will need a Yahoo ID to join. Just follow the directions and Dave or I will add you. If you have any questions, please let me or Dave know.
- Southern Vermont/Northshire Beekeepers Association's 2006 Club Calendar
Meetings held at Northshire Bookstoreon route 7A in Manchester at 7PM
Check back for schedule of hands-
Contact Maddie Sobel for more information.
- Central Vermont Beekeeping Club
Saturday, May 24, 2008, 10AM
Waitsfield, VT
Join the Central Vermont Beekeepers for
a hive exploration at Gib Geiger's, the club's unofficial mentor. Contact: Kim Greenwood
244-
- Upper Valley Bee Club -
meetings held at Bean Hall in West Fairlee, which in on Rt. 113. Contact Bob Eastman eastman55@msn.com Tel 333-9160
- The Bennington County Beekeepers Club
For information call: 802-
Beekeeping (N. Westminster)
Charles Andros is offering Beekeeping Workshops (April
19, May 10, July 12, September 13, 1-
April 25-
The Pfeiffer Center
260 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
This
workshop covers topics suitable for all beekeepers, with a focus on intermediate
and advanced methods. For beginners, a special Friday afternoon session that demonstrates
hive construction and the basics of handling bees is strongly recommended (see times
and fees below). The rest of the workshop, Friday evening and all day Saturday, presents
a balanced view of natural beekeeping topics not ordinarily covered in lectures and
articles, including: swarming as an expression of the bees vitality; working with
swarms and making splits; the importance of wax production; and acid treatments for
Varroa mites. Weather permitting, the day is punctuated with visits to the hives,
where techniques for handling bees are demonstrated.
Friday April 25, 2008, 4:30
PM to 9 PM
(Beginners session 2 PM)
Saturday April 26, 2008, 9 AM to 6 PM
Cost: $185
($225 with optional beginners' session)
Ross Conrad has been a beekeeper by trade
in Vermont since the late 1980s. He is the author of Natural Beekeeping: Organic
Approaches to Modern Apiculture (Chelsea Green, 2007). Chris Harp is a beekeeper
and educator based in New Paltz, NY, with a special interest in natural hive management
techniques, which he has practiced and taught for more than 15 years. Mac Mead is
director of the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamics and the Environment. He has been
a Biodynamic farmer for more than 30 years.
845.352.5020, Ext. 20 / http://www.pfeiffercenter.org/workshops/index.asp
New Hampshire Clubs
- COOS BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Coos County (NH) Beekeepers Association meets 4th Wednesday of the month. Contact
Larry Gates at 603-
- Monadnock Beekeepers Association
Jodi Forcier, President
c/o 350 Chesterfield Road
Keene , NH 03431
(603) 352-
We meet at Stonewall Farm, Keene , NH .on the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm. We also offer a Beginner Beekeeping Class, which is organized with five monthly classes starting in March and running through July. We will be at SolarFest in Tinmouth , VT in July.
- Charles Frederic Andros, Linden Apiaries since 1973
See the map if you haven't been to a workshop before: http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=117+Deep+Root+Drive&csz=Westminster%2C+VT+05158&country=us&new=1
The other workshops on seasonal topics:
Saturday, July 14
Saturday, September 22
Maine Clubs
- Maine State Beekeepers Association
MSBA website. http://www.mainebeekeepers.org/index.shtml
Lawrence Peiffer MSBA
Webmaster
- The Western Maine Beekeepers Association For more information and a registration
form contact: Carol Cottrill (207) 364-
0917 or Nick Kelley (207) 364- 4121 or
Connecticut Clubs
- Connecticut Beekeepers Association.
Contact information: information@ctbees.com Webpage is www.ctbees.com .
Updates on SNEBA at www.sneba.com.
- Connecticut: Southern New England Beekeepers Assembly
Any questions, please contact Larry Connor, 203-
- The Backyard Beekeepers Association, in Connecticut
New York Clubs
- Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association
- Champlain Valley Beekeepers, Clinton County, NY-
Monthly meetings at Dick Crawford's house in Morrisonville, NY. Contact
David Greenwood 518-
Dick Crawford 518-
Please visit our web site www.HoneybeeLives.org for directions and additional information.
HoneybeeLives can be reached at 845-
New England Farms can be reached at 518-
Massachusetts Clubs
- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Tuesday, May 20, 2008. 6PM
North Adams Public Library
"Gardening for Bees and Humans"
by Nina Marks
Contact: Tom Stefanik, 413-
Or Tony Pisano
413-
