Medina Beekeepers:Current events
2012 date tbd - Deadline for entries to the Fair
tbd, 4:00 pm
If you are entering honey, remember to sign up for all the honey categories, white, light amber, or dark amber, as you may not know what color your honey will be if you have not already extracted and bottled it. You may view all the entries, rules and enter on-line this year at www.medina-fair.com.
Location: Medina County Fairgrounds Main Office
2012 date tbd - Fair set-up
Sunday, 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Set up your entries for the Medina County Fair and bring your honey and hive products for sale. All entries must be in on-time and in compliance with the Fair's rules. Please have all your honey and hive products in by 5 so we can get them properly tagged and inventoried. The building closes at 6:00 pm.
Location: Building 5 in the Medina County Fairgrounds
Please note: The drop off hours for entering your honey/wax/baked goods into the Fair is noon – 4:00 pm at the Fairgrounds Main Office
2012 dates tbd - Medina County Fair
Monday - Sunday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Buy and sell honey, candles and other bee products. Watch the bees in the Observation Hive. Roll a candle. Learn about bees and beekeepers, their lives and equipment. Sample all the great honeys produced in our area. Taste the difference. Then go to see the rest of the Fair.
Location: Building 5 in the Medina County Fairgrounds
2012 dates tbd - Fair tear-down
Sunday, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Tear-down and clean-up from the Fair. Pick up your entries and any unsold honey.
Dismissal time for your entries and our display is from 6 PM – 9 PM on Sunday, August 8th. Entries not picked up by 9 PM Sunday, will be donated to the Medina Co. Fair Board Auction for fund raising, unless previous arrangements are made with the Medina Co. Beekeeper’s President. No exceptions. Thank you for your understanding.
Location: Building 5 in the ections Medina County Fairgrounds
2012 August 13-17 - EAS Conference
EAS is the largest non-commercial beekeeping organization in the US and one of the largest in the world. The annual EAS conference consists of lectures, workshops, vendor displays, short courses for beginning and advanced beekeepers. More than 400 people generally attend the conference each year.
For more information, visit http://www.easternapiculture.org/conferences/eas-2012.html
Location: University of Vermont, Burlington
2012 August 20 - Annual Picnic and Pot Luck Dinner
Monday, 5:00 - dark
Details tbd
Location: Buckeye Woods Park on 162
2012 September 17 - Monthly Meeting
Monday, 7:00 pm
Speaker and topic tbd
Location: In our regular meeting room at A.I. Root Co.
2012 tbd - Fall Foliage Tour
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Location: In our regular meeting room at A.I. Root Co.
2012 October 15 - Monthly Meeting
Monday, 7:00 pm
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Also in October, we need nominations for the Club's officers. All officers (President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer) and one of the three Directors are up for grabs. See the bylaws for a description of the duties of the respective officers. If you'd like to give back to the club, this is a great opportunity.
Location: In our regular meeting room at A.I. Root Co.
2012 November 19 - Monthly Meeting & Honey Harvest Analysis
Monday, 7:00 pm
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Also during the November meeting,
- We will vote on the club's officers for the next year.
- We will conduct our annual Honey Harvest analysis. Bring your notes about how many hives and how much honey you pulled off in the past year. We will look for trends by area and over time. Remember that we track new and established colonies separately.
Location: In our regular meeting room at A.I. Root Co.
2012 December 17 - Holiday Party (tentative)
Monday, 6:30 pm
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Location: In our regular meeting room at A.I. Root Co.
