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January NCBA meeting - will be held at the Berthoud Area Community Center on January 24th from 7 to 9 pm. The Community Center is located at 238 Welch Avenue in Berthoud. A map is attached (click here). We will be showing the "Silence of the Bees" documentary which aired on Nature last year. It is an excellent film and lasts about an hour. The balance of the time will be used for a film discussion and a brief business meeting.
February NCBA meeting - will be held in the City of Love--in honor of Valentine's Day--at the Loveland Public Library on February 21st from 7 to 9. Program to be determined.
March NCBA meeting - will be held in the Windsor Recreation Center, March 18th, 7-9 PM. Charleen Barr, Larimer Master Gardener and novice beekeeper will be presenting "What's Buzzing in my Garden-- Beneficial Pollinators" in the Aspen Room at the Windsor Recreation Center. This presentation provides an overview of why pollination is important, how plants attract pollinators, behavior of pollinators and their benefits. Beneficial insects, natural controls vs. insecticides, and beautiful gardens conclude this 45 minute talk. Beth Conrey, Master Beekeeper and President of the Northern Colorado Beekeepers will field specific questions on honeybees. This program is free and open to the public. If you need any further information, please contact Beth Conrey at (970)532-0329 or email at Bee2Apiary@q.com.
April NCBA meeting - will be at the Harmony Library in Fort Collins, 7-9 PM on April 15th. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will be presenting a "Bear-proof your Hive" session for the first half of the meeting. The second half will be the Google Earth presentation on hive mapping that didn't occur at the last meeting due to technical difficulties.
May NCBA meeting - willl be held at Larimer County Extension Service Office in Fort Collins from on May 15th from 7 - 9 pm. Estel Schultis and Kris Holthaus will be talking about and demonstrating the proper techniques for splitting and Nucs. There will be an update on the Hive Mapping Project and introduction of our new Volunteer Coordinator.
June NCBA meeting - will be held June 18th at the Greeley Recreation Center Room 101C from 7-9 pm. The topic for discussion will be "ReQueening" by Jim Boyd. There will be a swarm update and time available to "Shoot the Bees (instead of Shoot the Breeze)".
July NCBA meeting - will be held July 24th in the Johnstown Community Center, the time will be 7-9 PM and the presentations will be Top Bar Hives by Kristal Domenico and Swarm follow-up reporting
August NCBA meeting - will be held August 26th at the Poudre Valley REA, the time will be 7-9 PM. Edie Stout will be showing off the Club extractor and uncapping knife and letting you know the procedure for borrowing them. We would like to engage in a discussion afterwards and the primary topic will be "Honey Pricing".
September NCBA meeting - will be held at the Berthoud Town Park on September 18th from 6:30 to 8:30 (Note new fall/winter time!). We will have a "Grilling with Honey" BBQ. Families and significant others are invited. RSVP by September 11th.
October NCBA meeting - will be held at the Gardens at Spring Creek on October 16th from 6:30 to 8:30. Program topic to be announced. Election of Officers.
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November is Mead Month at NCBA. Members John Maday and Jason Goldman will be conducting two different mead sessions this month.
Saturday, November 8th, 2-4 pm there will be a Mead Tasting Event at John Maday's house at 7109 Ranger Drive.
We will start with a structured tasting, with three or four different meads. Jason is good at describing how to evaluate aroma and pick out different flavors and characteristics of the drink. So we'll take some time tasting small samples, discussing, comparing and contrasting the different styles, etc.
After that, the session turns completely informal. We just socialize, open whatever other meads are available, sample them, discuss, graze on some snacks.
Here are directions to 7109 Ranger Drive:
John Maday is located in the Registry Ridge subdivision, which is at the SW corner of the intersection of Shields and Trilby on the SW side of Fort Collins. From Shields, just South of Trilby, turn West on Truxun Drive. The turn is just about 200 yards south of the stoplight at Trilby. Take Truxun about five blocks West to where it ends. Turn left (South) on Ranger Drive. Take Ranger South about six blocks South. The house is on the right, a gray two-story, address is 7109 Ranger.
On Sunday, November 16th beginning at noon, there will be a Mead Making Event at Jason Goldman's house at 1900 Ridgewood Rd. John will be hosting a mead brewing event at his home. This will run from noon-3pm or so. For this event, John will be brewing a batch of mead and talking about the process. John is also inviting other homebrewers to this event and is hoping we'll get some others brewing at the same time to show some different alternatives and approaches. Sheron from Foxryde will be helping with this event as well (assuming the schedule works). She's a fine local meadmaker and a fellow instructor, so this should be a great opportunity for the NCBA to learn a lot.
Directions to Jason’s at 1900 Ridgewood Rd: Take Stuart west from Shields (this is between Prospect and Drake). Go straight at the stop sign. Turn right at the first right turn, which is Ridgewood Road . 1900 is around the curve on the left.
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December Holiday Party will be held at the Loveland Public Library, Gertrude P. Scott meeting room from 6:30 to 8:30 on Tuesday, December 9th. There will be a brief presentation on the Colorado State Beekeepers Association meeting which takes place the weekend previous.
January 2009 Meeting will be held at the Berthoud Community Center on Tuesday, January 13th from 6:30 to 8:30. Featured speaker will be Ed Smelko. He will be discussing the nutritional benefits of the various alternatives for bee foods that have come out on the market in the past year. In addition, we will discuss the pros and cons of various feeder options.
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The Colorado State Beekeepers Association is pleased to announce the dates and schedule for our upcoming Winter Meeting:
Dates: Friday, December 5th..evening Roundtable/Greet & Meet with tomorrow's speakers. Time: 7:00 P.M. Radisson Hotel Conference Center.
Saturday, December 6th..Radisson Hotel Conference Center starting @ 8:30 A.M..lunch @ 12:00 noon..resume program 1:30 P.M. (till about 5:00 P.M.)
Sunday, December 7th..CSBA Business Meeting @ 9:00 A.M. (all CSBA members/prospective members welcome).
Place: Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, CO 80501. (800) 843-8240. http://www.radisson.com
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Gordon Wardell from Tucson Arizona, and developer of Mega Bee (the Tucson Bee Diet) will be our main speaker for the day. He will be speaking both in the morning and afternoon sessions on: Honey Bee Nutrition & Longevity and The Relationship Between Honey Bee Protein Availability & (so-called) CCD.
We will also have presentations by Mr. Lyle Johnston (former CSBA President) on the relatively new organization: Project Apis m. (an organization formed to help beekeepers to find ways to deal with recent die-offs, et al.). We may also have Ms Chris Heintz, Executive Director of Project Apis M. to present on their activities. Lyle will also be available to comment on recent situations with almond pollinators in California.
Click here for complete schedule details
The new National Honey Board will give a presentation on the new directions and priorities of their organization. Longmont (Firestone) is home to the NHB.
As always..the CSBA will hold a Honey Judging Contest (bring your honey & beeswax samples for judging)..as well as a raffle of many fine items from CSBA members and various bee supply dealers.
Admission: $25.00 per person or couple. Lunch (optional) $15.00 per person.
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Make your plans now to attend this informative and enjoyable conference for all Colorado Beekeepers..
For further information: check our Website: www.ColoradoBeekeepers.org or call (303) 702-0085.
If you are interested in beekeeping please join us for these events
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