Scheduled
activities can be found on the branch
website.
Meetings are held
the third Friday of every month,
beginning at 7:30 P.M. at Ramapo
College, 505 Ramapo Valley Road,
Mahwah, in the Anisfield School of
Business, Room 135S. Please visit
their website
for further details.
January
17, 2020: 7:30 p.m. Speaker
Joe Lelinho of Hilltop Honey
- How to Make Creamed Honey
February
21, 2020:
7:30
p.m. Club
Bee Talk Series
- Winter Hive
Management
March
20,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Club
Bee Talk
Series - Mite
Management:
Testing and
Treating
April
17,
2020: 7:30
p.m. Club
Bee Talk Series
-Installing
& Caring for
Your New Nucs
May
15,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Speaker
Emma Mullen of
Dept of
Entomology
Cornell
University -
Cornell Bee
Extension
& NY Tech
Team
June
19,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Club
Bee Talk
Series - Big
Honey: Tips
for Supering,
Harvesting
& Hive
Management
During the
Flow
July
17,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Speaker
Grant Stiles
of
SilesHoney.com
- Everything
You Wanted
to Know about
Honey: How to
Bottle, Market
& Sell
It.
August
21,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Speaker
Frank Mortimer
- Bee People and
the Bugs They
Love Book
Release &
Author Signing
September
12,
2020: Honey
Cup
September
18,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Club
Bee Talk
Series - Fall
Management
& Mite
Treatments
October
16,
2020: 7:30
p.m. Speaker
John Gaut -
Getting hives
ready for
winter and the
colony biology
in the winter
November
20,
2020: 7:30
p.m.
Speaker
Paul Kelly
Research &
Apiary Manager
for The Honey
Bee Research
Centre
University of
Guelph - Tips,
Tricks &
Research on
Keeping Healthy
Bees in
Northern
Climate &
Maximizing Your
Results
Scheduled
activities can be found on the
Northwest Jersey Beekeepers
Association website, click here. PLEASE NOTE: The schedule
is subject to change. Consult
the branch website for any
last minute changes!
For Essex
County Beekeepers Society website, click here.
Unless
otherwise noted, the Essex
County Beekeepers Association
meets the second Tuesday of the
month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at
the Garibaldi Center, 621 Eagle
Rock Ave., Roseland. Specific
topics and speakers, when known,
are noted below. Please visit
their website
for further details.
Meetings are
held at Monmouth County
Agricultural Building, 4000
Kozloski Road, Freehold, entrance
at back of building. There are
usually light refreshments from
6:30 to 7:30 pm: meeting starts at
7:30. For meeting agendas and
minutes.
For updates on the
status of meetings and events
during the COVID-19
restrictinos for Central
Jersey Beekeepers Association see
the website and calendar, click here.
March 6, 2020 - Membership Meeting
CJBA
Family Bee Day Picnic - Rescheduling
for later in the year
June 19,
2020
- Online Membership
Meeting -
Presentation by the State
Apiarist.
Canceled
- Monmouth County Fair
September
18,
2020
- Membership
Meeting (online or in
person is to be determined)
October
?, 2020
- Thompson Park Day
November
20,
2020
- Elections and
Membership Meeting
2020
Schedule of Branch Meetings: Saturday,
March 28 - 9-11 am - Analyzing deadouts
with NJ State apiarist Meghan
McConnell at 1237 North Church
Street in Moorestown (across from
the ball fields.) If you
have deadouts you would like
analyzed bring a frame or two in a
plastic bag.
Saturday, April 11 -
9-11 am - Plant sources for
pollen and nectar, location
TBD. For more information
contact Ann Auerbach at annauer@verizon.net.
May
?,
2020
- Online Meeting
- What's going on my bee
yard - Details coming soon
on how to connect.
During this session the
SJBA executive board will
answer member's questions
on what they are seeing
happening in their
colonies at this
time...what to prep for,
honey flow signs, queen
failing, and mite control.
June
6,
2020
- SJBA
Annual BBQ Parvin
State Park 10:00 to
3:00 come join your
fellow Beekeepers
for a fun day of
burgers and hot dogs
with a lot of
BEE TALK. - At
this time this
event is to bee
determined
July 7, 2020 -
7:00 pm Online Meeting -
Evaluation of the brood pattern and
how to replace a failing queen.
August ?, 2020 - How
to do a mite count and how to treat
for mites. Hands on meeting at
Dave Elkner's home yard.
September 19, 2020 -
9:00-11:00 am - Feeding
styles and mite treatments Hands on
meeting at President Dave Elkner’s
home yard. Please bring bee
gear. Masks are MANDATORY as is
social distancing.
Meetings are
held every third Thursday of the
month (except for July) at 7
P.M. at the Rutgers Cooperative
Extension of Cape May County,
355 Court House/Dennisville
Road, (Route 657), Cape May
Court House. Click
here for
directions.
Morris
and Somerset County
Beekeepers Association
Calendar
Find us on Facebook (search RVBA)
and youtube (search Raritan Valley Beekeepers)
for up to date information and group happenings!
Meetings are held on the Third Thursday of every
month, 7 pm to 9 pm Online Only via
Zoom Meeting Id:
908 552 0106
Password: email rvba.secretary@gmail.com
to get password or for assistance using Zoom
April 16, 2020 - 7 - 9 pm - guest speaker -
"Nectar Gardens" - Sharon Wander of NJ
Butterfly Association as well as in
depth mite discussions
May
21, 2020 - 7 -
9 pm
- guest
speaker - "Bugs Bugs Bugs"
(NJ Native Bugs) - Wade
Wander of NJ
Butterfly Association as
well as in depth mite
discussions
June
18,
2020 -
7
- 9
pm
- special
guest speaker
Mark Antunes
of Honey Hill
Farm on hive
irradiation!
