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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
Master Gardner and the Beekeeper [Handout PDF]
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 2010
:
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!)
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.tricountybee.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
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
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
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