The time has come to prepare your hive for winter. What? Not yet! Yes, learn what you need to do now for your bees so that they will have a more pleasant pest free winter with plenty of food for survival.
Join us at our next meeting to learn what you need to do in order to prepare your bees for the Maine winter. We will be discussing necessary honey supply and wrapping hives.
image from "sticktoplanbee.com" We will be answering questions about wintering your bees. Free coffee .50¢ Hotdogs
Please join us on Saturday December 13th for the Oxford Hills Honeybee Club's Annual Holiday Potluck. We will be celebrating at the Oxford County Extension Center on Olsen Road. Just bring your favorite holiday dish and enjoy the company of your fellow beekeepers. We hope to see you there!
Tony Bachelder will be with us to discuss and demonstrate the feeding of bees in winter and how to order nucs. Please join us Saturday January 10th. Hot coffee and hotdogs will also be waiting.
Join us as Carol Cottrill explains the gadgets and gizmos used in beekeeping. You can never have too many!
Master Bee Keeper Chris Rogers of Backwoods Bee Farm will be discussing the topic of Spring maintenance. Bring your questions and experiences to add to the conversation. Chris Rodgers - Photo courtesy "main beekeepers.org"
The Club hive will be opened (weather permitting) for first inspection after a long winter. Bring your veil and any questions for our local experts. Free hot coffee and $1 hot dogs will be waiting.
The natural progression of a healthy hive is to produce a swarm, but you may want your hive to produce more honey. Learn an age old effective method to stop a hive from swarming. Join us on Saturday May 9th for a presentation of the Demaree method of swarm control. One of our own, Linwood Swett, will describe this 131 year old method and show us how he has, with slight modifications,…
Grow your honey bee farm and possibly prevent swarming. Join us with Ken and Jerry Record as they demonstrate splitting bee hives. Weather permitting we will have an open hive with a Top Bar Hive, Warre Hive and the Club’s Hive, so bring your veils.
