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SUMMARY:BABA: Composting Presentation
DESCRIPTION:The process of composting gives you the power to recover materials from your garden\, your kitchen\, and your community and turn them into rich\, black gold! In this workshop\, you will learn the basics of how to make and use compost to nourish your plants and rebuild soil in your community. \nSpeaker Olivia Golden is an Urban Agriculture Educator for UMass Extension\, where she provides technical assistance and educational resources to urban farmers and urban agriculture practitioners. Her passion for food systems and agriculture was sparked while working at urban farms in Upstate New York. She has a background in urban and environmental planning\, supporting community composting projects\, urban agriculture education\, and community engagement processes in Boston and throughout the Northeast. \nJoin us and Olivia on 6/19/25 at 7PM with this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83788123350?pwd=eKC7Ww7Jn349eeDydnBkWi40ranNk4.1 \n**Please disregard the incorrect date presented in the May Newsletter. We will be meeting on 6/19/25 at 7 PM and not on 7/19/25 at 7 PM
URL:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/baba-composting-presentation/
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SUMMARY:BABA: Honey Show Judging; What's It All About
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Mary Duane\, President of Massachusetts Beekeepers Association\nThe presentation will cover the basics of the judging process at a honey show. Mary’s presentation will address both what can be entered in a honey show and what a judge is looking for in a sample of liquid honey or an article of beeswax.  Additionally\, tips will be shared on how to prepare your entry for a honey show.  Entering honey in a judging show is a terrific way to learn about the quality of your hive products\, including the moisture content of your honey or the purity of your beeswax.  BABA hopes that knowing something about the process may encourage you to consider entering your hive products in a honey show or agricultural fair judging event.  Earning a first-place ribbon at a honey show can increase the value and sales of your honey! \nMary Duane is President of the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association and past president of both the Worcester County Beekeepers Association (WCBA) and the Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS).  She began her beekeeping career in 1999 after attending a WCBA bee school.  She earned her EAS Master Beekeeper certification\, and is now an instructor at WCBA — where it all started.  She lectures throughout New England\, and has been a Honey Show judge at Topsfield Fair and The Big E.  She manages upwards of 10 hives in central Massachusetts. \nThe Zoom link for this event is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81893996040?pwd=E0Y9tGaCiuETz6LTEswlHjRQ84CcpX.1\nThe event will start at 7pm on Oct 24th\, 2024. If you start the Zoom early\, you will be put into the waiting room\, and be admitted after 7pm.
URL:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/baba-honey-show-judging-whats-it-all-about-oct-2024/
LOCATION:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/baba-honey-show-judging-whats-it-all-about-oct-2024/
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SUMMARY:BABA: Bee Math and Queen Spotting by Micheal Bush
DESCRIPTION:“Did you ever wonder what all those numbers of days from egg to larvae to pupae and pupae to adult are good for? If you can use them to your advantage\, it can greatly improve your knowledge of what is happening in your colony. Finding a queen is possibly the most useful skill a beekeeper can have.”\n— Micheal Bush \nMichael Bush is an internationally recognized author and speaker on beekeeping. He is the author of The Practical Beekeeper\, Beekeeping Naturally\, which has been published in five languages and is one of the authoritative sources on sustainable beekeeping without chemical treatments. His website is an invaluable source of information on natural\, chemical-free beekeeping as well as beekeeping in general.\nThe wisdom of his methods is evidenced by the fact that he successfully keeps bees through the harsh winters of Nebraska. \nThis presentation is free to BABA members\, and also open to non-members for a $10 fee. Get your tickets below. A Zoom link will be included in your ticket via email.
URL:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/baba-queen-spotting-by-micheal-bush/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T190000
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SUMMARY:BABA: Honeybee Behavior by Hilary Kearney
DESCRIPTION:Hilary Kearney will discuss the cooperative nature of the beehive and the roles of individual bees within it. Learn how and why the bees communicate with each other\, how they organize an ever-changing workforce\, and how they experience the world\, learn\, and remember. Plus\, how can this information make you a better beekeeper? \nHilary Kearney founded Girl Next Door Honey in 2012 in her hometown of San Diego\, California\, after graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Fine Art. Breaking tradition\, she developed a beekeeping business that relies on something other than honey sales or pollination services for economic success. Instead\, Girl Next Door Honey focuses on bee-centric programs such as natural beekeeping classes\, apiary management\, classroom presentations\, beehive tours\, live bee removal\, and more. \nZoom link to the presentation: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88040706255?pwd=odXQ1V2nDUHz5G3GVDAyntQxSQwqdI.1
URL:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/baba-presentation-honeybee-behavior/
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SUMMARY:BABA Presentation: Honey bees and native flower visitors in a Boston suburb
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Primack will describe the results of a survey of insect visitation to plants in Newton\, a suburb in metropolitan Boston with extensive conservation areas and gardens. Honey bees\, bumblebees\, and solitary bees were found in a wide variety of cultivated\, native\, adventive\, and pollinator garden plants. The most visited plants were generally visited by mixtures of honey bees and native pollinators\, suggesting that honey bees and native bees can coexist. The talk will conclude with recommendations to reduce threats to native flower-visiting insects\, such as herbicide and pesticide use\, and to increase the resources available to flower visitors by planting pollinator gardens. \nRichard Primack is a Professor of Biology at Boston University with interests in plant ecology\, conservation biology\, climate change biology\, and tropical rain forests. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Biological Conservation and is the author of four widely used conservation biology textbooks for which 38 foreign language editions have been produced with local co-authors adding in examples from their own countries. \nZoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88440859107?pwd=9wmgbYaMqXIFHyd8Doi0Zjkog3kAPG.1
URL:https://bostonbeekeepers.org/single-event/honey-bees-and-native-flower-visitors-in-a-boston-suburb/
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