13Feb
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
13Feb
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.
13Feb
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
13Feb
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!
06Feb
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
06Feb
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.