Saturday, December 31, 2011 ~ News

January 9, 2012 Meeting

Please join us on January 9, 2012 for a talk hosted by Dan Conlon.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ~ News

Norfolk County Beekeeprs Association Holiday Party December 5, 2011

Please join us for our annual holiday party. If you remember last year . . .

Tuesday, November 08, 2011 ~ News

Bee School 2012 - Holiday Gift

If you know of someone that wants to be a beekeeper, what better holiday gift than a gift certificate to bee school.

Monday, November 07, 2011 ~ News

Rminder: November 7, 2011 Meeting

Tonight is our monthly meeting. There are lots of announcements tonight, along with our mini discussion groups. Topics to include: winterizing, feeding your bees in the winter, queen rearing, MAQS updates and more. Great raffle items and door prizes. See you all at 7:30.

Friday, October 14, 2011 ~ News

Check out the latest NEWSLETTER

Check out the October Newsletter. Lots of cool stuff. Thanks for a great newsletter Own.

Friday, October 14, 2011 ~ News

Cleaning off my desktop!

Cleaning off my computer desk top, I ran across this picture. Not sure where it came from, but it reminded me on this rainy day of how beautiful the work the bees do really is.

Thursday, October 13, 2011 ~ News

Six things I learned from my bees. By Carol Cook

6 Things I learned from my bees.

1. If you want to be the queen bee, you have to be willing to accept the workload that goes along with it. And sometimes it just ain’t pretty.

2. Do the best you can. If you don’t succeed, you can always move on. It beats the hell out of being eaten by your co-workers.

3. There is no “I” in team but there is in “survive”. Not learning to work together can end really, really badly.

4. Sometimes eating dessert first is your only choice because dessert is all there is.

5. You aren’t as unique as you think. Sometimes there are 49,999 others exactly like you. But that isn’t always a bad thing.

And last and perhaps most important:

6. Do not assume that just because something is small, it cannot MESS. YOU. UP. If you don’t believe me, just look up “Anaphylaxis” in the dictionary.

Thursday, October 06, 2011 ~ News

Bee School 2012 Registration form is now available.

The new Bee School 2012 Registration form is now available. Please click here to download. Bee_School_registration.pdf

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 ~ News

Dipping tongues allow bees to drink the sweetest nectar

US mathematicians have worked out why the flowers pollinated by bees have sweeter nectar than those visited by butterflies.

When it comes to drinking nectar, the most important factor is whether the insects dip their tongue in, or whether they suck the liquid up.

The sweeter the nectar, the thicker it is, and research found that the dipping method of bees is ideal for drawing up the most viscous liquid.

They published their results in PNAS.

Monday, September 26, 2011 ~ News

October 3, 2011 Important Meeting Reminder

Just a reminder that your vote is important and we hope you will be able to make it.