Upcoming Events
May Meeting
Be sure to join us for our May meeting, this Thursday May 21st at 6:30 pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
ALsO PLEASE NOTE!!!
This month’s meeting will be an educational/demonstration field trip .
We will meet at Roger Sorben’s
For this meeting, the meeting starting time will be 6:30pm
Direction to Roger’s:
20631 County Road 12
Ironton,, Minnesota 56455
BE SURE TO BRING YOUR BEE SUIT
Topics for the evening will include: “OK, I’ve got my new bees, now what do I do?” “Lighting your Smoker”, and “Hive inspections, what am I looking at?”. Roger will also talk about his queen rearing. There will also be a very quick business meeting.
We would really like to see you. If you know of any other beekeepers, potential beekeepers, or just someone who wants to learn about beekeeping, invite them to come!
Please Join us!
Explore The World of Bees
Did you know….
A typical beehive has around 40,000 to 60,000 bees
Queen bees mate over a few short days, then spend the rest of their days laying eggs
Drone bees (males) only purpose is to mate with the queen bee then die
Worker bees (females) face the same fate when they sting , normally instant death!
Worker bees generally live around 30 days, unless they are born at the onset of winter, in which case they might last through till spring
A single bee can produce about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Drones won’t sting you – they have no stinger