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Honey bottling and candle making (Sat. Nov. 7th, 2015)

It is time to process the remaining materials from this years bountiful honey harvest, so we will be hosting an event this weekend to bottle the remaining honey from the organic farm and to make beeswax candles from the wax we harvested. So come by and learn how to make candles and help put honey in jars.

Where: 13 Teagan Ave, Hanover, NH (Tom Kraft's house, next to the hockey rink)
When: Saturday, November 7th, 4:00 PM
Some snacks will be provided.  Dartmouth honey will be available for purchase. Questions can be directed to thomas.s.kraft@dartmouth.edu. Hope to see you there!

 

Bees, or not to be: Vermont Law School Event on Bees (Sat. April 18th)

Please join DBA in attending a wonderful event hosted at Vermont Law School on Saturday April 18th, 2015.

http://www.vermontlaw.edu/news-and-events/event?id=669

http://www.vermontlaw.edu/community/the-campus/map-directions

The morning presenters are two experts, one a scientist, the other a writer, and both are beekeepers.  Mary Anne Frazier is senior extension associate at Penn State Center of Pollinator Research, and Ross Conrad is the author of Natural Beekeeping and contributes regularly to Bee Culture Magazine. The two will summarize the latest scientific research on the affect of pesticides on honey bees,  describe how beekeepers meet the challenges of pesticides, climate change, and pathogens to maintain healthy hives, and will share information about activism that is happening around the country by beekeepers and the general public in response to the plight of honey bees and other insect pollinators.

Attendees should bring their own brown bag lunch or walk to a local eatery

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The afternoon presentation will be a three person panel (Jarrod Fowler of UMass Amherst, X Lionel Chute of the Sullivan County Conservation District, and Cat Buxton, consultant and educator for food systems change) focusing on native pollinators, their issues and how to encourage them. The first speaker will describe the diversity of native pollinators, their habitats and habits. The second will cover landscaping with pollinator food plants and providing the cover and nest sites native pollinators require. The third will talk about attracting beneficial insects that  can reduce the need for pesticide use, provide comprehensive plant lists and cover local nurseries which only supply plants that have not been treated with neonicotinoid pesticides.

 The Upper Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club will supplement the talks with fact sheets, book suggestions, websites, lists of nearby nurseries and on-line sources of materials on native bees and native pollinator plantings as well as instructions for making mason-bee nesting blocks and bee hotels.

 

Honey tasting and Learn to winterize beehives
This Sunday (Nov. 2nd) at 2 pm we will have an event serving 2 purposes. First, we will be winterizing our hives by attaching tar paper and building a wind break out of hay bales. As winter comes there is not a ton we can do for the bees, but a few small steps can make a difference.

Second, we will be having a honey tasting with varieties ranging from buckwheat (nearly black in color) to raspberry blossom honey. We will also have some creamed honey on hand and even have a small amount of pollen for participants to try. So come on out and figure out what kind of honey you like!

The event will be held at the dartmouth organic farm.

Lecture by Professor Thomas D. Seeley

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On Saturday, October 25th, Professor Thomas Seeley will be joining us in Hanover, NH to give a presentation on honeybees that is free and open to the general public (and is especially geared towards anyone interested in beekeeping). Dr. Seeley is a Professor in the Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and is one of the world's leading experts on honeybee biology. His brilliant experimental research and fieldwork on honeybees spans topics from physiology, migration, and optimal foraging theory to social behavior and collective decision making.

In his presentation titled, "The Beehive as a Honey Factory" he will discuss how honeybees survive and manage their resources in order to produce the great quantities that we enjoy. More info on Dr. Seeley can be found here: http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/seeley.shtml

Please see below for details. This presentation should be fascinating to anyone interested in the current plight of honeybees, honeybee biology, or beekeeping.

Free and open to the general public
Date: Saturday, October 25th
Time: 10 am
Where: Howe Library (Mayer Room), Hanover, NH

First Annual (2014) Dartmouth Beekeeping Association Honey Harvest

This event will be held at the Dartmouth Organic Farm in the upper barn on Saturday, September 27th. The rain date will be Sunday, September 28th. Participants will learn how to extract honey starting with removing frames from a beehive to uncapping, spinning, and filtering. The event will begin at 10 am and may continue as long as 6 pm. We hope that everyone will have a chance to taste the honey as we go through the process!

Snacks and light food will be provided. Participants must find their own transportation to the farm, although it is not very far from campus. Honey will be available for purchase following the harvest and participants will have the opportunity to reserve a jar (1 lb for 10$). Questions should be directed to dartmouth.beekeeping@gmail.com.
To sign up, please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eYNAjctKO1ix7vMCBo4gw8HUr-4TG_PpuwDFvls9ihA/viewform?usp=send_form

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 1st Official Meeting of the Dartmouth Beekeeping Association!

Join us for introductions and discussion about our big plans for 2014!

6pm in 317 Silsby Hall (on Tuck Drive across from Baker-Berry Library). Snacks and drinks will be provided.

October 13, 2013 -- Honey extraction in Ithaca, NY.

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Sept 21, 2013 -- Association members attended a Workshop at Vermont Beekeeping Supply

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Spring Updates! March 2014

Both DBA hives survived the long and harsh Vermont winter.
Both DBA hives survived the long and harsh Vermont winter.
DBA members spent the winter in the Dartmouth woodshop building equipment
DBA members spent the winter in the Dartmouth woodshop building equipment

May 3, 2014 -- Association members pick up four hives from West Meadow Apiary in Braintree, VT to install at Dartmouth Organic Farm

DBA members at West Meadow Apiary
DBA members at West Meadow Apiary
Newly installed nucleus colonies at the Dartmouth Organic Farm
Newly installed nucleus colonies at the Dartmouth Organic Farm

 

 

 

 

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