It's June already? Holy smokes!

Come to the Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association June meeting on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 7:00 in the Azalea Room of the Orange County Extension Offices. The address is 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando.

Meanwhile, don't forget to watch Chris Stalder speak (interviewed by Nick Kroger as a guest on "Joy In Our Town" on WHLV TV 52 (Brighthouse channel 22) on two topics: "Helping Floridians Understand Snakes" and "Gardening for Native Pollinators & Honey Bees" which will air on these dates:

The Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association May meeting is Thursday May 15, 2014 at 7:00. We will meet in the Azalea Room of the Extension Offices, 6021 S. Conway Road.

Jessica Sullivan will be speaking to us about honey bottling and cottage food rules.

ALSO!!!!!

An extraction workshop will be Saturday May 17, same location, at 9:00 a.m.

The plan now is to meet in the parking lot. We will have a net canopy set up to prevent robbing and will try to do the extraction somewhere in the vicinity of the rear of the auditorium building.

Jason has scheduled a workshop for Saturday, April 19, 2014 on How to do Splits.

If you know how, please come to help and if you don't know how, please come to learn.

Saturday, April 19, 9:00 a.m. - Noon, Orange County Extension offices, 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando in the back where the OBBA apiary is.

Remember the rules:

The bad news: It's tax season!

The good news: OBBA April meeting is coming up!

Come to the April meeting, Thursday April 17, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the Orange County Extension offices, 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando. This month we meet in the Magnolia Room.

Jason is working on a guest speaker and as soon as that is confirmed, we will let you know.

See you then.

P.S. Get your taxes done!

The March meeting has a very special speaker! We will have Tom Shupe, Wildlife Biologist from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FFWC) speak to us about bears and bees. Mr. Shupe will present a power point along with his lecture. He is available for Q&A after the presentation.

Out meeting is Thursday March 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Magnolia Room of the Orange County Extension Office, 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando.

If you need beekeeping supplies, pre-order with D&J by calling them at: (352) 669-4233

The February meeting of the Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association will be Thursday February 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Magnolia Room of the Orange County Extension Offices, 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando.

Topic/speaker to be announced.

Last meeting of 2013!

Join us at the Orange County Extension Offices, Azalea Room, 7:00 p.m., 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando, FL. Thursday, December 19, 2013.

We will have a guest speaker (TBA).

Bee there!

The November OBBA meeting will be Thursday November 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Azalea Room of the Orange County Extension Offices located at 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando.

If you need beekeeping supplies pre-order at D&J by calling 352-669-4233. Remember, They will NOT be coming to any meetings during the month of December, so if you need something, order it NOW.

We will hold our Officer Elections (if there are any) during this meeting.
The topic of this month's lecture will be "winterizing your Bees".

See you then!

You do not want to miss this meeting!

Dr. Jamie Ellis, Associate Professor, University of Florida Honey Bee Research Lab will be out guest speaker. Dr. Ellis is the leading authority on all things bees in Florida so write down your questions and be prepared to be blown away by him!

Our meeting starts at 7:00 p.m., Thursday October 17, 2013 at the Orange County Extension Offices. The address is: 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando, FL. We will meet in the Azalea Room.

If you have any raffle items, please bring them.

See you on the 17th!