June 1, 2013 :
Annual spring meeting beginning at 8:00 a.m. at Fellowship Deaconry, 3575 Valley Rd., Liberty Corner. State Apiarist Tim Schuler will fill us in on how he helped beekeepers in Malawai Africa, when he travelled there with NorthStar Vets in early March. Meredith Melendez with the Rutgers Extension will explain the FDA Registration of Food Processing Facilities & Guidelines for Food Safety and Honey Production. Commercial beekeeper, former state apiarist and Essex branch member Grant Stiles will talk about his new queen rearing operation. Michele Colopy of the National Pollinator Defense Fund (NPDF) will make a presentation on NPDF's work and wants to talk to as many New Jersey beekeepers as she can. There will be a general Q&A session, so bring all your beekeeping questions. There will be hands-on workshops. Click here for directions. Cost is $25 for members; $13 for children 16 and under. Register online and pay via PayPal or check by clicking here. If you prefer not to register online, RSVP to Curtis Crowell at event_reg@njbeekeepers.org or 609 651-4585 and send your check made out to "NJBA" to him at 152 Broad St., Hightstown, NJ 08520. Please register by May 26th so that we can provide a headcount to the venue for food. Click here for a detailed agenda.
August 17, 2013:
Annual picnic and auction of bee-related paraphernalia at the Ewing Senior Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing 08268 (Mercer County). If you have beekeeping related items to auction, please complete the Seller Registration form. Registration is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. with coffee and donuts, followed by the auction. RSVP today so that your name tag with your assigned bidding number is ready when you arrive. Bring a chair. Ample parking. Price is $20 (adults and children over 12); if you pay before August 10th; $25 the day of. Children ages 6 to 11 are $5 and 4 years or younger are free. To register online and pay with PayPal or credit card, click here. If you prefer not to register online, RSVP as soon as possible by email to event_reg@njbeekeepers.org or by phone at (609) 651-4585 so that there will be plenty of food. Send your check payable to NJBA, to Curtis Crowell, 152 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520.
October 19,
2013: 8:00
a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. New Jersey Beekeepers
Association Fall State Meeting hosted
by the Central Jersey Beekeepers
Association. The featured speaker will be
Dr. Thomas D. Seeley, Professor at Cornell University, who has focused on studying and understanding swarm intelligence. He will present on "Honeybee Democracy" and "The Beehive as a Honey Factory". There will be a Q&A and a round table to end the day. The meeting will be held at
the Rutgers
EcoComplex, Environmental Research
and Extension Center, 1200
Florence-Columbus Rd., Bordentown. The attendance limit of 150 registrants has been reached. Registration for this meeting is closed.
Scheduled
activities can be found on the branch
website.
Meetings are held the
third Friday of every month,
beginning at 7:30 P.M. at Ramapo
College, 505 Ramapo Valley Road,
Mahwah, in the Anisfield School of
Business, Room 135S. Please visit
their website for
further details.
Scheduled activities
can be found on the Northwest
Jersey Beekeepers Association
website, click
here.
March 23rd, 2013
10:00 AM: LocationTBD. Early Spring -
Protecting Apiaries - Bear Protection
April 20th, 2013
10:30 AM: DeerPath
Park, Readington, Hunterdon County
Park System Earth Day
March 23, 2013
10:00 AM: Echo Hill
Park. Club Mentoring Hives. The program will include:
Splits and Package Install,
Swarm Management. Deerpath Park,
119 West Woodschurch Rd. Flemington.
May 8, 23, 2013
7:00 PM: Hunterdon
County Library, North Branch, Halstead
Street, Clinton. Teens Cafe
Presentation.
May 25, 23, 2013
7:00 PM: Echo
Hill Park. Club Mentoring Hives. The program will include: Hands On Diseases of
the Hive/Varroa Control. Deerpath Park, 119 West
Woodschurch Rd. Flemington.
June 22, 2013 10:00
AM: Location
TBD. The program will include:
Summer Management, Honey
Harvesting and Showing.
July 27, 2013 9:00
AM: 165 County
Route 519, South Belvidere. A beekeeping
demonstrations. Click here for the Warren County
Farmer's Fair Website.
August 21 - August
28, 2013 9:00 AM: Hunterdon
County Fairgrounds, 1207 Route 179,
Lambertville. 2013 Hunterdon County 4H
& Agricultural Fair. eekeeping demonstrations.
Click here for the Hunterdon County
Fair Website.
August 28th, 2013
3:00 PM: Synder
Research Farm Pittstown. Great Tomato Tasting
Event.
For Essex
County Beekeepers Society website, click here.
Unless otherwise noted,
the Essex County Beekeepers
Association meets the second Tuesday
of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at
the Garibaldi Center, 621 Eagle Rock
Ave., Roseland. Specific topics and
speakers, when known, are noted
below. Please visit their website for
further details.
May 14, 2013, 7:00 to
9:00 PM: Monthly meeting.
Garibaldi Center, 621 Eagle Rock Ave.,
Roseland. State Apiarist Tim Schuler will discuss
“Disease Identification and Control”.
For Central
Jersey Beekeepers Association website,
click here.
March 10, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Woodenware construction and
Solar Melter.
April 14, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Splits, Drone Comb, SwarmControl,
Supers.
May 19, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: HiveInspection,
Sugar Roll, Drone Comb.
June 9, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Make a Nuc, Sugar Roll.
June 21, 2013 7:00 to
9:30 PM: General membership
meeting, Monmouth County Agricultural
Building, 4000 Kozloski Rd., Freehold.
Refreshments at 7:00 pm, meeting
starts promptly at 7:30 pm. --
Speaker: Kim Eirman founder of EcoBeneficial!
July 14, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Honey Extraction, Bottling
Honey, Medication.
Sept. 13, 2013: General membership
meeting, Monmouth County Agricultural
Building, 4000 Kozloski Rd., Freehold.
Refreshments at 7:00 pm, meeting
starts promptly at 7:30 pm.
Sept. 15, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Winterizing, Feeding (if
necessary), Checking Queen.
Oct. 13, 2013 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Wrapping Hives, Mouse Guards,
Checking Hive Weight.
Oct. 19, 2013 8:00 AM
to 3:30 PM: NJBA State Meeting
sponsored by Central Jersey Beekeepers
Association, Rutgers
EcoComplex, Environmental Research
and Extension Center, 1200
Florence-Columbus Rd., Bordentown.
Speaker: Dr. Thomas D. Seeley.
Nov. 15, 2013, 7:00 to
9:30 PM: General
membership meeting, Monmouth County
Agricultural Building, 4000 Kozloski
Rd., Freehold. Refreshments at 7:00
pm, meeting starts promptly at 7:30
pm.
Nov. 17, 2013, 1:00 to
4:00 PM: Hive #1 Workshop.
Armstrong Tree Service 625 Neptune
Boulevard, Neptune City, 732-245-4575.
Registration required with Peter
Cheney, PrincipalCheney@aol.com or 732 245-4575.
Agenda: Making Candles.
Dec. 8, 2013: Holiday party,
American Hotel, 18 E. Main St.,
Freehold. Cost, time and other details
to be determined.
Please
note that South Jersey will also
hold "Flash Meetings" periodically
through the season at members' homes
as opportunities arise. They will
cover specific tasks and will be
announcied to SJBA branch members
with short notice via email.
Attendance will be limited and
require RSVP. Further details will
be made available to branch members
as they are available.
April 13, 2013 9:00 AM to
Noon: Honey
House and Honey Straws, speaker
Anthony Grelli, at his home, 312
Chapel Heights Rd., Sewell.
May, 2013 9:00 AM to Noon:
Exact
date TBD. Splits, speaker Tim Stewart,
at Stewart’s Apiary, 187 9th
Ave., Estell Manor (located behind the
chicken coops).
June 22, 2013 9:00 AM to
Noon: Cooking
with honey, speaker Tom Griffiths, at
home of Tom and Jo Griffiths, 1
Turnberry Court, Medford.
July 13, 2013 9:00 AM to
Noon: Winter
preparation and Apiguard® pickup. Speaker
Ned Morgan, at home of Chris and John
Hibbs, 4 Ridge Court, Medford.
Sept. 7, 2013 9:00 AM to
Noon: Tour
of Harvey’s Honey. Speaker Dottie
Harvey at Harvey’s Honey, 912 Route 40,
Monroeville.
Oct. 8, 2013 7:00 to 9:00
PM: Honey
Bee Diseases and Pests. Speaker State
Apiarist Tim Schuler, Gloucester
County Offices of Government Services,
1200 N. Delsea Dr., Clayton.
Nov. 12, 2013 7:00 to 9:00
PM: Mead.
Speaker Michael Long, Gloucester
County Offices of Government Services,
1200 N. Delsea Dr., Clayton.
Dec. 10, 2013 7:00 to 9:00
PM: Officer
Elections and Treatment-Free
Beekeeping. Speaker Rick Hoglen,
Gloucester County Offices of
Government Services, 1200 N. Delsea
Dr., Clayton.
Meetings are held every
third Thursday of the month (except
for July and December) at 7 P.M. at
the Cape May County Extension
Office, 355 Court House/So. Dennis
Rd., (Route 657), Cape May Court
House. Click
here for directions.
Morris and
Somerset County Beekeepers
Association Calendar
March 15, 2013 7:30 PM: Joint
meeting with Northeast branch. Tim
Ives, Michiana, Indiana beekeeper will
give a presentation about his “Tower
Hives” technique. Ramapo College of
NJ, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah,
Anisfield Business School, Room 135S.
March 29, 2013 7:00 PM: Anna
and Angelo Trapani, Trapper’s
Honey,
will speak on making creamed honey;
Deb Cowell will talk about making cut
comb at Kemmerer (Harding) Library, 19
Blue Mill Rd., Harding Township.
April 26, 2013 7:00 PM: Master
Gardener Lorette Cheswick will speak
on plants that are attractive to honey
bees and other pollinators. Chester
Public Library, 250 West Main Street,
Chester.
May 11, 2013 10:00 AM: Hive
inspections by State Apiarist Tim Schuler with a
discussion of mite treatments.
Location to be determined.
June 28, 2013 7:00 PM: Topic
to be determined. Martinsville
Community Center, 1961 Washington
Valley Road, Martinsville.
July 26, 2013 10:00 AM: Extraction
of honey from club hives at Wagner Farms.
Extraction for club members; bring
your frames and honey containers.
August 2-3, 2013: “Managing
Nucleus Colonies: Why You Need Nucs
and How to Incorporate Them Into Your
Apiary” presented by Master Beekeepers
Landi Simone (Gooserock
Farm) and Billy Davis (Louden
County, VA). No space limitations for
Friday evening at 7:00 PM at the
parish hall of Christ the King Church in New Vernon/Harding Township at 16 Blue Mill Road (park in the upper lot).
Space is limited for the nuc yard on
Saturday, August 3 at one of Landi Simone's Morris County nuc yards. For complete details on registering, click here.
August 24, 2013: Picnic
and fall hive preparation. Location to
be determined.
September 27, 2013 7:00
PM: Marketing
your honey and hive products, by Bea
Tassot, Tassot Apiaries and former
NJBA president at Kemmerer (Harding)
Library, 19 Blue Mill Rd., Harding
Township.
October 25, 2013 7:00 PM:
Creams,
soaps, lotions and balms by Landi
Simone (Gooserock
Farm) who will share some of her
recipes and provide a hands-on
demonstration. Chester Public Library,
250 West Main Street, Chester.
November 22, 2013 7:00 PM:
All
things mead by Northeast branch member
Bob Slanzi, an award winning mead
maker. If you make mead, bring a
bottle for tasting. Kemmerer (Harding)
Library, 19 Blue Mill Rd., Harding
Township.
Raritan Valley Beekeepers
Association (RVBA) meets the third Thursday
of every month at 7 P.M. at the 4H Building,
310 Milltown Road, Bridgewater.
May
16, 2013 7:00 PM 9:00 PM: State
Apiarist Tim Schuler will talk about how to
conduct a Hive Inspection with a focus on
Disease Identification and Control -- Somerset
County 4-H Center, 310 Milltown Rd.,
Bridgewater.
June
20, 2013 7:00 PM 9:00 PM: Honey
Specifications and Quality Control --
presentation by Santosh Gupta -- Somerset County
4-H Center, 310 Milltown Rd., Bridgewater.
Cancelled Due to Weather! July 13, 2013 1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Saturday: Special meeting on "The Varroa Mite, #1 Enemy of the Honey Bee" at 704 Kline Place, Bridgewater. Presented by RVBA 1st VP Adele Baree and North West branch member Charles Ilsley, it will be an overview of the Varroa Mite, demonstration of two mite counting techniques and a discussion of various mite treatments. Email questions to abarree@optonline.net.
July
18, 2013 7:00 PM 9:00 PM: Products from
the Hive: focus on Royal Jelly -- presentation
by Cynthia Werts -- Somerset County 4-H Center,
310 Milltown Rd., Bridgwater.
October 19,
2013: 
