It’s been a while!! I last posted back in May of 2020 which seems like a lifetime has passed since then. So many normal beekeeping activities have not happened….club activities, group extractions, classes, planning sessions, and conferences. Beekeepers tend to be pretty hands on people and on-line activities are just not the same. That said, we should try for the next best option, which revolves around zoom type activities.
It appears the Michigan Beekeepers Association has put together a virtual conference on March 3rd-6th. It looks like they have put together an impressive lineup of speakers. Some have been here at our UP conferences in the past..Charlotte Hubbard, Meghan Milbrath, Anna Heck, and Rich Wiske.
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Just in from Michelle at the Superior Beekeeping Club
Michelle Landis
Superior Beekeeping Club
18tsSponirnsoreedh ·
Ok this is first come first serve. Due to the cancellation of the Upper Peninsula Beekeeping Conference in 2020 and the lack of a 2021 Conference. The Superior Beekeeping Club has paid for a limited amount of seats at the Virtual Michigan Beekeeping Association Conference. https://www.michiganbees.org/spring-conference/
Please PM me to receive a code for registration. This opportunity is for members of an Upper Peninsula based club.
I will be working a midnight tonight and will have the opportunity to respond through out the night. So please feel free to message at anytime. But still be patient it may still take several hours for me to respond.
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*This certainly has been an unusual UP winter to this point. We have about 75” of snow so far, but should have 120 in a normal year. My hives are usually buried at this time and are now exposed to 10-15 below 0 in the morning and a high of around 7 during the day. How come we never get the perfect winter, spring, summer, or fall ??
*I recently made a quick video on making simple beeswax candles for my grandson and his friends in Tennessee. Check it out here if you have an interest….https://youtu.be/Brza4NVGdLg *I just finished a longer term project that those of you that have been here and have seen the old 1870’s log cabin here on the property, might like to see. It has a few issues, but you will get the gist…nothing to do with beekeeping..a historical video. https://youtu.be/bwlt4UjgQng