Door County Beekeepers Club

June 23rd and 24th will be especially helpful for Door County Beekeepers! The new State Bee Inspector Donna Stine, will be in Door County visiting hives and helping with your questions. For the new beekeepers, the Inspector is not regulatory, rather, her role is to help educate and advise. If you are interested in having Donna visit your hives, please contact Dennis Marquardt at (262) 751-7239 or dennismarquardt1929@gmail.com. Dennis will be coordinating the visits with Donna to make her travels around the peninsula efficient.

On Thursday evening. Donna will be our guest speaker at the DCBC Club meeting. She will talk about what she saw during her inspections and offer advice to help you be a successful beekeeper.

6:00 pm – Hive Dive @ Club Hives at the Crossroads
6:30 p.m. – Meeting @ Collins Learning Center at Crossroads

Door County Beekeepers: Welcome to Spring in Door County and the start of another active beekeeping season. While we are not clear of the pandemic, we are going to resume regular meetings and return to the mission of our club – Helping Beekeepers. Our first meeting will be a general discussion and Q&A session. Spring and new bees always generate lots of questions and we’ll do our best to answer them.

Door County Beekeepers Club Meeting
Tuesday; May 18, 2021 @ 6:30 pm
Collins Learning Center at Crossroads
Masks and Social Distancing will be required

Tim Wilbanks of Heritage Honeybee, LLC in Sullivan, WI is offering a FREE, 2 day, in-person, beginners beekeeping class. If anyone is interested, check out the link below for more information.

Beekeeping 101: Two Part Course March 20th & 27th, 2021 at 9:00 AM

Program: Making Mead with the Marquardts
This year, Dennis and Lynn Marquardt will be making pear mead using some of the honey extracted from the club’s Flowhive and Langstroth hives, and pears from the Marquardt’s farm. Join us to learn how to make your own mead and to enjoy tasting some of last year’s plum mead.

Due to pandemic restrictions, we are still limited on our meetings being held in the Collin’s Learning Center. However, since the weather remains nice, we want to continue our monthly meetings and fulfill our mission of education and assistance to beekeepers. This month, we will meet outside around the campfire. Look for the yellow club banner and bring your lawn chair.

Program: Prepping for Fall and Winter – Paul Kenyon will present suggestions and tasks you should consider for getting your hive(s) ready for cold weather and insuring winter survival. Topics will include:

a. Hive inspection
b. Honey storage
c. Feeding the hive
d. Ventilation
e. Insulation and wind break
f. Equipment storage and cleaning

Members of the Door County Beekeepers Club and fellow beekeepers: Due to pandemic restrictions, we are still limited on our meetings being held in the Collin’s Learning Center. However, since the weather remains nice, we want to continue our monthly meetings and fulfill our mission of education and assistance to beekeepers. This month, we will again meet outside in the lawn area. Look for the yellow club banner and bring your lawn chair.

Program: Honey Harvesting – Mark Lentz will discuss fall honey harvesting, recognizing which frames you can harvest, various techniques, and equipment that you will find helpful to insure a successful harvest. Equipment demonstrations used to extract, filter, and bottle your product. Open discussion on other member’s methods and techniques will be encouraged.

After the Harvest – Now that the honey is the jars, what should I do?
1. Suggestions for storing your honey
2. How to clean your supers after harvesting honey
3. Checking for Mites and fall treatment options
4. Sugar feeding (heavy syrup)
5. Winter pollen feeding

MONTHLY MEETING – JUNE 21, 2020

6:00 PM Hive Dive
We will be conducting a Hive Dive on the club’s two hives in the Crossroads nature area. This is an excellent opportunity for new beekeepers to explore hives and learn what to look for when conducting inspections. Dennis Marquardt and Mark Lentz will open the hives and answer your questions.

6:30 PM Meeting
Crossroads at Big Creek
OUTDOORS – Lawn Area

Members of the Door County Beekeepers Club and fellow beekeepers:
Due to pandemic restrictions, we are still limited on our meetings being held in the Collin’s Learning Center. However, since the weather remains nice, we want to continue our monthly meetings and fulfill our mission of education and assistance to beekeepers. This month, we will again meet outside in the lawn area. Look for the yellow club banner and bring your lawn chair.