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Field Trip to Randy Oliver's Apiary and Scientific Beekeeping - sign-up
REQUIRED
Sunday, April 27, 2008 - all day - 8am to 8pm - details below.
$85 per Nuc (no purchase required).
This is a great trip - one of the highlights of the beekeeping year! I hope you had an opportunity to attend the class given by Randy Oliver late last month. If not, this is a second opportunity to learn from California's most energetic beekeeper, writer and researcher.
This is a field trip to Randy's home, his business, research facility and bee yards. You will see a great range of beekeeping activities. Randy works his colonies so efficiently that you will be inspired to open your hives as often as you like. While we're all working the hives, take the opportunity to build your own nuclear colony - pick your queen and fill-up the box with as many bees as you can fit. Nuclear colonies include a laying queen, three frames of brood, and two frames of food. Read the "beginners" pages at http://www.scientificbeekeeping.com to learn what to bring (box and bedsheet and $85/nuc).
Like the workshop, the field trip requires protective gear.
You're welcome to drive your own vehicle, but the rest of us will be carpooling. This year, for the first time, we will have a group leaving from downtown Berkeley as well as Sara's house near the Mormon Temple. Six seats are available in each van, and we'll add vans as needed until everyone has a seat. All bees will be transported in "the big van" but we'll make stops both in Berkeley and Oakland on the way back. It's 150 miles each way - about four hours total travel time.
Sign-up is required for this one so we can get an accurate seat count. We'll finalize travel/convoy arrangements after the sign-ups are done. If you have a large people mover and would be able to drive a carpool, please let me know.
We will be making a stop in Colfax at the Sierra Market to purchase picnic items, or bring your own from home.
Notes:
(1) You DO NOT have to be purchasing bees to attend
and enjoy this field trip.
(2) You DO NOT have to be present to purchase
bees, but you must make arrangements in advance.
(3) Sign-ups are required by
EMAIL to president at alamedabee dot org and state your preference for Oakland or
Berkeley.
The Next Meeting will bee
February 12th @ 7:30 p.m.
Rotary Nature Center, 600 Bellevue Ave, Oakland
Directions: Take Grand Ave exit off of 580, west to Bellevue. Turn left, and look for the first totem pole on your right.
We have a speaker
Judy Casale will demonstration soap making Tuesday.
We will have some things for a drawing, including a new hive box. Be there or be square!
Randy Oliver’s Class
Again this year, the Alameda County Beekeepers Association will host an all-day advanced beekeeping class presented by noted researcher and author Randy Oliver. We have chosen Sunday March 30, 2008 in order to give those who were unable to attend last year's Saturday session a chance to participate. We will begin at 9am with coffee and pastries, and we expect to finish before 4pm. Randy will also be offering individual consultation and diagnosis of bee disease, especially nosema.
This year is a much bigger event, so unfortunately we cannot offer the class without a small fee. Happily, however, we have nearly unrestricted space available, and you will get a "free lunch!"
The location will be the Regatta Room at the Encinal Yacht Club, 1251 Pacific Marina, Alameda CA.
One of the agenda items for our February meeting will be a discussion of fees, whether to invite members of other clubs and/or the public, and the reservation process. In a nutshell, our variable costs will be about $16 per person (food, copying, coffee), and about $800 in fixed costs. This means that at $30 per person, our break-even point is about 50 attendees assuming the club does not underwrite any of the costs, and assuming we offer a very nice lunch. None of this is cast in stone, so please attend and participate in making this important set of decisions.
I have the extractors. If you want one send newsletter stuff to me: chuck@zierdt.us 531-5832
*** Membership Dues are Due ***
Give us the information below, especially changes, and bring it with $10 to the next meeting. Sara has a few items for a drawing for those who pay dues. Mail dues to the address above if you can't make the meeting..
Name: Address: Phone #: E-mail: Do you want Snail Mail?
