The Nebraska Beekeepers Association

August 15, 2010: 4:00PM Monthly Meeting at Galen and Lisa Lyons, Dwight, NE. Topic is Honeybees and Truck Gardens and Tour of Pekarek’s Produce. Presenters will be Abby and Lisa Lyons, Ryan Pekarek. Meeting and potluck supper at the Galen & Lisa Lyons home: The Lyons will provide either hothogs and/or hamburgers at 1511 25 Road, Dwight, NE. ½ mile north of Pekarek’s Produce on east side of Highway 15, blue house on the corner of Highway 15 and Co. Road 25. Phone 402-545-4231, cell 402-641-1474. Pekarek’s Produce, Ryan and Katie Pekarek, Dwight NE. Farm is located on HWY 15, 14 miles north of Seward on West side of Highway 15. (1.5 miles north of Highway 15 and 66 junctions) Look for the Pekarek’s Produce signs.

August 15, 2010: 4:00PM State fair entry pickup, Contact Keith Nielson at the meeting site at Galen Lyons home listed above

August 2-6, 2010: Eastern Apiculture Society Annual Conference, location Boone, North Carolina

August 26, 2010: Bee Culture Entries due by 7:00 PM at the Fonner Park Grandstand lower concourse, Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island, NE enter in the north side of the granstand at the doors to the Finish Line Bar, go right once you enter the concourse.

August 27th,2010: 1:00 PM Nebraska Legislatures Natural Resources Committee on: Honey Industry in Nebraska Hearing, Location Bosselman Conference Center,Heartland Event Center,Nebraska State Fair Grounds, Grand Island, NE ( more information to come)

August 27-September 6, 2010: Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island, NE

August 30 –September 2, 2010: Western Apiculture Society Annual Conference, location Red Lion Hotel, Salem, Oregon

September 12, 2010: So You Want to Know About Honey Bees, location near Chapman, NE, presenter Keith Nielson

September 18, 2010: 2:00 PM So You Want to Know About Honey Bees presented by Miranda and Marissa Kegley 2009 & 2010 NBA Scholarship Winners, location the Randy Kegley Farm, 32745 175th Rd, Kearney, NE 68847

September 26,2010: 2:00PM Feeding and Preparing Colonies for Winter, (NBA 2010 Scholarship Participants required to attend) presenter Keith Nielson, location TBA.

October:

November 20, 2010: Monthly Meeting at Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1071 County Road B, Ithaca,, Presenters Kirk Webster, Dr. Marion Ellis and UNL graduate students