01/26/2013
OSBA Board Meeting
The date is Saturday January 26th at 12:00.
01/25/2013
WCOBA Meeting – The Cedar Bog
Regular Monthly Meeting at The Cedar Bog in Urbana, Ohio (every 4th Thursday of the Month)
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
WCOBA Meeting – Troy Hayner Cultural Center
Regular Monthly Meeting at Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy Ohio (every 3rd Thursday of the Month)
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
01/15/2013
WCOBA Meeting – The Community Center
Regular Monthly Meeting at The Community Center in Belle Center, Ohio (every 3rd Tuesday of the Month)
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
12/27/2012
WCOBA Meeting – The Cedar Bog
USDA VSH Bee Researcher to Speak at WCOBA Meeting
Garrett Dodds to share his USDA research efforts on VSH varroa hygienic bees on Dec 27, 2012
Garrett Dodds with the USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Research Lab in Baton Rouge will be a guest presenter at our Urbana, OH meeting at 6:30 PM on December 27th. Garrett will share some of the work and insights from his USDA research on VSH bees. Garrett raises many queens for the Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Research Lab and instrumentally inseminates most of the queens used in the lab’s research trials. He has participated in research projects on VSH bees in migratory pollination operations, the development of a Pol-Line strain of mite resistant commericially desirable bees, a pollination adapted strain of VSH bees, and the differences between the freeze killed brood (FKB, Minnesota Hygienic) trait and the VSH trait. Garrett’s USDA ARS research efforts should provide valuable insights to assist WCOBA’s initiative to improve the health, sustainability and availability of local Ohio bee stocks.
Join WCOBA and Garrett at our 6:30 PM December 27, 2012 club meeting in Urbana, OH. This meeting is open to all WCOBA members and the broader beekeeping community. To accommodate members from our other meeting sites the December meeting location will change to the Madison Champaign Educational Service Center located at 1512 US 68, Urbana, OH 43078. WCOBA will return to the Cedar Bog Nature Preserve for our January, 2013 Urbana meeting.
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
12/20/2012
WCOBA Meeting – Troy Hayner Cultural Center
Regular Monthly Meeting at Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy Ohio (every 3rd Thursday of the Month)
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
12/18/2012
WCOBA Meeting – The Community Center
Regular Monthly Meeting at The Community Center in Belle Center, Ohio (every 3rd Tuesday of the Month)
See www.wcoba.com for more information.
02/18/2012
NWOBA – Beginning Beekeeping Workshop
Northwest Ohio Beekeepers Association – Beginning Beekeeping Workshop
This workshop is designed for people who would like to get started in beekeeping, those who have had previous beekeeping experience and want to get back into beekeeping, or those who just want to know more before taking the plunge.
Topics covered will include basic honeybee biology, races of bees, package bees versus nucs and where to get bees, how to start a hive, new and used equipment, keeping bees in a residential setting, feeding, inspections, swarm control, disease and pest management, producing honey and other hive products and overwintering. Information on package bee, nuc and equipment vendors will be available at the workshop.
The Northwest Ohio Beekeeping Association serves beekeepers in Northwest Ohio and welcomes anyone who is interested in bee culture to join or attend our meetings. Meetings are held the 4th Tuesday of the month at the Pandora School in Pandora Ohio at 7:30PM. There is no meeting during the summer months June thru August or in December. The Pandora school is located on Rocket Ridge Road just off State Route 12 and State Route 696 in Pandora, Ohio.
| When: | February 18th from 8:30AM to 4PMSign in starts at 8:30AM and donuts and coffee will be provided.Class will start at 9AM and we will break for lunch at about noon. |
| Location: | Allen County Extension Office3900 Campus Drive, Suite BLima, Ohio 45804(Located at the Lima branch of the Ohio State University) |
| Directions: | From I-75 take the 309 exit at LimaTake 309 East for approximately 2 miles to the stoplight at Mumaugh Rd.Turn left (north) on Mumaugh Rd.Campus Drive is approximately 1/2 mile on the left. Signs will be posted. |
| Cost: | $25. Includes membership to NWOBA and book. |
| Sign Up: | Call Dwight Wilson at 419-722-1953 or Tim Arheit at 419-371-1742 |