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…

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

5:30 pm - Hive Dive Gretchen Schmelzer’s Hives 1043 Louisiana Street, Sturgeon Bay 5:30 pm – smoker lit 5:45 pm – cover off and hive dive (Follow the yellow flags to the hives) 6:30 p.m. – Meeting Collins Learning Center at Crossroads Mid-summer is here and your bees are likely very active gathering pollen and filling your supers. If you plan to harvest honey, this will be an informative meeting for you to attend. Guest Speaker: Dennis Marquardt and Mark…

Door County Beekeepers Club Meeting August 24th, 2021 5:15 pm - Hive Dive - Weather permitting, we will open up the hive at Crossroads and do a mite check. 6:30 p.m. – Meeting - Collins Learning Center at Crossroads Honey harvest is either done or going to be done soon, time to start thinking about raising fat bees for the long winter ahead. Speaker: Max Martin and Seasoned club beekeepers • fat bees!! • Mite control • Strong Queens •…

Topic: A Brief History Of Modern Beekeeping Guest Speaker: Jeff Bradley Jeff will give a brief history of Modern Beekeeping, starting in the middle half of the 19th century with the development of the Langstroth Hive (vertical hive) & Layens Hive (horizontal). Move through the evolution of the hives, the advantages/disadvantages, permutations. Ending with what we have on the farm and our experiences. Jeff has several different hives on his farm and is using a phone app that tells you…

Topic: All About Beeswax Guest Speaker: Debby Ulrich Debby will share her experiences and work with beeswax and talk about such things as: o What is it? o How do bees make it? o How to Harvest? o How to process? o Products and uses?

Topic: Making Mead with the Marquardt’s Guest Speaker: Dennis & Lynn Marquardt Includes Tasting & Pairing.

• Pot Luck Social! Bring a dish to pass and enjoy fellow beekeeper's company. • Demonstration: Making bee candy to support winter colonies • 2022 Meeting Calendar copies will be hot off the press and available • Questions, Answers, Sharing

Bewildered About Honeybee Choices? Honey Bee Breeds and Their Attributes. Presenter: Brett Hanson

Topic: Planting For Pollinators Presenter: Coggin Heeringa We are excited to have Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist at Crossroads, presenting at our February meeting. This talk will focus on improving plant biodiversity in order to support pollinating insects. Here is an introduction to her talk: “We frequently read statistics (some accurate) about how important honeybees (and our native wild bees) are to humans because they pollinate crops. Pollinating insects are vitally important, not just for crops, but for sustainable ecosystems on…

Topic: Equipment and Supplies Presenter: Mark Lentz Mark will present one of our core programs on the primary equipment needed for keeping honeybees and when to use the various components. This program will be helpful for all, but targeted at new or interested beekeepers. Equipment Swap will follow meeting.

June 21 Crossroads at Big Creek Swarm Management Hive Dive