Lake County Illinois
Meetings are normally held at State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Dr, Grayslake IL 60030. Informal Q&A at 6:30PM, formal meeting starts promptly at 7PM.
April 3
TBD
March 6
TBD
February 6
Tim May will be the guest speaker. He will be speaking on commercial beekeeping.
January 16
Tim Wilbanks of Heritage Honeybees will be the guest speaker. He will be speaking on the state of beekeeping in the USA. In addition, he will discuss the effects of Canada opening its borders for the importation of American package bees. Tim will also talk about Tropilaelaps, the parasitic mite that everyone should be concerned about.
December 5
Petra Ahnert will speak about her journey in beekeeping and how she got where she is today. She is the author of Beeswax Alchemy and Beehive Alchemy.
November 7
Our speaker is Slava Strogolov, CEO of Strong Microbials. The topic of the meeting is Overwintering Strategies for your bees.
October 3
Our speaker is Charlie Koenan from BeeVangelists out of Milwaukee, WI. He will be speaking about overwintering your hives.
September 5
There will be a panel discussion on Preparing Hives for Winter. Bring all your questions!
August 1
Annual LCBA Picnic
Time: 4:30 p.m. (Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m.)
Location: Belli Farm
40960 N. Mill Creek Road
Old Mill Creek, IL 60083
Cost: $5.00 per person in advance
$10.00 per person at the door
Cash or check payable to: Lake County Beekeepers Association
July 11
We will be having a member of the club, Ryan Piktel, speaking. He is a Senior Scientist at Abbott Laboratories and will be showing/talking about "Electron Microscope Views of Honey Bees".
June 6
There will be a panel discussion on how members sell their honey chaired by Past President Frank Moriarty. It will be a fun topic to discuss and as always a lot of information.
May 2
Q & A - If you have questions, we have Answers!
April 4
Sandra Washburn from Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie Chapter, will be speaking about planning and planting a pollinator garden. She will be giving us some great resources to use.
March 7
Slava Strogolov from Strong Microbials in Milwaukee, WI, will have a lot of great information bee science.
February 1
Dave Meyer of Meyer Bees from Minooka, IL, will be speaking about Feeding our Bees! It's still winter, but spring will be here before you know it! Let's get prepared not only for spring, but also know what we should feed our bees throughout the year!
January 4
Tim Wilbanks of Heritage Honeybees will be speaking on the Package Bee Industry. He also will be speaking about the current state of affairs regarding Canada's opening of its borders for the importation of American package bees.
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