Calendar
2019 March 30 - Intermediate Class
Saturday, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
MCBA Intermediate Class
Do you have questions coming out of Winter? Join Tim Moore, Kim Barkfelt, Peggy Garnes and others to learn how to take your beekeeping to the next level. Swarm Management, Making Simple Splits, Infused Honey, Easy Q Rearing, and Marking Q’s. Refreshments and snacks will be provided (there will be a short lunch break). Please go to the rear of the church. A sign will be posted by the door.
Cost for the class is $40 per person, OR $35 with a food donation of $5 or more. Medina Presbyterian Church works with Feeding Medina and their Weekenders Program to provide food for youths on weekends. They can use Peanut Butter and Jelly (in plastic jars), Tuna (in pouches), and SpaghettiOs. Plastic containers or foil pouches reduce the weight of the food carried in backpacks. MCBA gets to thank the church and we all get to help the community.
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Location: Medina Presbyterian Church, 5020 Burgundy Bay Boulevard, Medina, OH 44256
2019 April 15 - MCBA Monthly Meeting
Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Q & A Session 6:30 to 7:00 pm)
Speaker - Barb Bloetscher and Ron Zickefoose
Barb Bloetscher, Ohio State Apiary Inspector and Ron Zickefoose, Medina County
Bee Inspector, will talk about the explosion of Small Hive Beetles in 2018 and ways
to deal with them in 2019. SHB are now public enemy Number Two!
Location: Williams on the Lake, 787 Lafayette Rd, Medina OH 44256
2019 May 20 - MCBA Monthly Meeting
Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Q & A Session 6:30 to 7:00 pm)
Speaker - OSBA Traveling Trainer
“Sustainable Beekeeping Management: Hobbyist Queen-Rearing” is the topic being presented by the OSBA Traveling Speaker Program for the May meeting. The program will cover the basics of what a hobbyist beekeeper needs to consider and the steps to take to raise Ohio queens.
Location: Williams on the Lake, 787 Lafayette Rd, Medina OH 44256
2019 June 17 - MCBA Monthly Meeting
Monday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Q & A Session 6:30 to 7:00 pm)
Speaker - Kelly Kulhanek Bee Informed Partnership (BIP)
MCBA will host an Ice Cream Social as a fun background for a talk by BIP on their survey results and their Sentinel Apiary Program. Kelly is a Ph.D. student studying honey bee health with a focus on the Sentinel Program data. Visit their website to learn more.
Location: Williams on the Lake, 787 Lafayette Rd, Medina OH 44256
2019 July 15 - Medina County Fair Set Up
Monday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Fair Set Up - Booth set up at the Medina fairgrounds. Quick clean up
and set up for the MCBA booth. Followed by pizza and bee talk!
Location: Medina Fairgrounds, 720 W. Smith Rd, Medina, OH 44256
2019 July 29 - August 4 - Medina County Fair
Monday through Sunday, 10 am - 10 pm
MCBA will be in the Agriculture Building to provide education, awards for best bee products, and honey and bee related product sales.
2019 August 18 - Sunday!!!
Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Our MCBA Picnic will be on a Sunday this year. It will be held at the same location as last year, Mugrage Park, 4895 Windfall Road, Medina. It just North of Medina Road (Rt 18). Come enjoy some good company and good food. As the date gets closer we will post more details.