January Minutes

The meeting began at 7:00 pm with 12 people in attendance and Keith Dougan presiding with all officers present Keith began by introducing Josh Hurlbert, a representative from Congressman Sam Graves's office, and we had a discussion about the current situation with bees. One of the questions Dorene had originally brought up was the declaration of the tall sweet clover as an invasive species when it is one of the best plants for bees. Hurlbert had already done some initial investigation into that and listened to other concerns. He talked with us for about a half hour.


After the discussion we moved ahead and set the date of February 6,2014, at 7:00 pm at the Votech center as our next meeting.

We then began planning ahead for the Beekeeping 101 class offered through the college on January 11 for that following Saturday. 

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Dates To Remember:

February 6th 2014 7:00 pm -February Meeting
February 8th 2014 2:00 pm- Advanced Beekeeping Class

December 2013 Meeting Minutes

I am sending this to everyone the club has an address for. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A SCHEDULING CHANGE. MEETING DATES ARE NO LONGER LOCKED INTO THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH. Next meeting is scheduled for JANUARY 8th, 2014 the Wednesday before our introduction to beekeeping class on Saturday the 11th. Also be aware that Congressmen Sam Graves has been invited to attend this meeting though I have not heard anything from him accepting or rejecting the invitation.  

Keith Dougan opened the meeting by giving a presentation on a couple of candy bards. We moved along quickly to our major event, electing new officers. Kent Brown moved that we retain the same officers but Keith said he is having trouble fitting it into his schedule on the dates as it is scheduled now. He asked if we could change the date. Dorene Claybaker definitely agreed. Byron Miller also brought up the idea of moving leadership around in the group so that it did not continuously rest on Keith. The other officers thought this was a good idea.

It was settled that the next meeting would be at 7:00 p.m. on January 8 at the Votech building in Maryville. That is a Wednesday. Meeting dates may float throughout the week now, including weekends.

Byron posed a question on water usage in your sugar water, better to use distilled water or hard water? Different members weighed in with different ideas. Byron also brought up the need for an amplifier for
meetings and that it really would have helped us at the American Royal show. Tom Kenny agreed to look into that and get some pricing for the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

DATES TO REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!

JANUARY 8th, 2014 -Our next meeting

JANUARY 11th, 2014- Introduction to beekeeping class

FEBRUARY 8th, 2014- Advanced Beekeeping class

All events are at the Vo-Tech building in Maryville, MO

November Meeting

The November Meeting is cancelled. Our next meeting will be on December 2nd at 7 pm at the Northwest Technical School.

Conservation Day 2013

This year Keith, Jerry, and Erin went out to Nodaway Lake north of Maryville, MO to speak with 4th grade students from the county about bees. We had an observation hive and several display items. I think that all of the kids and teachers enjoyed the program.

Meeting Monday June 10th

Email From Secretary:

Upcoming meeting of the Northwest Missouri Beebusters will be June 10
at the Vo-Tech building in Maryville at 7:00 p.m.

One of the topics we need to discuss is the stand at the Nodaway
County Fair on July 18, 19, 20th. Bee thinking of plans for a banner
that needs to be made. How best to represent the Northwest Missouri
Beebusters and what do we want the stand to show?? Volunteers will
also be needed.

Sincerely hope to see you Monday night at the Vo-Tech building!!!

Dorene Claybaker
Secretary/NW Missouri Beebusters

Pre-Kindergarten Bee Talk

Today Byron Miller and I (Erin Mullins) went to Horace Mann Lab School in Maryville and talked with the kids about bees and beekeeping. One of the moms baked biscuits so that the kids could try the honey and I think most liked it. It was lots of fun and I think the kids and teachers enjoyed it a lot.

 

Here are some of the pictures from today.

 

 

New Meeting Location for May Meeting

This is the email from Dorene our Secretary:

UPDATE:

Our last meeting was rather full and we would like to see if we can get some extra members to show up so we are going to try holding it at the Vo-Tech building in Maryville (the south end of  the high school) again on May 13, (the second Monday of the month).

I will send out a reminder e-mail when the date gets closer but just thought I would update the location!

Thanks!

Dorene

For directions to the high school see map below. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

April 2013 Meeting Minutes

I added the minutes from Mondays meeting to the Minutes from Meetings page. Head on over and check them out to see what you missed or to review what was discussed at this months meeting.

New Bee Club in Macon Missouri

This is the Information about the new bee club from the Email Keith set out there is not going to be a new club in St Joseph it's in Macon Missouri instead.

 

To All persons  who are interested in the new Beekeeping Club now organizing in the North Central Missouri area.

 

Our initial meeting will be held 4-27-2013 at 11:00 AM,  as shown in the attachment, at the Macon Career Center , ( Commons Area )

702 North Missouri , Macon Vocational School, Macon, Mo.

Missouri State Beekeeping Association President , John Timmons &  

MSBA Vice President , Valerie Duever 

will both be present to moderate this meeting.

 

If possible,  please let us know if you can attend and participate in setting the new club up.

 

If you know of anyone that might be interested in membership in this club, please also forward this information.

Contact:  Bob Brammer ,  660-415-6480  rbrammer@cvalley.net

                  Dan West         ,  660-651-7582  danwest@centurytel.net

 

You can see this Notice on Facebook: Bee Trace Apiary ,  and www.west-orchards.com

April Meeting

We will be meeting at Keith's house on Monday April 8th at 7:00 PM for our monthly meeting. Also if you ordered bees through Keith you can pick them up at his house at 1:00 PM Saturday morning.

 

Here is a little video a member had shared with us that was really interesting.