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2008  CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

Please note that all meetings will be held at Brukner Nature Center, unless specified.

 

January

 

No Meeting

 

 

 

 

12

Workshop: Frame and Hive Body Assembly, 1-3 pm.  Contact Tony Rimkus at 937.667.1420

 

 

 

 

18

Workshop: Frame and Hive Body Assembly, 1-3 pm.  Contact Tony Rimkus at 937.667.1420

 

 

 

February

4

MVBA MeetingMonday - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

2008 DUES will be collected at this meeting  $7.00 individual and $10.00 per family

 

 

16

Saturday: Urbana Bee School- 9-3.  Contact Paul Reuter

937. 653.8896

 

March

1

Saturday:  Beekeeping Workshop in Wooster, OH  Contact: Sherry Ferrell at (330) 263-3684, e-mail:  ferrell.6@osu.edu.

 

 

 

 

3

MVBA Meeting -Monday-7:00pm to 8:30pm

 

 

29

Saturday: SW Ohio Beekeepers School- www.warren.osu.edu

 

 

 

April

7

MVBA Meeting -Monday-7:00pm to 8:30pm

 

 

12

Rescheduled to April 26th due to cold weather.  MVBA HIVE WORK DAY

 

 

26

MVBA HIVE WORK DAY - - Saturday -10:00AM – 1:00PM  Bring appropriate protective gear (Back-up date in case of bad weather on April 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

5

MVBA Meeting Monday-7:00pm

Joe Latshaw- guest speaker

 

 

3

MVBA HIVE WORK DAY - Saturday -10:00AM – 1:00PM  Bring appropriate protective gear

 

 

10

BNC’s Tunes in the Trees [All day], Honey Display-Along with all other clubs that meet at BNC -Volunteers needed to promote beekeeping, answer questions and sell honey for club. TIME:  12:00PM- 5PM at BNC

 

 

 

 

10

Honey Creek Watershed Festival, St Rt. 202 -- Volunteers needed MVBA booth -- [set up: 12:30, festival 1-6pm, take down 6-6:30pm

 

 

 

 

17

MVBA HIVE WORK DAY - Saturday -10:00AM – 1:00PM  Bring appropriate protective gear (Back-up date in case of bad weather on May 3)

 

 

 

 

June

2

MVBA MeetingMonday- 7:00pm8:30pm at BNC

Smoker Contest and our Expert Panel will answer beekeeper questions

 

 

 

July

 

 

No Meeting--- Happy 4th of July!

 

12

Hands-On Hive Day at BNC Apiary from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m

Bring appropriate protective gear (Back-up date in case of bad weather—July 19th)

 

August

3

Sunday MVBA Honey Harvest Program - Volunteers needed to remove frames in AM and at Extraction Event 2pm-4pm AND MVBA PICNIC @ 12:30 PM at BNC-This is our August meeting. RSVP by Aug 1st- for head count on Chicken and Drinks-   You supply:  plates/utensils/napkins and Covered Dish to share

 

 

6-14

Miami County Fair display, Troy, Ohio

 

 

 

September

8

MVBA Meeting --7:00pm to 8:30pm [Skip Sept 3- Labor Day]

Fall Apiary Management- Dana Stahlman, guest speaker

 

 

13

Insect Day at Englewood Metroparks:  1-4 pm.  Volunteers needed to staff our display booth.

 

 

 

 

20

MVBA HIVE WORK DAY -  Saturday -10:00AM – 1:00PM 

 

 

 

 

27

MVBA HIVE WORK DAY - Saturday -10:00AM – 1:00PM  (Back-up date in case of bad weather on Sept 20th)

 

 

 

October

6

MVBA MeetingMonday- 7:00pm8:30pm

 

 

19

Sunday: MVBA New Beekeeper School 1:00pm- 4:00pm

 

 

 

November

3

MVBA Meeting - -Monday- 6:30pm to 8:30pm -Election Nomination and voting for next year and COVERED DISH DINNER : RSVP with name and number attending for head count on Chicken and Drinks- supplied by MVBA by Nov 1st.   You bring:  plates, silverware and Covered dish to share. This is our last meeting of 2008!

 

 

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Ohio State Beekeeper Fall Workshop- Saturday?- call 1-800-289-7668 X3220 www.centralohiobeekeepers.com or Dawn at dawn@beeculture.com

 

 

 

December

 

No Meeting—Happy Holidays – see you in February 2009

 

 

 

Come and see what the buzz is about!

 

 

 

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