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Kalamazoo Bee Club
"How To Inspect Your Hives”
Thursday, April 15
7 - 9 pm
Comstock Community Center
The next program of the Kalamazoo Bee Club will be Thursday, April 15, from 7 - 9 pm at the Comstock Community Center. The date for this program has changed. Please note the new date and the location. The Comstock Community Center is located at the intersection of King Highway and Michigan about a mile east of Sprinkle Road.
If you already have bee hives, you will find the April 15 program especially helpful. If you do not yet have bees, you will learn a lot about how a bee hive operates.
Dr. Larry Connor will be the featured speaker. We all know that we should inspect our hives every two weeks. But what are we looking for? Larry will show examples of what we should expect to see when we inspect our hives, and what we should do if we don’t find what we expect.
This will be a free program. No registration is required.
Kalamazoo Bee Club
Install 3 Packages of Bees
Saturday, April 24, 7:45 pm
Kalamazoo Bee Club Apiary
Forget Me Not Landscape & Nursery
7831 East Main, Kalamazoo
Young Beekeepers ages 5 – 15 will kick off the beekeeping season on Saturday, April 24 at Forget Me Not Landscape and Nursery, 7831 East Main in Kalamazoo. Installation of three packages of bees will take place from 7:45 pm until 8:30 pm. Adult beekeepers are invited to participate. Last summer there were as many adult beekeepers as young beekeepers.
Two of the three hives started by the Young Beekeepers last spring survived the winter and are doing well. A package of bees has been donated by Chris Barnes, the manager at Dadant Beekeeping Supplies in Albion, for installation in the third hive. In addition, packages will be installed in two new hives belonging to the Onderlinde family, proprietors of Forget Me Not Landscape and Nursery.
If weather is a factor on Saturday April 24 at 7:30 pm and you don't know whether to come, please call Dave Van Antwerp at 616-293-2600.
Kalamazoo Bee Club
"Queen Bee 101”
Thursday, May 13
7 - 9 pm
Kalamazoo Nature Center
The May program of the Kalamazoo Bee Club will be held on Thursday, May 13, from 7 - 9 pm at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. Please note the new date and location.
The queen bee is the most important bee in the hive. Dr. Larry Connor will explain the genetics of queen bees and talk about northern queens, southern queens, queens of different types, and how your choice of a queen affects your colonies.
Larry will also show us a variety of techniques for raising queens and re-queening a hive. This will be an exceptionally helpful presentation for both experienced and beginning beekeepers. Dr. Connor is recognized internationally for his expertise in queen bees. You won't want to miss this program!
This will be a free program. No registration is required.
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