Italian and Carniolan bee packages will be available for online ordering through the end of the day on 3/15/21. We expect that these packages will be delivered sometime in mid April 2021. We will announce pick up dates as we … Continue reading →
At our meeting in January, the club expressed a desire to begin a project to rear our own local queens. The idea was to provide a source of queens raised locally, from stock that has survived a northern Minnesota winter. … Continue reading →
Our regular club meeting will be held via Zoom at 7pm on Monday March 22, 2021. You will receive a link via email with the information that you need to attend during the week before this meeting. We will have … Continue reading →
Its a new year, and we ask all new and current members to use our online payment feature to pay their dues for 2021. Since we are unlikely to be meeting face to face in the next few months, our … Continue reading →
If you are looking to increase your knowledge of beekeeping at a reasonable cost, consider this program. The Penn State University Extension Service is offering an online webinar on Organic Beekeeping Methods through each season of the year. Registration is … Continue reading →
When asked about the best way to get started in beekeeping, many of our members will recommend the in person trainings offered at the U of MN campus. As with so many other things in our lives these days, Covid-19 … Continue reading →
Please help us learn more about your experiences with packages that you purchased for the 2020 season. Your input will help us with our plans for next year. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and feedback! … Continue reading →
We received the following update on the Bee Check program from the MN Department of Agriculture and are posting it here for the benefit of our members: Remember to mark your hives on BeeCheck. Communication is key to any good … Continue reading →
Several of our members are active in the MN Honey Producers Association and our club is also working toward joining as a group. The association publishes a quarterly newsletter with a lot of good information from many sources. We have … Continue reading →
It wasn’t as easy as we thought, but we have finally been able to post the two recorded talks from our seminar in February of 2017. We also have a link to a great presentation on OTS queen rearing as … Continue reading →