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
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
Birdchick The adventures of a member of our club who enjoys birdsMN 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
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/03/08/hobbyists-abuzz-learning-beekeeping-basics
PBS Documentary.
Research study by Dr. Spivak.
The economic value of honeybees from BBC.
Other MN Beekeeping Associations:
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| Tri County Beekeepers Association |
Whitney Center |
1st Tuesday, |
Susan Beyer |
Sabout2@hotmail.com | www.tricountybee.com |
| Todd County Area Beekeepers Association |
New Life Church of God |
3rd Monday Feb thru May |
Elizabeth Williams |
ToddCountyBees@aol.com | |
| North Central Beekeepers Association |
Northland Arboretum 14250 Conservation Dr. |
3rd Monday of each month at 7PM |
Dan Onofrey |
info@northcentralbeekeepers.com | www.northcentralbeekeepers.com |
| MN Honey Producers Association | Annual Summer Meeting (July 16, 17, 18 2009) | Conrad Legatt | Conrad_Legatt@hotmail.com | 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 |
Marlys Jaxosf Secretary/Treasurer |
marlysjax@juno.com | |
| Northern Plains Hobby Beekeepers | Moorhead Public Library 118 5th St S Moorhead, MN 56560 |
3rd Tuesday of every Month |
Mike Sharp
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stinger3369@yahoo.com | |
| Northeastern Minnesota Beekeepers | Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran Church 204 5th Street Carlton, MN 55718 |
4th Monday evening of the month 7:00PM |
Sam Stuart
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bkeeper2008@yahoo.com |
Minnesota Beekeeping Classes To Watch for Spring 2010
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Century College Beekeeping Class
Robert Sitko, Instructor and Beekeeper
Thursdays, Feb 4 – Mar 25, 2010. 7 Classes plus one field apiary trip
& there will be a field trip on a Saturday, TBD
Course No 20093-001466 $115
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
Mar 13-14, 2010
U of M St Paul Campus
$125 Before 2/9 (Class fills early
don't wait!)
***** Class closed 12/30/09 250 students! *****
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 3, 2010
U of M St Paul Campus
$75 Before 3/9 (Class fills early
don't wait!)
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