North Central Beekeepers Association

An organization of beekeepers in central Minnesota since 1949
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Regular meetings occur on the third Monday of each month at the Northland Arboretum in Baxter.
 
----- 2012 ------
 
Feb 20, 2012 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Frame building workshop (for club's hives)
 
Jan 16, 2012 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Winter feeding
 
 
----- 2011 ------
 
Dec 2011 -- No Meeting
 
Nov 21, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   
Oct 17, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Elections
 
Sep 19, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Mead(?)
 
Aug 2011 -- No Meeting
 
July 16, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Fair booth at fairgrounds
   Clean/prepare booth for fair
 
July 9, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Fair booth at fairgrounds
   Repair/projects
 
Jun 20, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Annual Potluck
 
May 16, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Apr 18, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   Planting for bees, presented by Bonnie Hiniker, Sunshine Gardens 
 
Mar 21, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
   How to Make Splits, presented by Gary Reuter (UofMN)
    
Feb 21, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum 
  Conference reports, Scholarship/mentorship proposal (pdf)
 
Jan 17, 2011 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Comparison honeybee 'breeds'
 
----- 2010 ------
 
Dec 2010 -- No Meeting
 
Nov 15, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Oct 18, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Annual Elections
 
Sep 20, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Nosema Ceranae
 
Aug 2010 -- No Meeting
 
Jul 19, 2010 -- 6:00pm -- Crow Wing County Fair Bee Booth
  Booth clean-up in preparation for the fair
   
Jun 21, 2010 -- 6:30pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Annual Potluck
 
May 17, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Apr 19, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Nosema - Questions and Answers, guest speaker Mike Goblirsch (U of MN)
 
Apr 17, 2010 -- 1:00pm -- Demonstration Bee Yard
  Unwrapping hives from winter
   
Mar 15, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum 
  Raising Your Own Queens, guest speaker Dr Louis Struthers
 
Feb 15, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum 
  National Conference Reports
 
Jan 18, 2010 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
----- 2009 ------
 
Dec 2009 -- No Meeting
 
Nov 16, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  General Q&A with 'expert' panel
 
Oct 24, 2009 -- 10:00am -- Demonstration Bee Yard
  Wrap hives for winter
 
Oct 19, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Marketing Your Honey
 
Sept 21, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
August 2009 -- No Meeting
 
July 27, 2009 -- 5:30pm -- Crow Wing County Fairgrounds
  Bee Booth Preparation
 
June 15, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Annual Picnic
 
May 18, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  (6pm bee yard)
 
Apr 20, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Mar 16, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Feb 16, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Jan 16, 2009 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
----- 2008 ------
 
Dece 2008 -- No Meeting
 
Nov 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Oct 20, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Sep 15, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Aug 2008 -- No Meeting
 
Jul 21, 2008 -- 6:00pm -- Crow Wing County Fairgrounds
  Bee Booth Preparation
 
Jun 2008
 
May 19, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Late spring and early summer management
 
Apr 21, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Spring management of beehives
 
Mar 17, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
 
Feb 2008
 
Jan 21, 2008 -- 7:00pm -- Northland Arboretum
  Beeswax candle making, guest speaker Barbara Troje of Parkers Prairie
 
----- 2007 ------
 
----- 2006 ------
 
----- 2005 ------
 
Mar 14, 2005 -- 7:30pm -- Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center
  Featured speaker Marla Spivak from the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota 
 
Feb 21, 2005 -- 7:30pm -- Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center
 
----- 2004 ------
 
Apr 19, 2004 -- 7:30pm -- Paul Bunyan Nature Learning Center
  Featured speaker Blane White from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture