Local beekeeping group to resume monthly public meetings
Bullthistle Beekeepers will be holding their first meeting since the start of the pandemic next Thursday, June 17, at Hidden Springs Brewhouse. There will be a meet and greet at 6 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping are welcome to attend the meeting. (Photo by Boise's Bees)
NORWICH — Local beekeeping group Bullthistle Beekeepers will begin holding their monthly meetings once again, starting next Thursday, June 17.
The group has been around for several years, and the meetings are a place for beekeepers and those interested in the hobby to get together and share information, advice, and good company. Thursday's meeting will be the first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have a meet and greet at 6 [p.m.], so everybody comes and just talks about, you know, mingles around and talks about their bees and stuff. And then at 7 [p.m.] we try to have a meeting," said Candy Boise, 15-year beekeeper and proprietor of Boise's Bees.
Next week’s meeting will be held at Hidden Springs Brewhouse, she said.
"We used to hold them at Taylor's Country House, but then after the pandemic we couldn't meet in such a small area, so that's when we moved to Hidden Springs," Boise explained.
The meetings are open to the public, and all are welcome to attend, even if you have no beekeeping experience, according to Boise.
"We've had many many people just come and sit, because they want to keep bees but they want to know more about it," said Boise. "And a lot of people have been taking the classes down at Kutik's, and then they come to our meetings after that."
At the meetings, group members and visitors discuss beekeeping strategies, tips and tricks, and hot topics such as swarm control.
"What to do as you're getting ready for springtime, or swarm control, or Varroa mite control," explained Boise. "We'd bring show and tell, which is everybody brings a piece of equipment that maybe somebody's never seen."
She said Bullthistle Beekeepers has even been able to bring in speakers from out of town on occasion, to further educate the group. Members will also sometimes participate in workshops where they learn how to build hives.
"We used to get speakers to come in, and everybody just donates whatever they can to have a speaker come in. We've had people come in from all over and we'll get them a hotel room if they were really far away," she said. "We had one year a bunch of us went up to my dad's house and we built quilt boxes."
Boise said to her, beekeeping is a constant learning experience, but that it is also rewarding and interesting.
"I've been a beekeeper since 2006, and it's a learning experience. There's always something to learn, the bees do whatever they want to, and when you think you've got it figured out they do something totally different," said Boise. "Me and my dad used to take them out of houses. He would cut open the house and we would take the bees out, and just to see how they build naturally was like, really cool to see."
Boise encouraged those interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping to join the group on Thursday, June 17, at Hidden Springs Brewhouse. A meet and greet will begin at 6 p.m., and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
"It's a great group of people because we're all willing to help each other," she said. "Everybody's welcome, so anybody that's interested."
The group has been around for several years, and the meetings are a place for beekeepers and those interested in the hobby to get together and share information, advice, and good company. Thursday's meeting will be the first since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have a meet and greet at 6 [p.m.], so everybody comes and just talks about, you know, mingles around and talks about their bees and stuff. And then at 7 [p.m.] we try to have a meeting," said Candy Boise, 15-year beekeeper and proprietor of Boise's Bees.
Next week’s meeting will be held at Hidden Springs Brewhouse, she said.
"We used to hold them at Taylor's Country House, but then after the pandemic we couldn't meet in such a small area, so that's when we moved to Hidden Springs," Boise explained.
The meetings are open to the public, and all are welcome to attend, even if you have no beekeeping experience, according to Boise.
"We've had many many people just come and sit, because they want to keep bees but they want to know more about it," said Boise. "And a lot of people have been taking the classes down at Kutik's, and then they come to our meetings after that."
At the meetings, group members and visitors discuss beekeeping strategies, tips and tricks, and hot topics such as swarm control.
"What to do as you're getting ready for springtime, or swarm control, or Varroa mite control," explained Boise. "We'd bring show and tell, which is everybody brings a piece of equipment that maybe somebody's never seen."
She said Bullthistle Beekeepers has even been able to bring in speakers from out of town on occasion, to further educate the group. Members will also sometimes participate in workshops where they learn how to build hives.
"We used to get speakers to come in, and everybody just donates whatever they can to have a speaker come in. We've had people come in from all over and we'll get them a hotel room if they were really far away," she said. "We had one year a bunch of us went up to my dad's house and we built quilt boxes."
Boise said to her, beekeeping is a constant learning experience, but that it is also rewarding and interesting.
"I've been a beekeeper since 2006, and it's a learning experience. There's always something to learn, the bees do whatever they want to, and when you think you've got it figured out they do something totally different," said Boise. "Me and my dad used to take them out of houses. He would cut open the house and we would take the bees out, and just to see how they build naturally was like, really cool to see."
Boise encouraged those interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping to join the group on Thursday, June 17, at Hidden Springs Brewhouse. A meet and greet will begin at 6 p.m., and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
"It's a great group of people because we're all willing to help each other," she said. "Everybody's welcome, so anybody that's interested."
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