2008 Calendar of Cherokee Bee Club Meetings
The 2008 calendar is subject to change.
(Past meetings are displayed in red at the bottom of this page)
Below are tentative programs and those responsible for organizing the function:
*Friday, November 21st* - Holiday Dinner & Speaker- John Tackett (Silent Auction)
December - NO MEETING - MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Regular meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Cherokee Arts Center in Canton, except for those noted with an *.
2008 MEETINGS PAST!
January
17th - "Hive Maintenance, Comb Replacement Strategies, & Brood Building" - B. J. Weeks
*February
2nd* - Cherokee Bee Club's One-Day Bee School @ Etowah High 8AM-4:30PM -
B. J. Weeks & Ryan Sarks
February
21st - Speaker From The
University Of Georgia On Research/CCD/Theories/Medication - Jennifer Berry
*March
15th* - Spring Field Trip (Package Bees & Splits- How To
Be A Bee-KEEPER!) - Lane Cagle
April
17th
- Queen Rearing, Value of Drones, & How To Become A Certified Beekeeper - Mike
Elliot & Randy Tudor
May 15th
- Creating A Business With Honey & Value Added Products - Rights &
Liabilities - Trina Barron & Ryan Sarks
*June
21st* - Summer Field Trip - Scott Tate (Raffle)
(There will be a Board meeting prior to Picnic)
"Setting Up &
Getting Your Honey House Approved"
Plant Bowen Tour
(10:00AM SHARP!!!!) - Family Picnic
& Games(12:30PM)
Harvesting
Extracting Honey
July 17th - Medications & Late Summer Hive Inspections - Worth Green
Medications - (Medications will be available for purchase)
August 21st - Showing Your Honey & Preparations for Spring 2009 - Randy Tudor
September 18th - Transporting Bees & All About The Georgia Beekeeper's Association - (SPEAKER - Bob Binnie)
October 16th - Health & Nutrition From The Hive - BJ Weeks
2007 MEETINGS PAST!
January
18th - "Growing Bees For Honey Production" - B. J. Weeks
*February
10th* - Cherokee Bee Club's One-Day Bee School @ Cherokee High 8AM-4:30PM -
B. J. Weeks/Club
*March
17th* - Spring Field Trip (Package Bees - How To KEEP Bees) - Ryan Sarks
April
19th @ 6:30PM
- Honey Bee Swarming Forum - Trina Barron
May 17th @
6:30PM
- How To Market And Sell Hive Products - Bill Posey
*June
16th* - Summer Field Trip - Worth Green
Family Picnic
Harvesting
Extracting Honey
Medications -
(Medications will be available for purchase)
July 19th
@ 6:30PM
- Medications & Late Summer Hive Inspections - Trina Barron
August
16th @ 6:30PM - Honey Show (Cherokee County
Fair Preparation - Showing Your Honey) - Hoyt Rogers & Joe Schepers
September
20th @ 7:00PM - Fall Preparations & How To Keep Your Bees From Dying -
Bill Posey
October
18th @ 7:00PM - Observation Hives - Walter "Bud" Champlin
*November
16th* - Holiday Dinner & Speaker- John Tackett, Ryan Sarks, and Randy Tudor
December
- NO MEETING - MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
2006 MEETINGS PAST!
January
19
B. J. Weeks – Apitherapy
*February 11*
2006 Bee School, Etowah High School 8am – 4 pm
*March 18*
Spring Field Trip to Jim Driggers’s Apiary 10 am – 2 pm
(rain date March 25)
·
Splits
·
Installing Package Bees & Queens
·
Spring Hive Inspection
April 20
Jennifer Berry –
Queens (Breeding Program/Practical Applications Material)
May 18
BJ Weeks - Open Forum
*June 17*
Summer Field Trip to Jim Driggers’s Apiary 10 am – 2 pm
(rain date June 24)
·
Family Picnic
·
Harvesting
·
Extracting Honey
·
Medication
July 20
Randy
Tudor, Laney Cagle, & Ryan Sarks - Arts, Crafts, Candle-Making, and Medication
August 17
Jim Driggers - Honey Judging
September 21 Cindy Bee - Presentation on
swarm collection
October 19
Keith Delaplane - Africanized Bees
*November
17* Holiday Dinner - Billy
Engle - A Lifetime of Bees
*December* No Meeting - Happy Holidays!