• 2010 Summer Seminar: Nectar For Your Noggin’

    14Aug
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    featuring Randy Oliver of  www.scientificbeekeeping.com

    Presenting his dynamic, up-to-date information on New Paradigms, Varroa mites, Nosema Ceranae, and Q&A with Local  Top Bar & Langstroth   Beekeepers: Tomas Urrea(Albuquerque ) & Steve Wall (of Buckin’ Bee -Santa Fe)

    WHEN:
    August 28th, 2010
    Saturday from 10 am- 5 pm

    WHERE:
    The Church of Christ      1205 Galisteo- Santa Fe, NM

    From St. Francis, turn east onto Cordova and follow to Galisteo on the corner
    next to the Rose Park

    COST:
    $20 for NMBKA members & $30 for non-members
    Bring a sack lunch or join us at a nearby eatery and chat bees with your neighbors

    You are invited to send in questions for Randy’s review to ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com byAUG.20th If interested in a hands-on workshop with Randy on Sunday Aug, 29th in Santa Fe call Tel: 505/689-1287
    (additional registration fee- cost to be divided among registrants)

    ***Brought to you with support from the Albuquerque Beeks & The Sangre de Cristo Beekeeping clubs

  • In Her Majesty’s Chambers: Intro to Queen Honeybee Rearing & Breeding

    09Jul
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    WHEN:July 24th, 2010
    WHERE: Zia Queenbee Co. Home Farm- Truchas, NM
    TIME:   9AM-6PM
    COST:   $150- includes manual, grafting tool, practice cell cups & instruction

    For more info contact ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com or call Tel: 505/689-1287
    For picture slide brochure visit:
    http://ziaqueenbees.com/zia/2010/july-24-2010-intro-to-queen-honeybee-rearing-workshop/

  • Calling All Association Members: Would you like to host Randy Oliver?

    05May
    Categories: Association Business, Classes, Meetings Comments: 1

    Randy Oliver owns and operates a small commercial beekeeping enterprise in the foothills of Grass  Valley in Northern California. He manages about 500+ colonies for migratory pollination, and produces queens, nucs, and honey.  He has 40 years of practical beekeeping experience, plus holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biological Sciences.  Randy researches, analyzes, and digests beekeeping information from all over the world in order to not only broaden his own depth of understanding and knowledge, but to develop practical solutions to many of today’s beekeeping problems, which he then shares with other beekeepers through his various articles in bee magazines, his speaking engagements worldwide, and on his website: www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

    To have Randy speak to the association it would cost the association around $1000 including his daily
    travel fees, and his airfare, etc.

    Possible Topics include

    What’s New in BeekeepingI gave this presentation at the National Convention in Orlando 2010. I cover the state of the art of beekeeping and bee science (overlaps New Paradigms).

    Small-Scale Queen Rearing Detailed photo presentation step-by-step for producing 50-1000 mated queens.

    The following two have been abbreviated and rolled into “New Paradigms” above, so should not be scheduled with that presentation.

    Nosema ceranae—Kiss of Death, or Much ado about Nothing All about this “new” parasite—life history, detection, sampling, microscopy, treatment. Many questions remain.

    Varroa Management Strategies and Techniques State of the art for managing varroa in your operation, whether commercial or hobbyist.

    If you would like to see Randy present please contact the NMBKA board members and let them know you are interested.

  • Queen Rearing Workshop

    19Apr
    Categories: Classes, General Beekeeping Comments: 2

    Zia Queenbee Co. will be offering an Intro to Queen Rearing Workshop on June 12, 2010 from 8am-5pm at The Seeds of Change Experimental Farm in El Guique, NM (near San Juan Pueblo). This one-day, hands-on workshop will share the artistry of rearing one’s own queens covering introductory concepts and different steps of the process of queenbee rearing. From selection of breeders and establishment of genetic pool to cell-building styles, grafting, mating nuc establishment, drone supports and harvesting of mating queens. An additional introductory queen rearing workshop will be offered in July at ZQB’s home farm in Truchas, NM at 8300 feet in the southern Rockies (this workshop will focus on rearing queens for fall requeening and for overwintering nucs).

    For more info Tel: 505/689-1287
    email: ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com
    or visit: http://ziaqueenbees.com/zia/2010/intro-to-queenbee-rearing-workshop-june-12-2010-seeds-of-change/

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  • 2010 Hays Honey and Apple Farm Introduction to Beekeeping Seminar

    13Feb
    Categories: Classes, General Beekeeping Comments: 2

    On Saturday April 24th 2010 the Hays Honey & Apple Farm will be hosting their yearly Introduction to Beekeeping Seminar and Potluck. The seminar will be held from 9am to dark, breaking for a potluck lunch around noon. If you’d like to attend please RSVP by calling 505-869-2369. If you plan to take part in the after lecture hands on beekeeping experience be sure to bring your hats and veils. If you don’t own a hat or veil there will be a limited quantity for sale.

    Due to outstanding turn out last year they are requesting an entry of $8 per group in order to help pay for chairs, tables and porta-potties. Any remaining funds will be donated to the New Mexico Beekeepers Association.

    Map to the Hays Honey & Apple Farm

  • 2010 Beekeeping Workshops with Les Crowder

    13Feb
    Categories: General Beekeeping Comments: 0

    Backyard Beekeeping (Classes for the hobbyist):

    These classes are designed for small home operations. They may be taken either individually or as a series. The series will be taught in both Albuquerque, NM and Rio Lucio, NM.

    Details can be found at For the Love of Bees.

  • 2010 Northern New Mexico Rocky Mountain Sweet Spring Sting

    13Feb
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    Zia Queenbee Co. & Sangre de Cristo Beekeepers present the First Annual 2010 Northern New Mexico Rocky Mountain Sweet Spring Sting

    “Thinking In & Out of the Bee Box”
    -A Symposium for Bee Stewards-

    WHEN: March 20th, 2010 (SPRING EQUINOX) from 9 am-1pm
    *Pre-Registration $20 or $25 @ door*

    WHO: Kirk Webster of Champlain Valley Bees and Queens Chemical –Free Survivor Stock Bee Breeder (Vermont) Nate Downey of Santa Fe Permaculture With his new book: Harvest the Rain Corwin Bell of BackYardHive.com & Author of The Bee Guardian (Colorado)

    WHERE: 1205 Galisteo- Santa Fe, NM Church of Christ (at the corner of Galisteo & Cordova)
    WITH: Morning coffee and tea @ Kate’s starting at 8am (right across Rose Park on Galisteo Parkway) & Pot-Luck Lunch

    If you have some honey (vintage or fresh) - bring for sharing at Round-Table Tasting!

    *For Pre-Registration and more info contact ziaqueenbees@hotmail.com or Tel:505/689-1287

  • Zia Queenbee Co. — Hive Jive

    13Feb
    Categories: General Beekeeping Comments: 0

    Zia Queenbees Co. is celebrating five years of Small-Scale Quality Survivor Stock Production, and they want to help us continue to work together to keep to NM Bees and Bee Stewards Feliz, Sana, y Guapa!
    Check out their new blog, HIVE JIVE, at www.ziaqueenbees.com where they will posting articles, resources, slide shows, hive/apiary diaries, 2010 Breeder Parade, seminar and workshop schedule, Plus loads of other fun and informative Free Info!

  • New Proposed Legislation for the NM Bee Act

    06Feb
    Categories: Association Business, Beekeeping Law Comments: 0

    New Proposed Legislation for the NM Bee Act

    As many of you are probably aware the NMBKA is working with the NM Department of agriculture in order to draft a newly proposed NM Bee act. While the details of what will happen are still pending here is a schedule of what needs to be done in order to submit the bill for legislation.

    • We will provide them any support or guidance they request.
    • the need to identify someone from the legislature to “carry” the bill.
    • they need to sit down with that person and go over it with them.
    • the legislator will do the rest after he/she agrees to submit the bill.
    • earlier the submission, the better chance it has to be heard.
    • typical deadline for bill submission will probably be within the 1st week of the legislative session

  • Problems with Pesticide Incidents?

    06Feb
    Categories: General Beekeeping Comments: 0

    The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) now has a quick and easy web based way in which you can submit information regarding ecological incidents that are suspected or known to be related to pesticide exposures. They exist to aid in the collection of information from government organizations, academia, wildlife rehabilitation centers, conservation societies, and beekeepers.

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