2025 Meetings

Meetings are held at Hansen's Honey Farm at 6pm

January 16th - Mead & Cheese.

 

February 20th- Meet the State Apiarist. Brooke Nikkila-Sommerfelt will introduce herself, explain what she looks for during hive inspections, and tell us what she has been seeing in our area.

 

March 20th- How winter went and autopsies of dead hives. How member’s hives did over winter and finding the cause of hives that did not make it.

 

April 17th- Package Installation. Review of how to install packages of bees.

 

May 16th- Queen Rearing.

 

June 19th- Native Plants and Designing Perennial Beds. Amanda Scheppele from Hanson’s Garden Village will speak on planting native plants for pollinators and ways to design perennial beds.

 

July 17th- Member picnic

 

August 15th- Making Salves.

 

September 19th- Winterizing. How members prepare their hives for winter.

 

October 17th- Honey tasting and moisture testing. Members bring in their honey to share the different flavors and get their honey tested for moisture content.

 

November & December- no meetings