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June 2019
DCBC Meeting: Utilizing Honey in place of Sugar – June 24 (Monday)
Topic: Utilizing Honey in place of Sugar HIVE DIVE location: TBA Location: The Savory Spoon, Ellison Bay
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DCBC Meeting: Wintering Your Hive (growing fat bees) – July 23
Topic: Wintering Your Hive (growing fat bees) DEMO: Making Pollen Patties HIVE DIVE: Crossroads Flow Hive at 5:30 PM This is the club hive located along the trails at Crossroads, just south of the Collins Learning Center. We will be checking the hive and explaining how honey is harvested from a flow hive. We will also demonstrate a powdered sugar roll test for mites. Location: Crossroads at Big Creek Presenter and Topic: Mark Lentz - Wintering Your Hive Mark will…
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DCBC Meeting: Community Honey Extraction Event – August 24 (Saturday)
Topic: Community Honey Extraction Event Location: Crossroads at Big Creek
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DCBC Meeting: Maintenance and storage of equipment – September 24
Topic: Maintenance and storage of equipment Presenter: Paul Kenyon Activity: Honey-Tasting Social Location: Crossroads at Big Creek
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DCBC Meeting: Developing a Successful Honey Marketing Strategy – October 22
Topic: Developing a Successful Honey Marketing Strategy Presenter: Sue Dompke, Sweet Mountain Farms Location: Crossroads at Big Creek
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DCBC Meeting: Making Mead – November 26
Topic: Making Mead with the Marquardts Activity: Mead Tasting Location: Crossroads at Big Creek
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DCBC Meeting: Holiday Pot Luck Social – December 17
Holiday Pot Luck Social DEMO: Making Bee Candy Location: Crossroads at Big Creek
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DCBC Meeting: Commercial queen and package production – January 28
Topic: Tim Wilbanks comes from a 5th generation beekeeping family is active advocate for the beekeeping industry at the state and national level and will speak about “Commercial Queen and Package Production”. Presenter: Tim Wilbanks Location: Crossroads at Big Creek – Sturgeon Bay
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DCBC Meeting: Prepping for Spring Beekeeping, Part 1 – February 25
Topic: Prepping for Spring Beekeeping, Part 1 Presenter: Max with input from other season beekeepers! Location: Crossroads at Big Creek – Sturgeon Bay - Bottom board, solid 1/8 screened bottom (cover when installing new packages) - 10 frame, 8 frame, 2 deeps or 3 medium boxes. - Hive location, dry, accessible, sunshine, winter protection from the north, north west. - Hive stand, skunk protection, ease for lifting, and double wide! - Mite check the new packages? (no place for mites…
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(CANCELLED) DCBC Meeting: Prepping for Spring Beekeeping, Part 2 – March 24
(CANCELLED) Topic: Prepping for Spring Beekeeping, Part 2 Presenter: Location: Hatch Distillery - Egg Harbor
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(CANCELLED) DCBC Meeting: Installation and Splitting your hive – April 28
(CANCELLED) Topic: Installation of bee colony video, and Splitting your hive Presenter: Open Panel Discussion Location: Crossroads at Big Creek – Sturgeon Bay
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DCBC Meeting: Bee Diseases – May 19
Topic: Bee Diseases, and a hive dive Presenter: Dan Zeile, State Bee Inpector Location: Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay
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DCBC Meeting: Bee Club Meeting – June 23 (Tuesday)
Topic: Bee Club Meeting Presenter: April (State Bee Inspector) Location: Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay April our state bee inspector will be at the meeting so bring your questions. She will let us know if she has time slots for bee inspections later this week. There will be signs at Crossroads to direct you to the outdoor meeting site, bring your own chairs. Also many of our fellow bee keepers have had many birthdays, and for those that have…
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DCBC Meeting: Different Kinds of Hives – July 21
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 Location: Crossroads at Big Creek OUTDOORS – Lawn Area Members of the Door County Beekeepers Club and fellow beekeepers: Due to pandemic restrictions,…
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DCBC Meeting: Honey Harvesting and Preparation for Fall – August 18
Topic: Honey harvesting and the start of prepping for Fall Presenter: Location: Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay 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…
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