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Bee on a Daisy

Meetings

We meet the Second Thursday of every month from 7pm -9pm
The address is :

St Mark's Episcopal Church

140 S Finley Ave

Basking Ridge, NJ 07920​

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Beeswax Candles

BEE TOPICS 2025

​January Topics:

In the hive: Winter Feeding and Treatments. Journal entries and evaluating your data.

Around the hive – New Spring Equipment

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February Topics:

In the hive – Bee Health and Nutrition Jim Muchmore

Around the hive – Bear Fencing – Steve Dultz

 

March Topics:

In the hive: Brood Expansion and Preventing Swarming/Super Reversals (Need a speaker)

Around the hive – Swarm Savvy: Mastering the Art of Catching and Cut-Out Beekeeping, Joel Kraus

 

April Topics:

In the hive: Queen Health and Hive Management. Splits (May)

Around the hive:  Flower to Flight: Attract Honeybees to Your Garden/flavor profiles of honey– Master Gardener Karen Anzalone.

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May Topics:

In the hive: Honey Flow and Swarm Prevention (June)

Around the hive: Extraction, bottling and selling honey. Importance of Pollinator Gardens

 

June Topics:

In the hive: How to separate Bees from their honey.  Mite treatments (July)

Around the hive: Making your own pollen feeders

 

July Topics:

In the hive: Dearth (August)

Around the hive: Assembling and installing bee feeders (Which feeder is best for your hive) Explore the options.

 

August Topics

In the hive: Preparing for Fall, Honey Harvesting and Fall Hive Maintenance (September)

Around the hive: How to prepare your Oxalic Acid treatment

 

September Topics:

In the hive: Winterization and Final Inspection

Around the hive: How to make a clear cover

 

October Topics:

In the hive: Monitoring and Winter Preparations (November)

Around the hive: Bee Products

 

November Topics:

In the hive: Tips for Over Winter

Around the hive: How and where to sell your honey.  Where to get honey supplies

 

December Topics:

In the hive: Winter Hive Maintenance

Around the hive: How to make your own Candy Boards

STATE MEETINGS

Reminder of State Meetings.

Winter Meeting Feb 22 at the Rutgers Eco center Bordentown, NJ

Spring Meeting June 7 at Rowan University in Glassboro

Fall Meeting October 4 South Jersey club is hosting but no location yet

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Summer - EAS July 27 - August 1 Cherry Hill, NJ

The Eastern Apicultural Society of North America, Inc. (EAS) is an international nonprofit educational organization founded in 1955 for the promotion of bee culture, education of beekeepers, certification of Master Beekeepers, and excellence in bee research. EAS is the largest noncommercial beekeeping organization in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

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