Wilson County Beekeepers

The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets and will elect 2013 officers on Monday, 5 November 2012 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
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The program for November:  TBA

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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NASHVILLE AREA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

Ellington Agriculture Center, Jones Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee

“GUNTHER HAUK WORKSHOP”

The NASHVILLE AREA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (“NABA”) will offer a workshop featuring GUNTHER HAUK who has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for more than thirty-five years. He co-founded the Pfeiffer Center in Chestnut Ridge, NY in 1996, and in 2006, together with his wife Vivian, Spikenard Farm, Inc., a non-profit honeybee sanctuary. Over the decades, he has given many workshops on the successful use of biodynamic principles in gardening and naturally harmonious beekeeping methods throughout the United States and Canada. In his book “Toward Saving the Honeybee” (2002) he calls for a radical change from current approaches to beekeeping. The Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary is located in Floyd, VA and was featured along with Gunther Hauk in the documentary film “Queen of the Sun.”

Friday, October 26: The movie “Queen of the Sun”

7:00- 9:00 pm Questions afterwards

Saturday, October 27: Workshop

8:30 Registration and refreshments

9:00 – 10:30 short review of where we landed in beekeeping; the “Great Bee” and her wisdom; what is wax?; working with minimal or no foundation;

11:00 -12:30 The organs of this “super organism”: drones, workers, queen, honeycomb; their functions and tasks beyond the general understanding; importance of swarming; grafted vs. natural queens

1:30 – 3:00 short Powerpoint slide show; right & wrong timing for making splits; honey vs. sugar/corn syrup; possible varroa control; natural foulbrood prevention; importance of hive warmth and hive scent

The fee to attend all sessions is Forty Five Dollars ($45) and is payable to the NABA.. The Workshop will be held in the Jones Auditorium located at Ellington Agriculture Center.

For additional information, please contact Joel R. White (615) 308-3776 or whitejht@comcast.net. The application form is located on the NABA website which is www.nashbee.org

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The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets and will elect 2013 officers on Monday, 5 November 2012 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
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The program for November:  Mike Studer on Pollen & Propolis

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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The Tennessee Beekeepers Association Fall Conference is Friday-Saturday, 28-29 September 2012 at the Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion in Cookeville, TN.

Dr. Richard Fell of Virginia Tech University will be our main speaker. He is recently retired as the Professor of Entomology and taught courses including Insect Biology Laboratory, and Bees and Beekeeping.  Dr. Fell’s research program is directed toward biological and behavioral studies of honey bees, pollination biology, and forensic entomology.  One of the topics he will discuss is Understanding the Queen.

Other speakers include: Clarence Collision, retired State Apiarist of Mississippi (now living in Middle TN);  TBA favorite Kent Williams; former KY State Apiarist Phil Craft; world renowned honey judge and breeder of Russian Bees Virginia Webb; former TBA president Jim Garrison; and Jay Williams. Also, TN State Apiarist Mike Studer and Professor of Entomology at UT, Dr. John Skinner will speak. In addition, several regional local presenters are committed to speak.

There will be information and topics of interest for beekeepers of all stripes, from the ‘just thinking about it’ to the most seasoned beekeeper. And as always, the George DeBusk Honey Show, the silent auction, loads of vendors, and the Tennessee Honey Exchange will take place at the conference. Make plans now to join us in Cookeville!  And for further details on the TBA Fall Conference, visit:  tnbeekeepers.org

Hyder-Burks Agriculture Pavilion

Go here for directions to the Hyder-Burks Agriculture Pavilion.

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