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Upcoming 2011 Meetings: September - September 22nd, from 7-9pm at Copoco's Honey, 2020 N. College Ave. Fort Collins 80524. This party will be a blast! We will have a photo contest, a honey tasting contest, a number of door prizes, a four course dinner, an award ceremony and so much more! A documentary crew will also be present.
Our April Meeting is Scheduled for April 11th at the Greeley Recreation Center. Former NCBA President and current Colorado State Beekeepers Association President Beth Conrey will speak on swarm collection and hive removal. She also maintains our swarm hotline and list of swarm catchers and hive removers. Our May Meeting is scheduled for the 10th at CSU for a bee dissection lab with Chris Mayack, Time will be 7-9 PM in rooms E101 and E103 of the CSU Zoology building. Topic will be how to dissect a honeybee and how to detect nosema. Parking permits are not required after 4 pm on the CSU campus. Click here for map. JUNE - For our June meeting we will have our annual Meet and Greet, It will be held on the 14th at the Syntax Distillery in Greeley, located at 625 3rd Street, Unit C at 7pm - 9pm. This will be a great opportunity for all our members, volunteers, officers and Mentors/Mentees to get a chance to meet each other if you haven't yet. It is also a good meeting to invite any of your friends that have been thinking about joining the Association or starting beekeeping. Map
August - Our August Meeting is planed for the the 9th at 7pm - 9pm at the PVREA Building in Windsor. This will be our Annual extractor meeting. We will offer instructions on how to loan the associations extractor, use, clean and care for it. Please contact Ronda if you can provide refreshments for this meeting. Map These were meetings held in 2010: Our February meeting will feature Mike Doyle with the Center for Disease Control. He will be speaking on mosquito spraying efforts in the area. Thank you to Carolina Nyardy for capturing a swarm near Mike and engaging him in the conversation that lead to this presentation. The February meeting will be held at the Loveland Public Library, Gertrude Scott room, on Tuesday, February 16th from 6:30 to30. Of course, we will need food for this meeting, too. Please call or email if you can help. The April meeting is also scheduled for the Johnstown Senior Center on Wednesday, April 14th from 7-9 pm. Note our shift to summer hours! It will feature Ed Smelko, who kindly volunteered, on swarm management and Kris Holthaus and Estel Schultis on making splits. I will begin compiling the swarm hotline at this meeting, too. This is a VERY TIMELY subject! Snacks are covered for this meeting, also. May BEE LAB: Wednesday, May 19th from 7-9 pm at rooms E101 and E103 of the CSU Zoology building. we will do something really novel. Chris Mayack, with CSU, has procured two of CSU's biology teaching labs for a meeting on how to dissect a honeybee and how to detect nosema. He is working in conjunction with members Patrick and Sam Miller and Linda McWilliams. It will be held on We do not need parking permits after 4 pm on the CSU campus. Click here for map.
The July meeting will be held at the Gardens on Spring Creek on Tuesday, the 13th, from 7-9 pm. A map is attached. The meeting will feature Tom Theobald speaking on pesticides and bees. Here is the link to a recent article that Tom wrote for Bee Culture. The August meeting will be held at the Poudre Valley REA building, in Windsor. It will be held on Wednesday, August 18, from 7-9 pm and will be our annual meeting on how to check out, use, and return the extractor. We will also go over the proper use of the uncapping knife and the refractometer. In addition, we will have a discussion on honey pricing for the upcoming harvest. We will need someone to provide beverages and snacks. Please contact Beth if you can help. In October, we will switch to our winter meeting hours and will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. We have not set the venue nor the date at this time but we would like you all to please remember that this is a very important meeting because it is our annual Election of Officers.
November is Mead month and the mead guys are already hard at it and even have a date ready for the Mead Tasting. It will be Saturday, November 20th. Details to follow on times and locations. The Holiday meeting will be held at the Pulliam Building in Loveland at 545 N Cleveland Ave. 6:30 to 8:30 on Thursday the 2nd of December, we have never met at this location before. The Library in Loveland is under renovation so was unavailable. Be advised that the restrooms at this location are not handicapped accessible. Like last year we will make this meeting our craft event, so I invite everyone to bring their crafts from beekeeping or otherwise and share with everyone as well as inviting family and friends to attend so there will be more likelihood for sales.
These were our meetings in 2009: January 2009 Meeting will be held at the Berthoud Community Center on Tuesday, January 13th from 6:30 to 8:30. Featured speaker will be Ed Smelko. He will be discussing the nutritional benefits of the various alternatives for bee foods that have come out on the market in the past year. In addition, we will discuss the pros and cons of various feeder options. On Saturday, February 7th beginning at noon, there will be a Mead Making Event at Jason Goldman's house at 1900 Ridgewood Rd. John will be hosting a mead brewing event at his home. This will run from noon-3pm or so. For this event, John will be brewing a batch of mead and talking about the process. John is also inviting other homebrewers to this event and is hoping we'll get some others brewing at the same time to show some different alternatives and approaches. Sheron from Foxryde will be helping with this event as well (assuming the schedule works). She's a fine local meadmaker and a fellow instructor, so this should be a great opportunity for the NCBA to learn a lot. Directions to Jason’s at 1900 Ridgewood Rd: Take Stuart west from Shields (this is between Prospect and Drake). Go straight at the stop sign. Turn right at the first right turn, which is Ridgewood Road . 1900 is around the curve on the left. February 17th Windsor Recreation Center, 6:30 to 8:30, Chemical Free Beekeeping presented by Kristal Domenico and Deedee Hosler. Kristal and Deedee attended the Chemical Free Beekeeping conference in Nebraska and will be sharing what they learned from the course. On March 25th Meeting: Chris Mayack, a CSU graduate student, will be making a presentation on his research regarding Nosema Ceranae. The meeting will be at the Harmony Library from 6:30 to 8:30 and will be the last of our winter hour meetings. We will switch back to 7:00 to 9:00 for the summer season. For Chris’ presentation click here. For the article click here. April 4th - The woodenware workshop will be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Loveland from 1-3 pm. As always, we will have stations setup to illustrate basic component construction--frames, boxes, tops and bottoms. In addition, we have 2 workshops set up for advanced beekeepers. First, John Pohly will be demonstrating how to create a pollen substitute feeder from common household stuff (meaning virtually free). Second, David Izaguerre will be conducting a workshop on that cool little bee vac that he invented last year. This bee vac operates on both battery and outlet power and has more flexibility than the larger bee vac that most of us currently use. If you are interested in either of these workshops, please RSVP to Beth ASAP. John will begin at 1 and David will follow at about 1:30 to 1:45. April 21st Meeting: at the Johnstown Community Center from 7-9 pm. There will be a business meeting and the Committees will all give presentations on their current activities. Swarm season will be right around the corner. Beth will talk about swarm season management and we will begin the sign-up process. If you cannot make the meeting, do not worry, We will let you know the information needed via email. May NCBA Meeting: The May meeting will be held at the Greeley Recreation Center on Thursday, May 21st from 7-9 pm. Ben and Rebekah Gilmore will be giving a presentation on the California Almond Pollination season this year. Beth Conrey will illustrate the Google Earth Hive Mapping system. The hive mapping system is free and optional and any member may participate. Your hives are mapped and labeled and the information is sent to the local aerial applicators and to the State Dept. of Agriculture. Click here for Map Meet and Greet: Ever met your mentor? Never met your mentee? Do you have a clue as to who the officers are and don't know what they look like? Then join us in June as we hold our first annual "Meet and Greet". It will be held at the Berthoud Town Park from 6-8 pm on June 3rd. Light appetizers, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided by the Club. Click here for Map June NCBA MeeLED CANCELED CANCELED The June meeting will be held at the Loveland library, Gertrude B. Scott Room on Thursday, June 18th from 7-9. Featured speaker will be Patrick Miller on how pesticides are detected as well as how amounts are determined in soils, water and air. Click here for map July: The July meeting will be held at the Fort Collins Cooperative Extension service building in Fort Collins from 7-9 pm on Thursday, July 16th. Featured speaker will be Patrick Miller on how pesticides are detected as well as how amounts are determined in soils, water and air. In addition, Beth will be presenting the swarm update. August: The August meeting will be held Tuesday, August 11th from 7-9 pm at the PVREA Building in Windsor. Edie Stout will be going over the Club extractor and uncapping knife check-out procedure. This year, we have purchased a refractometer for your use, also! Please plan on attending especially if this is your first year harvesting honey!!! September: September brings about our second annual honey party! For those of you who attended last year, you know what a ball this is! Mark your calendars right now for September 17th from 6-9 pm at Fairgrounds Park in Loveland, Pavilion 2B. Beth will need help with this event this year. Please consider volunteering for this event and Beth will update you as to volunteer needs as we get closer to the big day! November is Mead Month and the mead men are back at it with another terrific lineup of mead events. First, on November 7th, John Maday and Jason Goldman will hold the annual Mead Tasting event. It will be held at John's house (directions are below). Please RSVP to John at jmaday2@msn.com. The Mead Making event is going to assume a slightly different form this year. It will be held at Jason Goldman's house on November 15th. This class is limited to 10 people. You will need to RSVP to Jason at jester_jay@popstar.com and you will need to provide 3 lbs. of honey and a few other incidentals. (directions are below). Our November meeting will be held at the Windsor Recreation Center, Aspen Room, on Wednesday, November 11th from 6:30-8:30 pm. (Note new winter hours!) Our speaker will be Jim Grieve and he will be talking about insurance options. We are in need of volunteers to provide refreshments and snacks. Contact Beth to volunteer Bee2Apiary@q.com December 2nd - The Council Tree meeting room at the new Council Tree Library in Fort Collins. It is located in southeast Fort Collins at 2733 Council Tree Ave. This is just north of Harmony and just west of Ziegler. Should make it easy for everyone on the east side of the highway to get to a Fort Collins venue! The December meeting date is Wednesday, December 2nd, and will be held from 6:30 to 8:30. A lousy map is attached. Per our discussion at our October meeting, the date is VERY early in the month so, hopefully, more people can make it before the holidays get too hectic. We will have our annual Crafts Fair. If you are interested in selling your bee (and other) crafts at this fair, please contact Beth me ASAP, as there is a limited numbers of tables available. We will need someone to provide refreshments and snacks for this meeting. Please call Beth me at 970-532-0329 or email me at coconrey4@msn.com to help. Beth is offering a Holiday Baking with Honey class. It will be held at the Larimer County Extension office, which has a kitchen, from 10 to 12 on Sunday, December 6th. Please RSVP to Beth, Bee2Apiary@q.com if you are interested in attending. Directions John Maday is located in Fort Collins in the Registry Ridge subdivision, which is at the SW corner of the intersection of Shields and Trilby on the SW side of Fort Collins. From Shields, just South of Trilby, turn West on Truxun Drive. The turn is just about 200 yards south of the stoplight at Trilby. Take Truxun about five blocks West to where it ends. Turn left (South) on Ranger Drive. Take Ranger South about six blocks South. The house is on the right, a gray two-story, address is 7109 Ranger. Jason Goldman is located in Fort Collins at 1900 Ridgewood Rd: Take Stuart west from Shields (this is between Prospect and Drake). Go straight at the stop sign. Turn right at the first right turn, which is Ridgewood Road . 1900 is around the curve on the left. ***************************************************************************************************** These were our events in 2008 January NCBA meeting - will be held at the Berthoud Area Community Center on January 24th from 7 to 9 pm. The Community Center is located at 238 Welch Avenue in Berthoud. A map is attached (click here). We will be showing the "Silence of the Bees" documentary which aired on Nature last year. It is an excellent film and lasts about an hour. The balance of the time will be used for a film discussion and a brief business meeting. February NCBA meeting - will be held in the City of Love--in honor of Valentine's Day--at the Loveland Public Library on February 21st from 7 to 9. Program to be determined. March NCBA meeting - will be held in the Windsor Recreation Center, March 18th, 7-9 PM. Charleen Barr, Larimer Master Gardener and novice beekeeper will be presenting "What's Buzzing in my Garden-- Beneficial Pollinators" in the Aspen Room at the Windsor Recreation Center. This presentation provides an overview of why pollination is important, how plants attract pollinators, behavior of pollinators and their benefits. Beneficial insects, natural controls vs. insecticides, and beautiful gardens conclude this 45 minute talk. Beth Conrey, Master Beekeeper and President of the Northern Colorado Beekeepers will field specific questions on honeybees. This program is free and open to the public. If you need any further information, please contact Beth Conrey at (970)532-0329 or email at Bee2Apiary@q.com. April NCBA meeting - will be at the Harmony Library in Fort Collins, 7-9 PM on April 15th. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will be presenting a "Bear-proof your Hive" session for the first half of the meeting. The second half will be the Google Earth presentation on hive mapping that didn't occur at the last meeting due to technical difficulties. May NCBA meeting - willl be held at Larimer County Extension Service Office in Fort Collins from on May 15th from 7 - 9 pm. Estel Schultis and Kris Holthaus will be talking about and demonstrating the proper techniques for splitting and Nucs. There will be an update on the Hive Mapping Project and introduction of our new Volunteer Coordinator. June NCBA meeting - will be held June 18th at the Greeley Recreation Center Room 101C from 7-9 pm. The topic for discussion will be "ReQueening" by Jim Boyd. There will be a swarm update and time available to "Shoot the Bees (instead of Shoot the Breeze)". July NCBA meeting - will be held July 24th in the Johnstown Community Center, the time will be 7-9 PM and the presentations will be Top Bar Hives by Kristal Domenico and Swarm follow-up reporting August NCBA meeting - will be held August 26th at the Poudre Valley REA, the time will be 7-9 PM. Edie Stout will be showing off the Club extractor and uncapping knife and letting you know the procedure for borrowing them. We would like to engage in a discussion afterwards and the primary topic will be "Honey Pricing". September NCBA meeting - will be held at the Berthoud Town Park on September 18th from 6:30 to 8:30 (Note new fall/winter time!). We will have a "Grilling with Honey" BBQ. Families and significant others are invited. RSVP by September 11th. October NCBA meeting - will be held at the Gardens at Spring Creek on October 16th from 6:30 to 8:30. Program topic to be announced. Election of Officers. ***************************************************************************************************** November is Mead Month at NCBA. Members John Maday and Jason Goldman will be conducting two different mead sessions this month. Saturday, November 8th, 2-4 pm there will be a Mead Tasting Event at John Maday's house at 7109 Ranger Drive. We will start with a structured tasting, with three or four different meads. Jason is good at describing how to evaluate aroma and pick out different flavors and characteristics of the drink. So we'll take some time tasting small samples, discussing, comparing and contrasting the different styles, etc. After that, the session turns completely informal. We just socialize, open whatever other meads are available, sample them, discuss, graze on some snacks. Here are directions to 7109 Ranger Drive: John Maday is located in the Registry Ridge subdivision, which is at the SW corner of the intersection of Shields and Trilby on the SW side of Fort Collins. From Shields, just South of Trilby, turn West on Truxun Drive. The turn is just about 200 yards south of the stoplight at Trilby. Take Truxun about five blocks West to where it ends. Turn left (South) on Ranger Drive. Take Ranger South about six blocks South. The house is on the right, a gray two-story, address is 7109 Ranger. On Sunday, November 16th beginning at noon, there will be a Mead Making Event at Jason Goldman's house at 1900 Ridgewood Rd. John will be hosting a mead brewing event at his home. This will run from noon-3pm or so. For this event, John will be brewing a batch of mead and talking about the process. John is also inviting other homebrewers to this event and is hoping we'll get some others brewing at the same time to show some different alternatives and approaches. Sheron from Foxryde will be helping with this event as well (assuming the schedule works). She's a fine local meadmaker and a fellow instructor, so this should be a great opportunity for the NCBA to learn a lot. Directions to Jason’s at 1900 Ridgewood Rd: Take Stuart west from Shields (this is between Prospect and Drake). Go straight at the stop sign. Turn right at the first right turn, which is Ridgewood Road . 1900 is around the curve on the left. ***************************************************************************************************** December Holiday Party will be held at the Loveland Public Library, Gertrude P. Scott meeting room from 6:30 to 8:30 on Tuesday, December 9th. There will be a brief presentation on the Colorado State Beekeepers Association meeting which takes place the weekend previous.
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