Events and Annoucements
Proposed Program topics and Calendars Events for 2008
January 14 7pm. "Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens with Sue Cobey " Film
February 11 7pm. "Queen Rearing" speaker Stephanie Tarwater, DOACS Apiary Bee Inspector
February 16 "Sorry this event was Cancelled"
February 23 "Be a Hobby Beekeeper Short Course"
March 10 7pm. "Increasing Your Hives - Nucs and Splits" speaker Doug Walker NEFHBA member
March 21-29 Putnam County Agricultural Fair, Palatka
April 14 7pm. "Alternative Uses of Honey" speaker not yet determined
April 3-12 Clay County Agricultural Fair, Green Cove Springs
May 12 7pm. "Hive Health - How and When to Treat Your Hives" speaker not yet determined
June 9 7pm. "Ten Most common Mistakes of Beekeeping" tentative speaker David Barnes,
DOACS Apiary Bee Inspector
June ???? Date not yet determined "A day in the Bee Yard at the Florida Agricultural Museum"
Located at Princess Place Reserve and US1
July 14 7pm. "Sunscreen For Your Bees - Keeping Your Bees Happy and Healthy in the Summertime"
speaker not yet determined
August 11 7pm. "Candle Making and Other Wax Uses" - tentative speaker Ray Vickerman,
NEFHBA member
August 16 "Be a Hobby Beekeeper Short Course"
September 8 7pm. "Bees in Threes" speaker Dough Walker, NEFHBA member
October 13th 7pm "Bees in Threes" speaker Dough Walker, NEFHBA member
October 30 Apprentice Beekeeper Training and Examination
October 30 - November 1 Florida State Beekeepers Association 88th Convention
November 10 7pm Tom Bartlett, Ray Vickerman, Gayle Prevatt, "How to Take First Place in a Honey Show"
November 13 - 18 St. Johns Agricultural Fair, St. Augustine
November 15 "Be a Hobby Beekeeper Short Course"
December 8 7pm Election of 2009 Officers, Annual Christmas Party, 1st Annual NEFHBA Honey Show