State Calendar

February 5-11, 2010: Our Annual Honey Show at the State Annex, Trenton. 2010 WINNERS! Honey Show Rules have not changed for 2010. Click here for current rules, sample score sheets and an entry form. If you have any questions, please contact the show chair, Janet Katz.

February 13, 2010: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM, NJBA Winter Meeting, New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, North Brunswick, NJ. The meeting will start with registration, followed by a business meeting, speaker and lunch. Featured speaker will be Dr. James "Jamie" Ellis an Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida (UF). He will speak on the research they are doing at the UF Honey Bee Research & Estension Lab. The first place and division winners of the Annual Honey Show will be auctioned to the highest bidders. Cost is $22 in advance per person 12 years and older for members ($25 at the door). Cost for non-members 12 years and older is $25 prepaid in advance or $28 paid the day of. Children and students are $15 each. RSVP to Curtis Crowell by February 1, 2010 (609 651-4585). Make checks payable to NJBA and mail to Curtis at 152 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520. A detailed agenda will be forthcoming. Directions to the Museum.

March 12, 2010: Friday, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Executive Board Meeting at Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence-Columbus Rd., Bordentown, NJ, second floor conference room. Members of any branch that have issues or concerns that need to be brought before the board, should contact the state executive board members from their branch (branch presidents and Secretary/Treasurers) or a state association elected official in advance of the meeting to get the issue on the agenda.

August, 2010: Saturday TBD. Annual picnic and auction tentatively at the home of Bob Hughes in Yardville, NJ (Mercer County). Find used equipment bargains, sell equipment you no longer need, talk about bees all day, good food, good company and swimming! Coffee and donuts from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. followed by the auction. Swimming pool, so bring suits and towels. Also, bring chairs so you don't get tired of standing during the auction. Click here for directions.

May 6, 7 & 8, 2010: Bee-ginner's Beekeeping Course at Rutgers. See the Education Page for detials.

February 19, 2010: Friday evening, 7:30 p.m. the Municipal Annex in Glen Rock. Directions and information on the location are listed above. The discussion will include a report on the proceedings at the NJBA Winter Meeting from the Saturday before. All are encouraged to attend the State Winter Meeting on Saturday, February 13, 2010. Fred Canavan, Northeast President.

August 1 to 7, 2010: Warren County Farmers' Fair, Harmony Township.

August 25 to 29, 2010: County Fairgrounds, South County Park, Route 179, Ringoes, NJ (2008 Hunterdon County 4H & Agricultural Fair).

The Sussex County Beekeepers Association meets the third Saturday of each month (except September and December) at 1:00 p.m. at the School of Conservation, 1 Wapalanne Road, Branchville, NJ in Stokes Forest. For directions, click here.

January 16, 2010: 1:00 p.m. Please note this is the correct date; the recent state newsletter contained a typo.

Short Course for Beginning Beekeepers - March 13 & 20, 2010: (snow date March 27, 2010), at the Sussex County Fairgrounds Administration Building. Fee is $20 which includes Sussex County Beekeepers Association 2010 membership dues. To register and if you have questions, call Linda Osborne 973 875-5770.

For Essex County Beekeepers Society website, click here.

February 27 & March 6, 2010: Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 PM. Garibaldi Hall, ECEC. Basic Beekeeping short course. Field Day April 18 (rain date April 24). Fee $90 per person, which includes a one-year NJBA membership, continental breakfast and afternoon snack on classroom days. This course will take you through a full year of beekeeping, and teach you everything you need to get started, from equipment, through management, biology, pest control, and harvest. Focus is on IPM management. For more information and to register, contact Maria Glasser, 3plus2@verizon.net, 973 762-3630. Full-time students ages 12 to 22 may be eligible to apply for a scholarship. See the NJBA Education page for details.

April 17, 2010: 9:00 PM - 4:00 p.m., field day conclusion of the short course held in February (see above). Rain date April 24, 2010.

August, 2010: No meetings.

For Central Jersey Beekeepers Association website, click here.

January 31, 2010: Sunday, starting at 4:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE! Holiday Party. Click here for complete details.

July 21-25, 2010: Monmouth County Fair, East Freehold Showgrounds, Freehold, NJ.

January 16, 2010: 11:00 am to 4:00 p.m. at Camp Haluwasa, 377 Ehrke Road, Hammonton, NJ. NJBA members Alf and Ceil Berg will offer tips on how to prepare beeswax for artful uses and cosmetics. They will also share their knowledge on making soap and cosmetics. Alf and Ceil are regionally renowned for their award winning wax sculptures. Come learn from the best! Please check them out at www.herbertsvillehoney.com. There will be a buffet style lunch. South Jersey branch members $9; NJBA members $13. RSVP immediately to Tim Schuler. Any questions, contact Seth Belson at info@hiddenacrehoney.com. For detailed agenda, click here.

Meetings are held every third Thursday of the month (except for July and December) at 7:00 PM at the Cape May County Extension Office, 355 Court House/So. Dennis Road (Route 657), Cape May Court House, NJ. Click here, for directions.

January 21, 2010: 7:00 PM. Election of officers.

July 15, 16, 17, 2010: Cape May County 4H Fair.

January 16, 2010: Meeting of club officers and chair people to plan branch agenda for the year. Please either complete the survey you received recently relating to the programs you'd like to see for the year, or send Mark Muller your ideas.

March 19, 2010: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Chester Library, special guest speaker. Details to follow.

July 23, 24, 25, 2010: Morris County 4H Fair, Chubb Park, Chester.