End-of-Year Summary, Short Course Announcement, January Meeting Save-the-Date, and Officer Position Open

The Bennington County Beekeepers are looking forward to a new year. We ended 2025 with new and old friends. We had a great series of training in the early spring, we hosted the Vermont Beekeepers' Association Summer Meeting in the summer, and ended the year with a wonderful get together. Most folks had a good year and bees are put to bed for winter.

Want to review the basics?: We will be offering our beginners' Short Course again this year, January 29 through March 12, 2026. If your dues are paid through 2026, please simply respond to this e-mail to let us know that you are interested. If your membership is not current for 2026, the course costs $25.00 and includes 2026 membership; you may also respond to this message to indicate your interest.

Please be aware that, while we run our annual Short Course, there will be no regular Club meeting in February. The March meeting will coincide with the last session of the Short Course, on Products of the Hive, and all Club members are warmly invited to attend and welcome the new beekeeper "graduates" into our club. Ahead of the April meeting, where we hold officer elections, please consider whether you would like to step up as a candidate for an officer position. In particular, the secretary position will be vacant effective at the April meeting.

More urgently, please save the date for our January meeting, which will be on the second Thursday of the month (potluck starts at 6:30, meeting from 7-9), at the Bennington Free Library, where Jeff Battaglini will be discussing and demonstrating mead-making.

We would like to encourage you to attend the January meeting to let us know how you are doing, if your bees are well, and if you have any questions or suggestions for the club.

Best Regards,
John, Mel, Jim, Jeanne, Erin, & Peggy