This is a reminder of our upcoming meeting on Sunday, 3 November at the Castlegar Public Library in the downstairs meeting room from 13:00 to 15:00. This will be our semi-annual general meeting with the main topics being the report from the BCHPA meeting in Prince George, and also a discussion of the otherwise healthy… Continue reading WK Beekeepers Semi-AGM
Category: meetings
NO October meeting
There will be NO meeting for the West Kootenay Beekeepers in October. This is because the BCHPA General Meeting is happening in Prince George on the first weekend, October 4th - 6th. And then the second weekend is Thanksgiving, 12th - 14th. So our next meeting will be Sunday, 3 November at the Castlegar Public… Continue reading NO October meeting
September WKBeeks meeting
Our first meeting of the new beekeeping year will be this coming Sunday, 8 September at Paul Taylor's place from 13:00 to 15:00, http://www.kootenaybeekeeping.com/ There is quite a list of topics to talk about including, in no particular order; 1. Apimondia 2019 in Montreal, 2. local fall fairs and events, 3. the BCHPA - AGM… Continue reading September WKBeeks meeting
Bee Friendly Walkabout
Helen and Corky are opening the farm gates at Against the Wind Farm and Nursery to the general public this coming Sunday, 14 July. This will be from noon, 12:00 until 17:00. Helen has offered to do a special walkabout for us from 11:00 to 12:00 to talk about the many pollinator friendly flowers, bushes,… Continue reading Bee Friendly Walkabout
BBQ rained out
Hi folks. So it's been raining here in Castlegar all day today (Saturday) and I checked tonight with Dave in Harrop about the weather tomorrow. The prediction for tomorrow is showers pretty much all day and up to 70% chance of rain. So unfortunately we've decided that we have to cancel the event. We would… Continue reading BBQ rained out
May Meeting
Hello Beeks. This is your reminder of our next meeting on Sunday 5 May at Paul’s place, 987 Bridgeview Road, in sunny Ootischenia, starting at 13:00. Our agenda items will be; 1. Report on community information days, recent (Salmo and Taghum Earth Days Easter Sunday, 21 April, Kootenay Co-op Earth Day, 24 April) and future… Continue reading May Meeting
April Annual General Meeting
Hello Beeks. This is your reminder of our next meeting this coming Saturday (NOT SUNDAY) 6 April at the Castlegar Public Library downstairs meeting room, starting at 13:00. Our agenda items will be; 1. Report back from the BCHPA semi annual held March 21 - 23 in Kamloops. 2. For those beekeepers who sell their… Continue reading April Annual General Meeting
March Meeting
Hello Beeks. This is your reminder of our next meeting this coming Sunday 3 March at Paul’s place, 987 Bridgeview Road, in sunny Ootischenia, starting at 13:00. Our agenda items will be; 1. Report back from the Easy Kootenay March 2 Workshop, including the information on the Iotron sterilization run. Jeff Lee will give an… Continue reading March Meeting
February Meeting
Hello Beeks. This is your reminder of our next meeting this coming Sunday 3 February at Paul’s place, 987 Bridgeview Road, in sunny Ootischenia, starting at 13:00. Topics of discussion will include; 1. Laena will again be taking names of anyone interested in order to expand our mentorship and swarm lists. 2. We had a… Continue reading February Meeting
First Meeting of 2019
Hello Beeks. This is your reminder of our first 2019 meeting this coming Sunday 6 January at Paul's place, 987 Bridgeview Road, in sunny Ootischenia, starting at 13:00. As I mentioned in the previous post, our club shirts have arrived, looking great. So if you ordered one at the October meeting, we will have it… Continue reading First Meeting of 2019
