The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets Monday, 7 November 2011 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
The program for November: Elections and Open Forum Discussion
Note: After you enter the fairgrounds through the main gate, we are in the Education Building (1st building on your left). Look for all the cars.
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Penn State entomologist Maryann Frazier, nationally noted for published studies in Integrated Pest Management and pollination by honey bees will highlight the 2011 Tennnessee Beekeepers Association Conference, October 28-29th, at the Hyder-Burke Ag Pavilion in Cookeville. Other presenters scheduled include Kent Williams, Carl and Virginia Webb, John Skinner, Walt Wright, Vernon Gordon and the list isn’t complete. Be assured we’ll have information and topics of interest for the ‘thinking about it’ or the most seasoned beekeeper. More information will follow as we get nearer on other speakers and on events such as the George DeBusk Honey Show, the silent auction, vendors aisle, and a new event-the honey exchange. Make plans now to join us in Cookeville!
Registration forms in Word or PDF, George DeBusk Honey Show Rules and TBA Honey Exchange guidelines are now online at: tnbeekeepers.org
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If you plan to give a presentation on the honeybee, you’re in luck. Fred Dawson as done a lot of your work for you. Fred gave an excellent presentation on how to give a presentation to school children at the 10 October 2011 WCBA meeting and has agreed to share his outline and handouts.
You’ll find Fred’s notes here: https://wilsoncountybeekeepers.org/resources/honeybee-presentation-by-fred-dawson/ They will also be accessible from the Resources page above.
Thank you Fred.
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The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets Monday, 10 October 2011 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
The program for October: Presenting a Program by Fred Dawson
Note: After you enter the fairgrounds through the main gate, we are in the Education Building (1st building on your left). Look for all the cars.
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This is one of the queens Roy Everidge and Ed Holcombe raised back in August. She was introduced to a split colony through the front entrance of an eight frame medium hive on 20 August, and was released the following afternoon when the workers finally gnawed through the candy end of her cage. Luckily the bees accepted her and she must have gotten to work right away. We inspected the colony on Sunday, 11 September 2011 and found four and a half frames of brood in various stages of development, including several thousand capped cells. She looks almost orange.
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Our new domain name is now active and can be used to access our site. The new address is wilsoncountybeekeepers.org but the old address will continue to work.
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