Learn how to install your new bees. The presenter will cover both package and nucs, there will be examples of both, and plenty of time for questions.

EDUCATION TOPIC: In Wisconsin we are entering the time of year when the number of bees in colonies begin to multiply. Sometimes the bees run out of space and decide to make a new queen and to create a new colony. Club member, Kate Schuette, walks us through how to recognize a split is needed and then some of the more common methods. Business and educational meeting open to club members and non-members.

LOCATION CHANGE:Meeting ROOM Change. The meeting will be held at the Botanical Gardens in the NWTC Landscape Horticultural Classrooms which are located in the building to the immediate right of the main building entrance. There will be signs to help direct you. Learn how to do a mite check. One of the more important tasks a beekeeper must perform to ensure a healthy bee colony. This demonstration (no live bees) will cover the most popular method of mite check among…

NOTE: Meeting ROOM Change. The meeting will be held at the Botanical Gardens in the NWTC Landscape Horticultural Classrooms which are located in the building to the immediate right of the main building entrance. There will be signs to help direct you. EDUCATION TOPIC: Tonight there will be TWO education topics. First up: Have you ever wondered about the impact the location of hives have on honey?  Kaelyn Sumner, BCBA club member, applied for and received a grant to study…

Club Members and invited guests only (Space is limited) Kent Pegorsch (President of WHPA) will be speaking on WI nectar sources and honey. We will then taste different types of honey side by side and different cheese pairings to complete the tasting. COST: $20.00 person / $10.00 kids. Contact Julie Mazzoleni for more details or to register. vicepresident@browncountybeekeepers.com

Don't forget your BEE SUITES. Join us at Botanic Gardens for hands on hive experience.  We will start promptly at 5:30 and end at 6:15 and cover opening a hive, hive inspections and what to look for.  The LOCATION is off of Larsen Road, the west Botanic Garden gated entrance across from NWTC. Look for BCBA posted signs.   Please park in the NWTC parking lot and use the crosswalk to the gated entrance across the street..   Walk down the path…

EDUCATION TOPIC: Two education topics. 1) Mite Monitoring and Control. Last month we covered how to do a mite check. Tonight we why monitoring is needed, how frequently to check, and different methods of control. If mite the population in your hive is not controlled not only is your hive threatened but other hives in the area can be affected. 2) Master Gardner, Dave Haupt will talk about "Growing flowers best suited for pollinators and in particular Honey Bees". His…