Agenda
March 8, 2021
6:30 to 8:00 (approximate)
Zoom meeting (an additional email will be sent with log-in information several days prior to the event)
Opening remarks:
--winter losses. How have your bees fared? Let us know what kind of loss you sustained over this long winter.
--Julia McGuire. Julia will tell us about a grant she applied
for and was awarded. It is a Farmer Ranch Grant, from a program
of North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education. The outcome will be a monthly field guide planner,
with the goal of improving honey production and native foraging
habitat. Julia will invite participation in the project.
--Ed St. John. Ed will talk about early spring management, including feeding, hive manipulation, and how to assess the strength and vitality of your hive coming out of winter.
--Questions and Open discussion
*** Please check our website, http://eastcentraliowabeekeepers.blogspot.com for any further information. If you are looking for bees to start new colonies, check out links on our Trading Post page.
Hope to see you/hear you on March 8th.
Jim Davis
Secretary, ECIBA
(please note: if you paid membership dues ($20) for 2020, you will not need to pay for 2021)
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As the Pandemic has continued month after month, more groups are offering online, virtual meetings, conferences and discussions. Please check our Classes and Events page for a listing of upcoming virtual events, featuring such notable bee experts as Randy Oliver, Mike Palmer and others.
This one is this week, March 4th. Ready for Spring 2021
Our 2021 Honey Queen for East Central Iowa Beekeepers, Rachel
Vakulich, has started her own Facebook page. To view Rachel's
page and to see what things she has coming up as our queen, please
visit Rachel's page.
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