Remember the day-- Saturday, March 31st. The first all UP Bee Conference right here in Marquette. We are rapidly approaching our maximum number for the facility so click here to register. Hope to see you there!
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* The beekeeping 101 session in Escanaba went great--50+ people. My thanks to the organization of events to Jessica LaMarsh and my co-presenters Michelle Landis and Kevin Labumbard. The sage advice of longtime beekeeper Tom Nebel was much appreciated. It is my hope this club will build on the momentum and provide a real resource to present/future beekeepers in the area.
**Get registered for the all UP Beekeepers conference on March 31st at Northern Michigan University. Click here for the link to the site. *** The Michigan Beekeepers' Association Conference will be held in East Lansing on March 9th and 10th. I will be going there to speak on overwintering and on wildflowers. Click here for registration and details. ****Mary and I will be leaving(Feb 28th) the North Country for 10 days--I miss it already and haven't even left. We will see family in the Grand Rapids area, then on to Tennessee to see my daughter, her husband and my grandson. Then back to East Lansing for the MBA conference and home on the 11th. *****Maple tree tapping when we return and then on to the new bee year!!!!!! Following are two recent bee events: 1. Beekeeping 101 at the Marquette Library had about 20 participants. The session was conducted by Michelle Landis, Lauri LaBumbard , and myself. Another session will be done at the March 31st UP Bee Conference at NMU. 2. The first organizational meeting of the Delta County Area Beekeepers was put together by Jessica LaMarsh at Bay College. A great turnout of 40 interested "bee people". Stay tuned for meeting times and future events---a beekeeping 101 is imminent! *** Stay warm and safe as a winter storm descends upon us. What a cold spell!! Since Christmas we have had 5 days below 0 and a high of only 14. Sure hope the bees are snuggling in--not as much snow for insulation that I would like. As I write this, the north wind is blowing , snow is falling hard, and the temp is 7.
For those interested, There are two dates that our club will be doing a beekeeping 101 session. From Michelle: It is that time of year again! The Superior Beekeeping Club is happy to be holding not just one but two beekeeping 101's this year. So if you or someone you know is wanting to get into beekeeping or you need a refresher join us on one of the two dates. We will go over all the basics about honey bees and their roles in the hive, what woodenware to start with, how to get your bees and more. For all people looking to order bees through the club this year I will send out an email as soon as I get more info. BEEKEEPING 101 January 13th at 10-1 at the Community room located in the lower level of Peter White Library or March 31st as a session at the all UP Bee conference. For more info on this one go to upbeekeepingconference.weebly.com * The bees are all tucked in and the snow is with us--what a beautiful wonderland we live in. Today I am getting out of my shop where I have been making Christmas presents and out to the cabin. It was 18 degrees early this morning before I started a fire, by noon it was 76. As you can see from the pictures, it has been a rough day. All of that writing, reading, and looking out the window is really "hard work".
** Planning for the Spring UP Bee Conference continues. A bit more is added to the website as it becomes available--upbeekeepingconference.weebly.com. It is looking like a really nice event is shaping up---mark your calendar Sat. March 31st, 2018. ***Now is a good time to put together some bee reading material for the coming months. A good start and a nice gift to yourself or other beekeepers is either or both of the major bee magazines--"The American Bee Journal" or "Bee Culture". Both of these have great articles and have info on new/old books that are available. **** For those of you that have seen my video "Why I am a Beekeeper", I am attempting to get some of the pictures I used changed then I can put it in the public domain. I never realized the difficulties of traversing that whole issue. I need to be less technically challenged. NON BEE PROJECTS It might not look like it, but I really am involved in non bee endeavors. I am currently working on a couple of projects that I hope to have done by March. 1. The script has been written and I am now putting together pictures for a historical video called the "Born Cabin". It is a 1870's log cabin on this property that we have/are restoring. I have researched the history and hope I have done the old cabin justice. For the story--stay tuned. 2. On one melancholy night, I wrote a poem/thingy called "Am I Old?". Maybe just one to many aches that night. A talented musical friend has written music to accompany the reading. She will play it on a 12 string guitar. and my son-in-law will record it. Again, stay tuned. From all of us here in the Far North Country--Have a wonderful Holiday Season. I recently receive a question from Gina. For whatever reason, I have not been able to send a reply directly to her. Maybe some of you would be interested also--here goes.
Good morning Gina, There is no UP source for nucs,queens or packages. That said, you might sporadically find a nuc that someone wants to sell if they split a hive--late spring or early summer. Same goes for queens--there are some that breed some of their own in mid summer and have a couple to spare. Unfortunately, there is no one that does this as a business. Our local club puts in a joint order for packages that usually arrive in the last part of April. Keep you your eye on the club page for info regarding this process. Joel ** you might be interested in our spring all UP Bee Conference--https://upbeekeepingconference.weebly.com/ Sue Peterson is really making an effort to get a group organized for that area. They will be having a meeting at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton Dec. 5th at 6:00. Melissa Hronkin of Algoma Acres will be the speaker--discussing making balms and salves out of beeswax. More details from Sue follow.
Greetings Fellow Beekeepers! A quick update on our last meeting. We are in the process of applying to be affiliated with the Michigan Beekeeper’s Association. We have renamed our group the Copper Country Beekeepers. Our President is Dave Wiitanen and secretary/treasurer is Sue Peterson (me). The only other requirement we need is to have 10 members. We are short of 10 members and ask that if you haven’t come out to our meetings, please do. As a group we can strive to be more successful and productive beekeepers. Individually we have many ideas and resources, as a group we can combine these resources to be more successful. Please plan to attend our December 5th meeting at 6:oo. Our guest speaker is Melissa Hronkin from Algohma Acres. Melissa will be demonstrating how to make balms and salves as well as sharing many resources and recipes. Great Christmas ideas!! Our January meeting has been moved to January 9th, 2018. The tentative topic is “Constructing Hives and components. And I’m sure we will continue to discuss overwintering. Hope to see many of you at our next meeting! Sue 6:00 tonight at the Ore Dock Brewing Company. See details on the club page.
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