The Beekeepers Club Inc.

Club Meeting with topics such as-
1. Demonstration of Honey Extracting - different methods
2. Converting a pressure cooker for a steam knife
3. Question & Answer Panel

The Beekeepers Club Christmas Party with our Xmas raffle
This year’s prizes were:
1. Three-frame honey extractor - won by Deb Capozzi
2. $150 beekeeping gift voucher - won by Brian Madden
3. Beehive (wood) – ready for bees to go in - won by Erwin Zuber
4. Hasson Beehive (Polymer) – without frames - won by Bernhard Sellner
5. Smoker - won by Helen Brown

Club meeting
1. Queen Raising presented by Vin Anderson
2. Capturing a swarm made easy by Dietmar Klimkeit
Raffle tickets were on sale for our Xmas raffle ($2 each)

Club meeting with guest speakers
1. Elwyn Papworth - 'A life of beekeeping'
2. Daniel Martin (DPI) - 'Bee Pests and Diseases'
3. Len Hasson & brother presenting the 'Aussie Hive' (If you are looking for new hives and don’t want to assemble and paint them – this could be the solution - Food-grade polymer plastic beehives)

Marong Field Day
30th VAA Bendigo Branch annual Beekeeping Field Day - at the Marong Recreation Reserve
featuring:
* Caged queens for sale
* Supplementary bee feeding
* Honey extraction demonstrations for the hobbyist
* Catching / hiving bee swarms
* Bee hive manipulation-hands-on
* Bee Box Nailing Competition
* Trucks & Hive Loaders
* Equipment Suppliers
* DPI Disease Information
* Auction of used bee gear

Club meeting - meeting was held at The Pines Learning Centre
1. Guest speaker Mr. Warren Worbois from the Botanical Gardens Cranbourne presented Eucalyptus trees and their role for bees and honey.

Club meeting - meeting was held at The Pines Learning Centre
1. Topic: 'Opening the Hives' - Ian Brown
2. Topic: 'Swarm Control' - Ian Brown
2. The winner of the raffle was David Hobday, winning a set of decapping strainers.

Club meeting
1. "Show & Tell" - some very interesting tools and gadgets were brought along and presented, among them a prototype honey press to extract honey from a top-bar hive.
2. Guest speaker Lindsay & Martyn Wilson from 'Bees for Development' presented their Hives, boxes & skeps they have built. Very impressive, although inpracticle and expensive, their UK hive.
3. Most members have renewed their membership for the 2009/2010 season. With 15 new members the count of paid-up members is 87. They will be in the raffle in August.
4. Enrolment for the next Beekeeping Course has started.

Club meeting -
1. Annual General Meeting was held, two new mebers for the committee were elected.
2. We had this year's Honey competition with Stan Starke as honey judge.
3. We had a Photo Display and selected the photo for our next calendar.
4. 27 members renewed their membership for the new financial year. Five new members joined our club.

Club meeting - Our Guest speaker John Edmonds from the Geelong Beekeepers club had everyone captured by his knowledge, his sense of humour and his enthusiasm.
We also enjoyed Nikolai Faizoulline from the Geelong Beekeepers club presenting his way to reduce water condensation in the hive by insulating the roof.

Club meeting - The previously announced agenda "Native suburban flora with Guest speaker John Edmonds" did not happen, instead we all got a pleasant surprise when Eric Smith from The Honey Shack "rolled up" with his big truck and lots of equipment to demonstrate how he handles his 500 beehives - this surprise was enjoyed by everyone. Following this we had a Question and Answer session to tap into Eric's knowledge. - In summary: A very interesting and worthwhile evening.

Club meeting - Topic: Preparing the hive for winter (the non-productive season). We have also handed out glass jars to members for the honey competition in June this year.
A representative from Clayton Plastics, a new Club Sponsor, has been attending and has presented the club with a few gifts.

First session of our last Beekeeping Course for this season.

Requeening Day Plus Plus Beginners Group, Successfully introducing the new queen, Requeening using cells (no need to find the queen), Queens, equipment and honey for sale
John Winkels as host for a practical hands-on requeening day with BBQ
871 Derril Rd, Moorooduc 3933, Melway 146-K5

Club meeting - with hands-on workshop, building essential bits and pieces.
We have also handed out glass jars to members for the honey competition in June this year. Seven new members have joined the club.

Club meeting - Elwyne Papworth from the VAA as guest speaker could not make it. Sue Zuber gave a presentation on fire safety when working your bees and answered questions raised from participants. Eleven new members have joined the club and are looking forward to start the beekeeping training course.