Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 14 June 2014| Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again! The time we look so forward to, and at the same time sort of dread (the sticky clean up). Honey Extracting!
Our annual honey extracting workshop is at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 16. It will be held in the East/West building at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds) in Lebanon. This is also where we normally meet. There will be no business meeting conducted.
Hope to see you there!
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wcba
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 4 January 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets Monday, 7 January 2013 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 January: Bee Biology 101 with Dr. Clarence Collison
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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.
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 5 December 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets Monday, 7 January 2013 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 January: Bee Biology 101 with Dr. Clarence Collison
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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.
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 26 November 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Wilson County Beekeepers Association Christmas Dinner is:
Monday, 3 December 2012 at 7:00 PM in the East/West Building at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center in Lebanon Tennessee.
Each family is requested to bring a covered dish and a dessert.
Also, we will be collecting “Donation$ of the Heart” for ‘Wounded Warrior Project‘ (Your check payable to Wounded Warrior Project is tax-deductible)
NOTE: Due to our large membership, I would appreciate if you would contact me by November 30th with the number of people in your party so that seating will be available — either at 286-2529 or petrabee@hotmail.com
I appreciate your consideration and I look forward to seeing everyone,
Petra Mitchell
The Christmas Dinner is for members of WCBA and their families.
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 28 October 2012| Leave a Comment »
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.
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 23 October 2012| Leave a Comment »
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
Wilson County Beekeepers 