February 19
Mentoring: Forming lasting and productive “Bee Buddy” relationships and diagnosing deadouts.
Club president, Charlie Reed, presented information on establishing rewarding and educational relationships between experienced “Bee Buddies” and “new-bees”. Richard Lee and Charlie discussed how to diagnose dead outs, discovering why it happened so we can make different decisions in the coming year, and what to do with the remains of the colony. Richard used a hive from the Old City Cemetery and Charlie used one of his own hives for the “autopsies”.
January 15, 2026
The club kicked off our 2026 membership drive with the goal of growing to 100 members! We encourage current members to renew, past members to return and see what is new, and anyone interested in beekeeping to join us.
We celebrated Ann Zudekoff and other upcoming February birthday members.
Emily Sartore introduced some new products from Dadant-perfect timing as Spring approaches.
Did you say free?
Richard Lee thanks Elena Black for giving some free items to club members.
January 8th -10th North American Honey Bee Expo
Several club members traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to attend NAHBE 2026. There were lots of speakers, new products, and vendors with good deals. And, of course for some of us, shopping!
Walking into the convention hall was overwhelming.
Ann talking to one of the many vendors.
Jeff Hines signals he enjoyed the expo!