OUR MEETINGS
Yes... we are still meeting on the 3rd Thursday... every month! Check Facebook and this website for updates. All subsequent meetings will also be on 3rd Thursday of the month: 10/17/24; 11/21/24; 12/19/24, etc. at our usual time: 6:30 pm start to adjourn (around 8:30ish).
APIARY or FIELD meetings: will be announced at the regular business meeting where sign-up is required. Field/Apiary Meetings are reserved for members in good standing and who have signed up at the business meeting just prior to the scheduled field meeting (Unless approved otherwise by the Apiary Chairman, President, and/or Apiary land owner).
APIARY or FIELD meetings: will be announced at the regular business meeting where sign-up is required. Field/Apiary Meetings are reserved for members in good standing and who have signed up at the business meeting just prior to the scheduled field meeting (Unless approved otherwise by the Apiary Chairman, President, and/or Apiary land owner).
JANUARY MEETING:
Thursday, JANUARY 16, 2025
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Beekeeper Helpline, Potluck SNACKS, Social, Q&A)
New and Experienced beekeepers helping each other with questions, quandaries, and other beekeeping related challenges... including (if any) mini-workshops, show-and-tell, testimonies followed by our regular meeting (see below).
Please bring snacks, door prizes, etc.
7:00 PM: Business Meeting
following times are approximate:
7:30 PM: Meeting Adjourns
7:30 PM - 7:40 PM: Door Prizes & Drawings
7:40 PM: Main Program:
Speaker: Angela
TOPIC: 2025 Educational Series kickoff begins with a Safety Stand Down. A moment to pause and draw attention to beekeeper safety: Smoker skills and handling “hot hives”. What contributes to hive demeanor and the beekeepers responsibility in the management of overly defensive colonies
FIELD/APIARY "HANDS-ON" MEETING, OR OTHER WAS HELD ON:
January 2025 - TBA
JANUARY APIARY MEETING (Outing/Field Day) - BRING SMOKER & VEIL
DATE/TIME: January (to be announced)
HANDS ON, EDUCATION, IN OUR APIARY (BY INVITATION)*
*APIARY or FIELD meetings: Date, time, and location are announced here on website, also on Facebook, and finally at the regular business meeting where sign-up is often required. Field/Apiary Meetings are reserved for members in good standing (recently and regularly attending meetings, volunteering, dues paid, etc.) and who have signed up at the business meeting just prior to the scheduled field meeting (Unless approved otherwise by the Apiary Chairman, President, and/or Apiary land owner). Apiary location is only provided to those signed up and/or approved/confirmed as eligible to attend. Apiary location will not be made available here (on website) nor will it be provided on social media (Facebook). Please protect the privacy of the apiary location and only share with other members only.
Hug some trees, buy a license plate voucher ...we need the bees... and they need us!
This is not a project of the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida - It is a project of Florida State Beekeepers Association
Frame Assembly Workshop at a previous meeting's workshop
Workshop (Frame Assembly using Frame Assembly Jig) and Meeting went well on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Dennis handed out plans for one of the many frame assembly jigs similar to the one he uses and also similar to the one demonstrated at this workshop. Following the business meeting he spoke a little on foundationless frames (handout for notebooks were passed out to members). Marc was out of town, but we have planned an apiary hands-on day in apiary and we will also assemble supers and frames, swap out bottom boards, check on queens and colony progress on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 10:00 am (Marc should be back then). Check future Facebook posts and website often for updates. https://www.basfbees.org/frame-assembly.html
Our Meeting Place
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How to Register
