Our December meeting will be special! We are meeting at Bløm Meadworks. Please RSVP to let us know you are coming. Click HERE to RSVP
There will be mead and snacky snacks for purchase
Mark your calendar !
Keynote Speaker: Kent Williams - Races of Honey Bees, A year in the Life of a Beekeeper
Speakers include:
Meghan Milbrath
Jamie Walters
Rich Wieske
Dave Pearce
Jim Ford
Earl Hoffman
and more
If you are planning on attending - Please RVSP Here
Elections will be held at the Annual Meeting, November 18, 2018, please consider these offices on the SEMBA board and contact sembasecretary2@gmail.com
1st VP -incumbent Senad Livadic
Treasurer- Incumbent Tammy Bonifield
1st Director- Incumbent Don Schram
MBA Representative -Incumbent Dave Zurek
Historian-currently vacant
also
these positions need to be filled due to vacancies.
2nd VP-
Secretary-
Also in accordance with Article 6: 1-e Vacancies in any office of SEMBA shall be filled by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. Such appointments shall be effective until the next regularly scheduled SEMBA Election
President - Sandy Graichen
SECTION 3: Officers and Directiors shall be elected by the general membership at the Annual Meeting and shall assume their offices immediately after the election. All candidates for SEMBA offices and director positions shall have been members in good standing for at least 12 months immediately prior to the election.
Coffee, Tea, & Cocoa will be provided by SEMBA.
Membership meeting: 2:00
Club announcements
Open meeting questions / Comments/ Suggestions
Program: 2: 30
Meghan Milbrath on Varroa Viruses
Please park in the north parking lot and enter through the Vis Ta Tech entrance
Please RSVP HERE
September 16, 2018 at 1:00
‘Keeping bees (alive) in any climate is challenging, but Michigan have some additional requirements to address in order to see the little darlings fly back out again in March or April.’
Please park in the north parking lot and enter through the Vis Ta Tech entrance
Mike Sautter will be addressing Seasonal Varroa Control
Come and learn about the management tools and best practice recomendations used in the fight against varroa.
Raise your own queens! Get off the package treadmill!
Increase your understanding of bee biology.
SEMBA QUEEN REARING 101
(For third year or more experienced beekeepers only)
Hands on class includes diverse queen rearing techniques:
*grafting
*making splits
*Cloake board
*Miller method
*cutting out swarm cells
*setting up basic starter/finisher colonies
Max students: 24. Great teacher to student ratio.
Syllabus and bibliography included
Fee: $60
No Refunds after July 19th. If you cancel there is a $10.00 fee
The Class will be held in the City of Detroit. Once you sign up we will send you the address and the reading list and syllabus.
Pre-register now for the Summer Picnic! The cut-off for registration for lunch July 11th 2018
Summer Picnic - July 15, 2018
Check - in starting at 12:30 Lunch starting at 12:45
Program at 2:00
You do not need to be pre-registered to come to the program.
Bob will give a presentation on setting up a honey house and give a tour of his new facility.
$5.00 per person lunch - catered by Heavenly Hotdog
Choice of meat: Hot dogs, Brats, polish sausage, or Vegetarian hot dogs, Chips, Coleslaw, Baked Beans and drink.
Click HERE to pre-register
Dessert potluck: Please bring a dessert using Honey for the dessert bar.
No refunds.
You must be pre-registered for the picnic portion of the meeting.
If you have questions please contact Tammy Email tammybonifield@gmail.com or call (248)219-1285
Coffee, Tea, & Cocoa will be provided by SEMBA.
Membership meeting: 2:00
Club announcements
Open meeting questions / comments/ Suggestions
Program: 2: 30
Don Schram Swarm Triggers,Splits & Queen Rearing
Trip to Canada
SEMBA is organizing a trip to Canada to visit Ferguson Apiaries in Hensall, Ontario. The Ferguson family is the biggest buckfast queen producer in North America. The trip will take place Saturday, May 26th.
Then its off to the Canadian Border! We plan to arrive at Ferguson Apiaries around 11:00-11:30am. The Ferguson family will provide a sandwich for us. We will be returning back home at 2:30-3:00pm.
The cost of transportation and food is $40.00. Each person attending will need to have a passport or Enhanced Drivers License that will allow you into Canada.
Total number of spaces is limited to 55 people!
When you have added the trip to your cart. Go to the top of the page and click on the shopping cart in the top right hand corner.
Potluck at 1:30, bring a dish to pass and your own table service, coffee tea, cocoa provided by SEMBA
Membership meeting at 2:00 - club announcements, election of interim officers
Program: 2:30 - Meghan Milbrath - Varroa Viruses, APHIS National Honey Bee Survey
At Schoolcraft College , Vis Ta Tech Building in the Lower Waterman Center
The Sutherland Family Invites You to Commemorate the life of Roger Sutherland
At Schoolcraft College - The Sutherland Room
This is an open house event. All are welcome. A
Memory Circle will occur 2:00 P.M. to 2:45 P.M.
Please bring a memory to share. appetizers will
be served throughout the event.
Beekeepers are invited to wear beekeeping attire.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Roger’s honor may
be made to the Schoolcraft College Foundation
