MHBA Meeting
February Member Meeting
Topic: James Wolfin: Lawns to Legumes, converting lawns to pollinator habitat Speaker Bio: James Wolfin is a sustainable land care manager at Metro Blooms, and former graduate student at the University of Minnesota where he studied turf alternatives for bees under the advisement of Drs. Marla Spivak and Eric Watkins. At Metro Blooms, James leads…
March Member Meeting
Speaker: DriftWatch. Speaker: Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Description: TBD.
April In-Hive Demonstration
Please NOTE: There will be NO HIVE DEMONSTRATIONS until further notice. In an effort to provide timely information and educational resources to all of our MHBA members Gary Reuter has generously offered to host weekly webinar meetings via Zoom. You are invited to attend a weekly Zoom webinar, every Tuesday evening April14 through May…
April Member Meeting
St. Paul Student Center 2017 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MNWe are sorry to announce that it is necessary to postpone our April 14th screening of "The Pollinators". We look forward to rescheduling this event on a future date to be announced. Please join our weekly webinars instead: Every Tuesday in April and May at 7PM. Screening of "The Pollinators" at the St.…
May Member Meeting
Please view the weekly webinar posting that replaces this meeting. Topic: Adrian Quiney, hive management Description: TBD
June In-Hive Demonstration
Due to Covid-19 this and all future Hive Demonstrations will not be held until further notice
June Member Meeting
Speaker: TBD Description: TBD Also: Youth Scholarship students share their first beekeeping experiences of the season.
July In-Hive Demonstration
Due to Covid-19 this and all future Hive Demonstrations will not be held until further notice
July Member Meeting
"The Pollinators" film will be shown remotely to our membership on Vimeo. The film will be followed by an 8:45pm panelist discussion on Zoom Please refer to your July newsletter for the post-film panel discussion on Zoom The Pollinators Vimeo link to watch the film: https://vimeo.com/418494083 Here is the password: MN_Hobby_Beeks_07142020
Zoom Webinar
We will greatly miss our Annual Family Picnic this year! In its place we are holding a Zoom webinar on the removal and extraction of honey supers!
Canceled October In-Hive Demonstration
The demonstration will be held at the bee yard behind the Bee Lab at 6pm, before the regular MHBA meeting. All members are welcome to attend.
October Member Meeting via Zoom
Board Member Alex King will speak about Cut-outs and Removals
November Member Elections & Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: TBD Electronic Elections, Youth Scholarship Students share their end of summer presentation. This will be the last meeting of 2020. See you at the MHBA banquet.
MHBA Member Meeting
Borlaug Hall, Room 335 1991 Upper Buford Cir, St. Paul, MNHorizontal Frame Beekeeping
Member Meeting
Borlaug Hall, Room 335 1991 Upper Buford Cir, St. Paul, MNOur membership meeting will feature Albert Robertson, who will be speaking about Saskatraz queen breeding.
Member Meeting
Borlaug Hall, Room 335 1991 Upper Buford Cir, St. Paul, MNThe April membership meeting will feature Larry and Jan Hofman from the Hofman Historical Apiary in Janesville, MN. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 for its state-level significance in the theme of agriculture. Established in 1907 the apiary has been under restoration over the past decade. Larry and…