Virtual Learning course offered for new Beekeepers in February

The Bennington County Beekeepers Club will again offer a free beginner course for new beekeepers. Learn about the interesting life of honey bees, the skills and equipment needed to care for them and the many challenges they face.

This is a wonderful opportunity and resource to meet and learn from seasoned beekeepers in our area. The course covers setting up a hive, locating it and finding where to get your bees.

From there, you will learn how to inspect your hive, caring for your bees, pests and predators of the bees, harvesting and extracting honey, and products your hive can produce.

Class size is limited, so reserve your space today.

Classes will meet on Thursdays virtually via Zoom, February 11, 22, 28th from

6:30-9:00 PM.

To sign up or for more information, please e-mail benncbeekeepersclub@gmail.com

 January 14th Zoom Meeting Details

Meeting Time: Jan 14, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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 January 2021 club meeting January 14th via Zoom

guest- Samantha Alger from the Vermont Bee Lab. Zoom details to follow.

Stay tuned here for further details on our 2021 Beginner's Beekeeping Classes beginning in February.

April Meeting Cancelled

The April 9th Bennington County Beekeepers Club Meeting has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 social distancing requirement as ordered by the governor.

Access to the Veteran's Home is also restricted. 

Check back with us later in the month to see if we will be able to meet for our next scheduled get-together on May 8th. 

Stay at home and use the off time to care for your emerging hives and prepare for those new spring nucs and packages.

2020 VT Beekeepers Association Winter Meeting 

 January 28, 2020 in Essex Junction at the VT Winter Agricultural Fair.  

The meeting is open to VBA members and all are asked to preregister.  It is a free all day event and the main speaker will be Mike Palmer.  It's great to connect with beekeepers around the state and to learn about beekeeping issues and research in Vermont.  

To sign up go to the Vermont Beekeepers Assoication website  www.vermontbeekeepers.org

Bennington County Beekeepers’ Club

Thursday, January 09, 2020

7:00 p.m. meeting

Crispe Room at the 

Vermont Veterans’ Home

325 North Street, 

Bennington VT, 05201

7:00 pm              Pot-Luck Dinner:  Please bring a dish to share.

7:35 pm              Business Meeting, including discussion of annual budget.

8:00 pm              Presentations:  “What to do with Honey this Winter?”

·         Make mead (Jeff Battaglini)

·         Make creamed honey (Jeanne Davis)

Announcement: Club member Dave Sicko has a Maxant 3100 radial extractor for sale. Please contact him for details.

Bennington County Beekeepers Club is proud to present its annual

Free Five-Week

Beginning

Beekeepers Course

5 nights of basic instruction for new beekeepers and current beekeepers who want to refresh their current techniques.

Thursday evenings

Jan 23^rd, January 30^th, February 6^th, February 13^th, & February 27^th

6:30-9:00 PM

 in the Vermont Veterans Home

The Crispe Room

350 North Street, Bennington, VT

To register

Call 802-823-7955

or email

jdavisbwheat@comcast.net

Donations welcomed