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
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