Will County Beekeepers Association

Package Bee Pickup 2012

Package bees ordered through Will County Farm Bureau and WillBees will be available for pickup at the Farm Bureau 5-7PM on Friday Apr 13.

Advanced Beekeeping Class

Saturday April 21 from 9am-4pm, David Burns, EAS certified Master Beekeeper is teaching an advanced beekeeping class. $90 in Elburn, IL.

Illinois State Beekeepers Association Summer Meeting

The Illinois State Beekeepers Association will hold their Summer Meeting on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Kaskaskia College in Vandalia, Illinois. Registration for the meeting is $20.00 per person.

2012 Package Bee Group Order

WillBees and the Will County Farm Bureau have organized a group package bee purchase through Dadant in 2012. Each 3-pound package with unmarked queen costs $73. Orders must be received before Feb 28 so don't delay.

Natural Beekeeping Workshop

A natural beekeeping workshop will be presented on Jan 21 in Joliet, IL. Cost is $5 and the class runs from 9am-4pm.
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Newsletter 2011-06-28

Upcoming Association Meetings for 2011 Sun. July 17, 2PM picnic at the Koening residence (see below). Wed. September 21, 7PM at the Will County Farm Bureau. Wed. November 16, 7PM at the Will County Farm Bureau. Illinois State Fair Honey Competition Realizing that our club is too new to have made plans for this year's Illinois State Fair, the Cook DuPage
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Newsletter 2011-06-15

Upcoming Association Meetings for 2011 Wed. June 15, 7PM at the Will County Farm Bureau. Guest speaker James Belli of the IL State Beekeepers Assocation. Sun. July 17, 2PM picnic at the Koening residence (see below). Wed. September 21, 7PM at the Will County Farm Bureau. Wed. November 16, 7PM at the Will County Farm Bureau. Picnic and Meeting, Sunday
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Newsletter 2011-04-08

Regarding the package bees ordered through Will County Farm Bureau: Early orders for bee packages have been delayed. This will not affect our orders, however we will not know when the bees will be available until the week of April 18th. There will be a 4-5 day notice for pick up and we can send out a note at that time. We estimate it will be either April
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Newsletter 2011-04-05

The next scheduled meeting of the Will County Beekeepers Association will be Wednesday May 18th, at the Farm Bureau Office. Tony Gedritis has offered to present a hands on demonstration of installing packaged bees in Wilmington on or about April 16th. This hands on experience is geared towards first year beekeepers. Tony will be working as a bee wrangler
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