Beekeeping in Southeast Indiana
With wonderful local and national speakers, super topics, great lunch and hundreds of beekeepers that we haven’t seen since the previous year, we seem to get bigger and better and this year will be no exception.
Caesar Creek State Park’s Visitor’s Center Sunday, March 4 th , 2018 10am – 4pm Sponsored by the Southwest Girls Beekeeping Club and Caesar Creek. This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Morning Session 10:00 - 11:30am “The basics of beekeeping & how to get started” (Suzanne Geisler, Eileen Hahn, Suzy Hardin, & Kendra Continue Reading
Dave Broxterman and Jason Morgan will demonstrate several methods of making splits for apiary increase and varroa management. Please note we're still meeting at our winter location.
We meet back at Garry's workshop. Garry Reeves will be telling us how to evaluate queen bees. We all know that while the queen really doesn't rule the hive, it still takes a vigorous, healthy queen to make the best hive. Bring your veils!
Download Chandra's PDF for details.
Have you ever wondered what it would take to start beekeeping?
Garry Mullen will bring in a 10-frame Langstroth hive where he uses a division board to reduce it to the size of a nuc and then expand the box as needed.
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