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• Buzz Line: Ask a Beekeeper January

  • When
    January 15, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

  Bristol County Beekeeper: You are invited to join us for an hour-long open panel with experienced beekeepers ready to answer your questions and share insights.

   Gain practical advice on hive management, bee health, and more while connecting with fellow beekeepers.

  Let's build a thriving community together, one bee at a time!

   Questions submitted prior to our panel will be answered first.
  Submit your question here: https://bit.ly/buzz-line-q

  No registration is required. 

   Add this to your calendar: https://bit.ly/brcba-buzzline

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  Join  Our Zoom Meeting
   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88521635940
  Passcode: 135218

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  Our past BuzzLine recordings can be found on our website under 'Resources"

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• Janaury BrCBA Meeting :: Pollen

  • When
    January 28, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Bristol Agricultural High School, 135 Center St, Dighton, Building 14

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  Our January meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 28
  7-9 pm 
  

  We will meet in Bristol Aggie - Building 14
  (download campus map)

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  Pollen 

  Pollen, the miraculous germ cell of plants and the primary protein nutrient for bees is the fertility key to every flowering plant and tree in the world.

  This talk discusses how bees transfer pollen during pollination and how it’s digested as a protein source. Illustrated by striking photos and videos.

  It's a visual journey that will inform participants in ways that increase the joy of observing pollen on native plants and on the hind leg journey to be stored as bee bread in cells.

  Guest Speaker: Bill Hesbach

  

  Bill Hesbach is a Connecticut native with a background in engineering.

  He's an Eastern Apicultural Society Certified Master Beekeeper, a graduate of the University of Montana's master beekeeping program, and the President of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association.

  Bill operates a side bee business called Wing Dance Apiary in Cheshire, CT., which produces artisanal raw honey and other natural hive products.

  Bill teaches bee biology and various beekeeping methods at meetings hosted by regional beekeeping clubs. He is an active member of the Eastern Apicultural Society, where he participates in the Master Beekeeper Certification program, and he is a regular guest speaker at national beekeeping seminars.

  His special interests in beekeeping include bee biology, flight, and the connection between local flora and bee behavior. He's a published author, and his articles on beekeeping appear in The American Bee Journal and Bee Culture magazines.

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• Southeast New England Agriculture Conference & Trade Show

  • When
    February 02, 2025
  •  
    7:30 AM
  • Location
    Bristol Agricultural High School, 28 Center Street, Dighton, MA

  A comprehensive and holistic event for farmers, fishers, market managers, educators, farm workers, and everyone who makes up the southeast's local food community.

  Paricipants include: Bristol County Agricultural High School, Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod, Cluck and Trowel Farm, Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, NOFA-RI, OASIS on Ballou, Plymouth County Extension 4-H, and Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust.

  This new, collaborative effort will bring together regional farmers and food producers for a day of community and learning around some of the most pressing issues facing our food system.

  More info and registration: https://www.sneacts.org/

  
  

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• Bee School 2025: February 4 – April 1

  • Start
    February 04, 2025
  •  
  • End
    April 01, 2025
  •  
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Bristol Agricultural High School, 135 Center St, Dighton, Building 14
  • Spaces left
    59

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  Bristol County Beekeepers Association

  2025 Beginner’s Beekeeping Course 

  Tuesday evenings 7:00 – 9:00

  February 4 – April 1, 2025

  This is the course you should take if you are thinking about keeping bees, or if you have tried beekeeping and want to learn more about it or if you are just curious about bees!

  The cost is $50 which includes lectures, handouts and a 1-year membership to Bristol County Beekeepers Association. Please note that the membership is for an individual, entitled to one vote at club meetings.

  Subjects will include the biology of honeybees, how to acquire your first bees, buying or building a beehive, plants for the bees, diseases and how to treat them, and queens.  Colony management and a review of what to do during the four seasons will give you an idea of what is involved. 

  There will be lots of time for questions and answers, and a chance to talk to people who have just started as well as veterans with 100 hives who can talk about tons of honey.  

  Classes are held on Tuesdays evening, from 7 to 9 pm with a 15 minute break. 

  There will be a general membership monthly meeting held during the course that students (as new members) are encouraged to attend. 

  Classes are scheduled to end on April 1st with the exception of a continued education class in September. If there are cancellations, Bee School will be pushed back a week.   A makeup day is scheduled for April 8th, if needed.

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  All classes are scheduled to be held in person:
  Bristol Aggie - Student Commons in Building 14
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• Buzz Line: Ask a Beekeeper - February

  • When
    February 19, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

  Bristol County Beekeeper: You are invited to join us for an hour-long open panel with experienced beekeepers ready to answer your questions and share insights.

   Gain practical advice on hive management, bee health, and more while connecting with fellow beekeepers.

  Let's build a thriving community together, one bee at a time!

   Questions submitted prior to our panel will be answered first.
  Submit your question here: https://bit.ly/buzz-line-q

  No registration is required. 

   Add this to your calendar: https://bit.ly/brcba-buzzline

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Join  Our Zoom Meeting
   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88521635940
  Passcode: 135218

  ---------------------------------------

  Our past BuzzLine recordings can be found on our website under 'Resources"

  Show details