Next meeting

Our next meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, same time and place. Hope everyone can make it.

At our last meeting we meet some new members and James did a re-cap of our successful workshop. John Bailey gave a lesson in hive assembly and we ended with an open discussion.

Meeting Schedule

Meetings are held from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.

April 2, 2009

May 14, 2009

June 25, 2009

August 6, 2009

September 17, 2009

October 29, 2009

December 12, 2009

Buzz Into Beekeeping Workshop

March 7
8:30 am to 3:00 pm

University of Illinois Extension
Kankakee County
1650 Commerce Drive
Bourbonnais, Illinois

Topics to be covered:
• Equipment needed and where to find it
• Location of your hives
• Acquiring bees
• Beekeeping challenges
• Special needs for healthy bees and a good honey crop
• Cost
• Bee biology
• Castes in a colony and colony organization
• Pest and disease management
• Making and using nucleus colonies
• Bee breeding
• Hygienic bees

Cost is $20.00 per person.
Handouts and lunch will be provided.

For more information or to register
call 815-933-8337.

Meeting Reminder

Please be sure to attend our February 19 meeting.
We will be discussing the workshop planned for March 7.

Beekeeping Workshops

One workshop coming up is the queen production event sponsored by the Central East Illinois Beekeeping Assn. It will be on April 24 at CEIBA pres. David Burns' place east of Champaign. It will be a day-long program taught by Joe Latshaw of Ohio Queen breeders and the cost is $75.
The workshop is for serious beekeepers who plan to produce queens for sale.