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April 5, 2015

March/April Newsletter

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February 28, 2015

Here is a list of some bee suppliers in the area. This list is not all encompassing, it is just the suppliers that we are aware of nearby. The listing order is not indicative of preference or quality. It just is a list. Get your bees ordered early, it may be too late for some suppliers as they may be sold out. Good Luck!

B_Line Apiaries, Alden Marshall, Hudson, NH 883-6764 Packages, queens and nucs

www.nebees.com/ Rick Reault, Tyngsboro, MA 978 957-2233 Packages, Nucs and queens

nhhoneybee.com/ John & Alison Solomonides, Gilsum, NH 354-8019 Packages

www.hillsidebees.com/ Allen Lindahl, Merrimack, NH 429-0808 Packages and queens

Spring Fever Farm, Ben Chadwick, Alton, NH 875-3544 Packages, nucs and queens

Hall Apiaries, Troy Hall 298-7209, Queens and Nucs

Sunhill Farm, Zachary Lamas, Salisbury, NH 748-5334 Queens and Nucs

West Meadow Apiaries, Fred Merriam, Braintree, VT 480 209-2098 Nucs

kirkwebster.com/ Champlain Valley Bees and Queens, Kirk Webster, Middlebury, VT 802 989-5895, Queens and Nucs

Suppliers….If you are not listed here and wish to be send us your information.

February 13, 2015

No February 14 meeting…

Next regular meeting will be April 11th. Bee school is in session.

February 11, 2015

Canterbury Shaker Village Offers Beginning Beekeeping Workshop February 21

(Note: This is not the same as the KBA Workshop)

Canterbury Shaker Village Offers Beginning Beekeeping Workshop

2015 series of Shaker-inspired workshops kicks off with a focus on adding pollinators the landscape

CANTERBURY, NH: Canterbury Shaker Village will kick off its 2015 schedule of Shaker-inspired workshops with Beginning Beekeeping on Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 3:00-5:00pm. Beekeeper Amy Antonucci will instruct the workshop and the cost to attend is $30 for Canterbury Shaker Village members and $35 for not-yet-members.

Are you interested in adding managed honey bee hives to your landscape? With an emphasis on natural methods, the workshop will include a discussion of basic beekeeping terms, basic honeybee biology, the equipment needed to get started, types of honeybees and how to get them. Products and services of the hive will be discussed. What to expect in terms of time and money input, and where to get more information will also be discussed.

Amy Antonucci has been keeping bees for honey and pollination since 2005. She served as Vice President of the Seacoast Beekeepers Association of NH and organized their annual Bee School for three years.

Other upcoming Shaker-inspired workshops include Hands on Grafting and Competent Pruning both on April 11; Building Great No-Till, No-Dig Garden Beds on April 18; Home Orchard Care on May 16; The ABCs of Letterpress Printing on June 6; and Shaker Broom Making on June 7. For workshop details or to register, visit www.shakers.org.

Contact: Maisie Daly
Canterbury Shaker Village
603-783-9511

February 4, 2015

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January 2, 2015

January KBA Meeting – Update!

ANNUAL CYCLES AND OVERWINTERING THE BEEKEEPER

by David and Dorinda Priebe.

Kearsarge Beekeepers Association is pleased to welcome David and Dorinda Priebe as guest presenters at their next meeting, Saturday, January 10, 2015. David and Dorinda are New Hampshire beekeepers who have completed the Master Beekeepers Certification from the Eastern Apicultural Society. Come and join us as they share their expertise on this very seasonally appropriate topic as well as answer any questions about what is takes to become a Master Beekeeper.

When? Saturday, January 10th, 9-11AM

Where? Pillsbury Library, Warner, NH

January 2, 2015