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July 2020
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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DCBC Meeting: Prepping Your Honeybee Hive for Fall – September 22
Topic: Prepping your honeybee colony and hive for Fall. Presenter: Paul Kenyon Location: Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay (OUTDOORS – Campfire Circle) 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. Marshmallows and roasting sticks will be provided.…
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DCBC Meeting: Making Mead with the Marquardts – October 20
Topic: Making Mead with the Marquardts, Mead Tasting. Presenter: Lynn & Denise Marquardt Location: Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay
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DCBC Meeting: Making Mead with the Marquardts – November 17
Please use the rear entrance main doors– look for the club banner. Masks and physical distancing will be required. The meeting will be upstairs. 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. Now that the weather has changed and daylight hours are shorter, we continue to look for alternative venues. We will use the Zoom platform as needed. Watch your…
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Michigan Beekeepers’ Association Virtual Spring Conference 2021
The Michigan Beekeepers’ Association is preparing for its Virtual Spring Conference. This conference will be held online the evenings of Wednesday, March 3rd-Friday, March 5th and during the day on Saturday, March 6th with 4 different tracks. There is a fantastic line up of speakers and topics! 30 Vendors | 40 Speakers | 4 Days For more information, please visit: Michigan Beekeepers’ Association Virtual Spring Conference webpage Conference Agenda
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DCBC Meeting: Spring 2021 General Discussion with Q&A – May 18
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…
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DCBC Meeting: with Guest Speaker Donna Stine – June 24
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…
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DCBC Meeting: Honey Harvesting – July 27
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…
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Promoting Pollinators in Door & Kewaunee Counties
Join us to learn about promoting pollinators on your land while sampling locally-sourced snacks and drinks. Peninsular Ag Research Station (4312 WI-42 Hwy, Sturgeon Bay) August 19, 2021, 4 pm to 6 pm Questions? Linda Mohr, Peninsular Ag Research Station, (920) 743-5406 Presentations: • Our Local Pollinators and the Fruits of their Labor (Rebecca Wiepz - PARS Superintendent) • Get in on the Local Buzz - Beekeeping 101 (Max Martin - Door County Beekeeper) • Home Sweet Home - Establishing…
Find out more »DCBC Meeting: Raising Fat Bees – August 24
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 •…
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DCBC Meeting: A Brief History Of Modern Beekeeping – September 28
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…
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DCBC Meeting: All About Beeswax – October 26
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?
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DCBC Meeting: Making Mead with the Marquardt’s – November 30
Topic: Making Mead with the Marquardt’s Guest Speaker: Dennis & Lynn Marquardt Includes Tasting & Pairing.
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DCBC Meeting: Pot Luck Social + Bee Candy Demo – December 14
• 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
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