WHERE:
Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center
3400 NW 36th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
SW Corner of NW 36th and Grand. No access from Grand. Enter from either driveway on 36th.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/6PYq6X3Zdhr
WHEN:
FRIDAY, October 19, 2018
Setup will begin by 6:30 PM
Meeting 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
We will not cleanup because the OSBA will use the same setup Saturday.
Assistance with setup is appreciated.
Our speaker will be the speaker for OSBA’s Saturday meeting:
Tanya Phillips of Austin TX.
A sideline beekeeper of 150 hives, teacher and author of several books that include
– Beekeeping in Guatemala
– Beekeeping in Ireland
– Beekeeping in China (in progress)
She has also written a book Beginning Beekeeping which she will have for sale.
Her Friday night COBA meeting topic will be:
“HIVE MANAGEMENT USING BEE BIOLOGY”
NOTES:
Please bring a snack to share with others. COBA provides beverages, but other items are brought by those attending.
Members are invited to bring a bee-related item for the door prize drawing.
Guests are always welcome at regular monthly COBA meetings!
MORE NOTES:
COBA’s Friday meeting will be followed by the Fall OSBA meeting on Saturday:
OSBA Meeting information:
Tanya Phillips Saturday OSBA meeting topics will be
“MAKING MONEY AS A SMALL SCALE BEEKEEPER” and
“HOMEMADE PRODUCTS FROM THE HIVE”.
Saturday’s session begins at 8:30am with doors opening for registration at 8am.
Lunch can be paid for at the registration desk. Several options will be available from Jason’s deli. Cost will be approx 10 dollars.
The meeting was called to order at 7pm by Rick Schantz.
we opened with a business meeting.
Old business:
Mentoring list; We are taking names to make a revised list. Anyone wanting to be a mentor may contact one of the officers to have their name added to the new list.
New business:
We had an executive officer meeting and discussed a couple of things.
Announcements:
October 19th is a Friday and that will be our next meeting.
October 20th will be the state fall meeting. It will be a sack lunch no pot luck this year. You can pay your dues and be a member of the state association.
We asked for some people to help set up for the meeting and help tear down after its over. Jay Silver and Caroline Baker volunteered to do so.
The doors open at 8 for the meeting the line will be long so plan accordingly. The meeting begins at 9am.
We will be at will rogers gardens on Saturday for a shadowing opportunity. We will be doing a fall mite treatment. Anyone who wants to come out is welcome.
The business meeting was adjourned at 7:45.
Our speaker for the night was Rick Schantz. The topic was fall hive management. He went over some different fall hive managing techniques and ways to help get your hives ready for winter.
WHERE:
Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center
3400 NW 36th St
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
SW Corner of NW 36th and Grand. No access from Grand. Enter from either driveway on 36th.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/6PYq6X3Zdhr
WHEN:
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Setup will begin by 6:30 PM
Meeting 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Cleanup and out by 9:30 PM.
Assistance with setup and cleanup is appreciated.
TOPICS:
Marla Sweaney, Registered Professional Sanitarian, representing the
Health Department. She will be sharing some Health Department rules and regulations, as well as Oklahoma Tax Commission rules and regulations.
There will also be a presentation regarding how to prepare colonies for fall in Oklahoma.
NOTES:
Please bring a snack to share with others. COBA provides beverages, but other items are brought by those attending.
Members are invited to bring a bee-related item for the door prize drawing.
Guests are always welcome at regular monthly COBA meetings!
WHERE/WHEN:
Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Thursday, July 26, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
HONEY TASTING:
Bring some honey from this year’s crop for everyone to sample.
Please bring a snack to share with others. COBA provides beverages, but other items are brought by those attending.
Members are invited to bring a bee-related item for the door prize drawing.
Guests are always welcome at regular monthly COBA meetings!
We demonstrated how to configure a hive for moving, and moved one into the yard. We inspected the colony we were expecting to replace, and it was doing so much better that we decided to leave it in place.
We moved the new colony onto an empty stand. We demonstrated how to trigger reorientation.
During inspection, the beekeepers got to see capped honey, nectar, queen cups, eggs, larvae from 1 day and older, capped brood, emerging brood, and the queen. We saw 1 hive beetle, and evidence of varroa mites.
After the inspection, we chatted a while about whatever topics the beekeepers desired.
We’ll let you know when the next session is held.
Week 2 of “COBA Mentor” program at Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center, 3400 NW 36th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Saturday June 2, 2:00 PM.
Northwest parking lot. We’ll enter the gate near the big trash bin. Bring your preferred protective gear and plenty of water. It’s gonna be HOT!
We’ll be inspecting a double deep plus honey supers. It should be interesting, since two weeks ago they had capped queen cells.
October 2017 and February/March 2018 Students are especially invited, but other are welcome too.
2018-5-24
The May Meeting of the Central Oklahoma Beekeepers Association was called to order by president Rick Schantz at 7pm. We opened with the prayer and pledge of allegiance. The business meeting was called to order directly after.
Old Business
Our first shadowing opportunity will take place Saturday May 26th at 11am at Will Rogers Gardens. It is open to any COBA members who want to attend. Rick Schantz will meet people in the parking lot at 11. Bring your bee suit when you come to attend these.
June 15th-23rd is the Myriad Gardens event they have invited us to join. It will be 9am-3pm. We will need some volunteers and will have a sign up sheet at the next meeting.
New Business
We held an executive officer meeting and have discussed and voted on 4 things:
1). Should the club buy a laptop for club uses- voted no unanimously
2). Nothing that is a conflict of interest will be allowed to be posted on our facebook group. Example: classes etc.
3). If a post is deleted and someone wants it reposted they have to contact Rick Schantz or John Bowman to make the decision.
4). An event coordinator whom will be Forest G.
The business meeting was called to a close at 7:30 pm.
The presentation at the meeting was two parts the first was presented by Rick Schantz. Rick talked about common problem with bees and bee hives; From absconding, swarms, pests, disease, and colony collapse disorder. After his presentation he opened it up to Q&A. After the break Wyndell Scott did a presentation on cutouts and the best way he has found to save the bees while doing a cutout. Catching swarms and some of his best tips on how he has had success at cutouts and swarms. He had 3 videos he presented with some interesting tools in them. After the Q&A we had our drawing and closed our meeting at 9PM.
The meeting was called to order at 7pm. The meeting opened with the pledge and prayer. The business meeting was called to order at 7:15pm.
Old business:
We are still trying to work out the details of the new mentor program we would like to start.
T-shirts are still for sale and available at lettering express. Located on Reno ave in Oklahoma City.
New Business:
The outdoor Feast has asked us to come out and hand out information and have an observation hive May 19th 2-9pm. Any volunteers that want to do this event can message Rick Schantz or comment on the facebook post for the information.
The business was called to a close at 7:30
John Bowman gave a small presentation about some of the things he learned while visiting another bee club; on cutouts, pollen feeders, chicken wire on farms to hold on comb, and swarm traps.
Our plant specialist who’s name is Jamie works in the horticultural department at OSU okc. He brought many different plants that are bee friendly. He gave a great description of integrated pest management as well as the plants he brought. He provided a website where we could get some of the information he gave us it is xerces.org/factsheets. He also invited us the the plant sale at OSU okc for the final weekend.
After the speaker we had the drawing and gave away all the plants he brought to talk about.