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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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.