Wilson County Beekeepers

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The Wilson County Beekeepers Association will meet on Monday, 2 November 2015 at 7:00 PM in the West Building at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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The program will be: Natural Beekeeping w/ Trevor Qualls from Bon Aqua Springs Apiaries

Trevor makes and sells wooden ware for beekeeping, along with some other beekeeping supplies, right here in Middle Tennessee. If you need something and want to save some money on shipping, visit www.basprings.com and place your order in time for Trevor to bring it to the meeting.

Note: After you enter the fairgrounds through the main gate, we are in the West Building (2nd building on your left). Look for all the cars.

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WILSON COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

PRESENTS:

INTRODUCTION TO BEGINNERS BEEKEEPING

October 27 – 29, 2015—7:00 pm

James E. Ward Ag Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds)
940 East Baddour Parkway
Lebanon, TN
East/West Building

$25.00 per person/$45.00 per couple

Tuesday and Wednesday night will be a classroom setting with valuable information and Thursday will be a hands-on program in building a complete beehive ready to use.

Space is limited; call Petra Mitchell at 615-286-2529 for more information or to reserve a seat by October 20, 2015

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If you missed the September 14 meeting of the Wilson County Beekeepers Association, you missed a great presentation on getting your bees ready for winter. From various ways of doing mite counts this fall, to ensuring your bees have enough stores for the winter, Carey Mitchell covered it all. Luckily, Carey (and Petra!) have made available his outline and notes. The PDF download is available on the Resources page of this website, or you can download it here:  Fall & Winter Management by Carey Mitchell

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