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March 11th & 18th – Introduction to Beekeeping – BEE SCHOOL!
Introduction to Beekeeping – A day of lectures and a field day of demonstrations structured for the beginner beekeeper. Biology to Honey Extraction…You’ll learn everything to get you started in the wonderful world of Apis mellifera!...
Read moreFebruary 20 (Monday) – Monthly Meeting: Bob Binnie – Issues With Old Comb & Toxic Chemical Interactions In Our Colonies
Join us to hear Bob Binnie present an informative talk about old comb and how it affects our colonies. Bob is a commercial beekeeper and honey packer located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of northeast Georgia and for over thirty years...
Read moreJanuary 16 (Monday) – Monthly Meeting: Dan Long – Beekeeping in Scotland
Meala Ghàidhealach! Join us this month and learn how beekeeping is done in beautiful Scotland! – Kilts optional 🙂 In 2018 Dan Long had the pleasure of meeting with beekeepers from Scotland to inspect a couple of apiaries there and to learn...
Read moreDecember 8 – Monthly Meeting: Candle Making w/ Virginia Webb
Bring a plate of homemade cookies and join us for a fun end-of-year candle making workshop led by our very own, world-renowned Virginia Webb. This will be a fun class! The cookies are optional, of course, but we hope you will join in the...
Read moreNovember 10 – Monthly Meeting: Linda Tillman – Cooking w/ Honey
Linda Tillman is a beekeeper, a grandmother, a bread baker and a retired clinical psychologist. She has served as the co-editor of the GBA newsletter, was secretary of GBA in 2016, and was the president of GBA for four years. She is a member of...
Read moreOctober 13 – Monthly Meeting: Black Jar Honey Contest
It’s Honey Tasting Time! Members! Bring at least 4oz of your best tasting 2022 season honey to enter into this year’s honey contest. This is a black jar (actually black cup) contest for NEGAMBA members only. When you arrive w/ your...
Read moreSeptember 8 – Monthly Meeting: Jesse Robinson – Feeding is More Than Just Food
Jesse Robinson – Feeding is more than just food: Blue Ridge Honey Company’s Fall Feeding Program Jesse has been a part of Blue Ridge Honey Company as a commercial beekeeper for five and a half years. His passion for beekeeping began when he...
Read moreAugust 11 – Monthly Meeting (Alternate Location!): Julia Mahood – Game of Drones
Honey bee drones are the Rodney Dangerfields of the bee world, they (often) get no respect! Learn all about the amazing drones and their mysterious drone congregation areas (and how to find them using the other kind of drone) at this informative...
Read moreJuly 14 – Keith Fielder: Varroa Treatment Options
Varroa Treatments – Come see what your options are! This month we will host UGA Extension agent, Keith Fielder as he discusses the different (and important!) options for treating our nemesis: Varroa destructor. Keith is Putnam County...
Read moreJune 9 – Honey Extraction Demonstration
It’s extraction time, y’all! And at this meeting your club officers will demonstrate honey extracting techniques. We’ll have a hand extractor and a crush-and-strain bin…and we will be using REAL capped honey! We’ll...
Read moreMay 12 – Monthly Meeting: Kathleen Bourn – Going Long: Your Bees, Your Back and Your Bottom Line (exploring horizontal hives)
Keeping a few bees was supposed to be just another small project on Kathy Bourn’s farm in Hart County Georgia. After getting her first two hives in 2014, beekeeping soon became an out-of-control hobby…and it lead to her becoming the 2021...
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