Welcome to the Kalamazoo Bee Club
Southwest Michigan can provide “challenging” weather in February. Bee club members can describe unloading vendor trucks at 5 a.m. when it was 5 degrees and icy, or the years when the host facility wasn’t sure the weather would allow them to be open for a Saturday event (and we had hundreds of lunches ordered).
Bee-lieve us, the Bee Club folks striving to find the best way forward through “all of this” also miss the energy, education and connection that comes with gatherings. But with Covid, RSV, and the on-going challenges of a February Bee School, we’ve opted to not have one in 2023. Historically we’ve had to have back-up presenters in case of road conditions; Covid introduces a new level of back-up requirements for in-person events, along with public safety considerations for attendees.
Thus, for 2023, we’re offering Honey Bee Academy (learn more by selecting the Honey Bee Academy tab–FABULOUS speakers, and topics throughout the year when the education is perhaps more relevant).
There is no February club meeting because of Honey Bee Academy. We resume regular monthly meetings in March, with a presentation on splits by Mike Sautter.
If you need bees, equipment, supplies, education — please select the ‘Resources’ tab and honor the vendors who help support the club. Thanks vendors!
We continue to try and answer questions as received, but there’s another great resource–the experts at Michigan State University! You can ask questions via this easy-to-use form; we’ve found them very responsive and helpful.
They also have many excellent webinars for a variety of issues. Please check them out.
Generous sponsors allow our education to continue. Thank you sponsors!
If you’d like to help support our work, we’d greatly appreciate your tax-deductible contribution. THANK YOU.