The Minnesota Hobby
Beekeepers Association
Helpful Information & Interesting Links
If you have a link you think would be useful or
helpful, please let us know!
Minnesota Beekeeping links :
University
of Minnesota Entomology webpage.
Links
recommended by the University of Minnesota
Gary Reuter's Website
Master Gardner and the Beekeeper
[Handout PDF]
The MHBA is sponsoring a Youth Beekeeping
Scholarship 2012, click for details!
Members Blogs:
What should I be doing with my bees this month? Jim from Nature's
Nectar showing us what he is doing each month MN Beekeeping in the News : The
buzz: Urban beekeepers are a growing colony
Minneapolis drew closer to legalizing hives at April 15th City Council Meeting. 2009 U of M Beekeeping Short
Course PBS
Documentary.
The economic value of honeybees from BBC. Other MN Beekeeping Associations: Whitney Center 1st Tuesday, New Life Church of God Elizabeth Williams Northland Arboretum 14250 Conservation Dr. Dan Onofrey Marlys Jaxosf Secretary/Treasurer
3rd Tuesday of
every Month
Mike Sharp
4th Monday evening of the month
Sam Stuart Minnesota Beekeeping Classes To Watch for Spring 2012
:
Century College Beekeeping Class
Robert Sitko, Instructor and Beekeeper
Thursdays February 9- April 5, 2012. 7 classes plus one field trip on a
Saturday, TBD
Course no. 12807, $115 tuition
U of M Spring Beekeeping Short Course
Beekeeping in Northern Climates
This 2 day course provides all the information necessary to keep bees in cold
climates. We take you through two years of beekeeping; purchasing and assembling
equipment, ordering bees and queens, hiving packages, ensuring colony survival
through winter, dividing colonies in the spring, and producing, harvesting,
extracting, bottling, and selling honey. We also cover the important basics of
disease and mite management and control, emphasizing a reduction in chemical use
within bee hives.
Changes this year: This course is for beginning beekeepers only. If you
have kept bees before, please enroll in the April 3 course. We have had to turn
a number of people away in recent years due to over-enrollment. Please, give our
newbees the opportunity to register! We need more beekeepers!
Dr Marla Spivak and Gary Reuter, Instructors
March 3-4, 2012
U of M St Paul Campus
$125, registrations prior to
February 1, 2012 $140, registrations on or after February 1, 2012
***** Class fills early don't wait! *****
U of M Spring Beekeeping Short Course
Beekeeping in Northern Climates – Part 2
This course is for experienced beekeepers only, and for people that have already
taken the Basics course and need a refresher course. First time beekeepers:
please register for the March basics course! Thank you! This 1-day intensive
course quickly reviews all the information provided in the Basic course (offered
in March). The main focus will be on wintering your colonies and on making
divides in spring to prevent swarming. We will also give the latest updates on
disease and mite management and control, emphasizing a reduction in chemical use
within bee hives. All questions will be answered.
Dr Marla Spivak and Gary Reuter, Instructors
April ##, 2012
U of M St Paul Campus
$75, registrations prior to March 9,
2012 $90, registrations on or after March 9, 2012 (Class fills early don't
wait!)
and bees
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/03/08/hobbyists-abuzz-learning-beekeeping-basics
Research
study by Dr. Spivak.
Tri County Beekeepers Association
1527 Northway Dr
Saint Cloud, MN 56303
Feb - Nov
@ 7 PMSusan Beyer
Sabout2@hotmail.com
www.tricountybeekeepers.com
Todd County Area Beekeepers Association
401 Main St W
Bertha, MN 564373rd Monday
Feb thru May
Phone:
218-924-4411 ToddCountyBees@aol.com
North Central Beekeepers Association
Baxter, MN 564253rd Monday of each month at 7PM
President
info@northcentralbeekeepers.com
www.northcentralbeekeepers.com
MN Honey Producers Association
Holiday Inn
Detroit Lakes MNAnnual Summer Meeting (July 15, 16, 17 2011)
Conrad Legatt
Conrad_Legatt@hotmail.com
Sign Up and Membership Form
www.minnesotahoneyproducers.org
South East MN Beekeepers Association
Assisi Heights,1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN
55901 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00PM
marlysjax@juno.com
Northern Plains Hobby Beekeepers
Moorhead Public Library
118 5th St S Moorhead, MN 56560
stinger3369@yahoo.com
Northeastern Minnesota Beekeepers
Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church
204 5th Street
Carlton, MN 55718
Phone:
218-384-4945bkeeper2008@yahoo.com
nemnbeekeepers.org
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