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The Ripple River Beekeepers Club is for anyone interested in the honeybee, from the new beekeeper to beekeepers with years of experience. We are committed to providing educational programs, supporting new beekeepers by pairing them with an experienced member, and support honeybee best practices.
Monthly meetings are the third Thursday of every month, February through November, 7:00 pm at the Aitkin Public Library, Aitkin MN. No meetings in November or December. Dues are $10 for the year and includes all family members.
Meetings are informal, with a wide range of topics throughout the year. Meetings are free and open to anyone interested, whether you have bees or not!
We do encourage you to go the extra step and help support the club by becoming a member. Dues help to offset the club costs of meeting fees, speaker fees and, and fair booth.
Membership includes but is not limited to: access to .free use of club equipment, access to club library, participation in door prize drawings, use of educational hives, special events, and a vote in elections.
Support your local club! Join today!
New and renewing membership dues are $10 (single or family) for the current calendar year (Jan-Dec or part of a year). New members will be added to the email list to receive meeting and other club event notices. Annual renewal dues will be collected at the April meeting.
Ways to submit your membership form and dues
- come to a meeting and fill out the membership form and pay by check or cash.
- download the membership form and mail it with a check to address on the form.
Makes checks payable to Ripple River Bee Club mail checks to:
Ripple River Beekeepers Club
21535 Rose Lake Ln,
Ironton MN 5645
Why Join Ripple River Beekeepers Club?
Information Sharing
Even if we want to live in our own little beekeeping bubble, our bees do not. They’re subject to the world around them in a very real way. Joining and attending bee club meetings can give you a head’s up on what other beekeepers are experiencing across your city or county in the way of pests, weather, and unforeseen obstacles.
You’ll get the inside scoop on local beekeeping vendors.
The monthly member newsletter or our website list the availability of local bees for sale, equipment or local events to support beekeepers. You might not need to know this stuff but on the other hand something might pop up that would be of interest to you that you’d otherwise never hear about.
Education
Not only will you receive newsletters and updates about what is going on in apicultural research and the beekeeping industry you’ll also be able to attend occasional meetings which usually have knowledgeable speakers or informative workshops.
You get to meet local beekeepers.
By attending meetings you’ll get to meet the people in your area who work with bees. These people are an invaluable resource of beekeeping knowledge as well as being stand-up people well worth knowing.
It’s fun.
Goofing around with new friends and sharing stories about a passion for bees and the hardships of beekeeping qualifies as good times. And meeting someone new that’s keen on bees is almost inevitable.
You’ll be supporting your local beekeepers association.
The annual fee isn’t too expensive ($10 for single or family) and the funds go to support information sharing, education and research.