Agenda--March 14, 2022

 

Dear members,

Below you will find the agenda for our next quarterly meeting. Hope to see you there.

Please help us manage our membership list by letting us know if you no longer plan to be an active member in East Central Iowa Beekeepers. We hope you continue to be part of our group but if you decide not to please let us know. You can simply reply to this email and let me know that you no longer plan to be a member. If you do not use email, you can let me know in writing or call me at 319-331-9542 to let me know that you no longer wish to receive any mailings from ECIBA. Knowing the exact size of our group will help in future planning. Thank you.

Agenda for East Central Iowa Beekeepers Association

Monday, March 14, 2022

Location: Urban Acres Realty

250 Holiday Road

Coralville, Iowa

Time: Doors open at 6:00

Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 (approx.)

-Introduction and recognition of new membership

--Treasurer’s report

--Election of officers

Vice-president, secretary and treasurer are open for election. Please consider running for one of these two-year positions.

--News/Events

Central Iowa Beekeepers Winter Seminar, Saturday, March 19^th

Earth Expo, Sunday, April 3^rd

Julia McGuire’s Annual beekeeping planner booklet

--Winter loss survey

Have you checked on your bees? What losses have you seen?

--Where to buy bees?

--Early spring management (Floyd Otdoerfer and Joseph Klingelhutz)

--Randy Oliver’s Varroa Model on the Web (Jim Davis)

--15 minute break--

--Making Splits (Jim Davis)

--Open Discussion

--Door prizes

As at our last meeting, we will continue to have a table or area where you may bring items to sell or trade.

We will also have a sheet to sign up to either be a mentor or to indicate you would like to team with an experienced beekeeper.

We encourage you to check out our sites at:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/376373703651116

Web: https://eastcentraliowabeekeepers.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you on the 14^th!