Beekeepers Introduce the New Bees

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Mike Hoyt presents on Seasonal Management at the 2025 Introduction to Beekeeping short course.

The 2025 Introduction to Beekeeping Short Course is in the books and we’re ready to start planning for the warmer months ahead. The coming year promises new opportunities to learn about our favorite insect, make connections with fellow beekeepers, and much more.

The next meeting of the Leatherstocking Beekeepers’ Association will be held on Thursday, February 27 at 7 p.m. at the Fenimore Farm & Country Village.

This months meeting will include a presentation with our own honey chef, Richard Lercari, and club secretary Jennifer Bowen on marketing honey. Richard can be found in the summer (starting April 26) at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market with his booth selling varietals, creamed honeys, and flavored honeys. Jennifer has experience operating a roadside stand to sell her honey. It’s a presentation to cover all the bases of selling the honey we get when we treat our 6-legged friends right.

In club business, we will be discussing future presentations, including a presentation from Flow Hives as well as any participation in the upcoming Earth Day Festival held at the Milford Central School on April 26.

The Association will also be gearing up for elections. Nominations will be cast for club president with voting to take place at the next meeting on March 27. The full agenda can be found on the Club Governance page of the website.

And finally, Thank you to all the presenters, Clark Sports Center staff, Association members, and Association board members for all of your efforts to host the 2025 Introduction to Beekeeping short course. As a volunteer run organization, you are all the MVPs of the day.

Welcome all to the Leatherstocking Beekeepers’ Association. We will bee seeing you on Thursday.

Trees and Shrubs for Pollinators at the January Meeting

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Join the Leatherstocking Beekeepers’ Association for their January meeting featuring Lacey Smith, Partner Biologist with the Pollinator Partnership.

Smith will be presenting “Trees and Shrubs for Pollinators” via Zoom.
Come and learn how we can #savethebees in our own backyards by planting things that will sustain them throughout the warmer seasons.

The January meeting of the Leatherstocking Beekeepers’ Association will be held at 7 p.m. on January 23, 2025 in the Main Barn at the Fenimore Farm and Country Village (formerly the Farmers’ Museum) at 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. This meeting will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting. Click the link to join online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81525454654?pwd=pVSgH3hPaSN23bp4TpamL2GGxJSeqH.1

Smith is a partner biologist with the Pollinator Partnership, an non-profit that works with farmers, gardeners, land managers, scientists, and industry to develop tools and programs that help keep pollinators safe from pesticides, habitat loss, climate change, and other threats. Learn more about the partnership at: https://www.pollinator.org/

An Evening with the New York State Apiculturist

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With the Holidays just around the corner the Leatherstocking Beekeepers’ Association would like to invite everyone to our December meeting.

Being held December 3 at 7 p.m. at the Fenimore Farm and Country Village (formerly The Farmers’ Museum) the meeting will include a presentation with guest speaker Anne Mills, New York State Apiarist, discussion of month-to-month beekeeping activities, and a Q&A section to discuss your stories from the bee yard. The December meeting is held earlier in the month to accommodate for the holidays.

This month’s presentation by Anne Mills will be on New York State’s Apiary Inspection program. Members and the public is welcome to find out how New York State supports commercial and hobbyist beekeepers’ through the challenges of modern beekeeping.

Before the presentation we will hold our business meeting featuring updates on club activities such as the planning for the 2025 Introduction to Beekeeping short course. We are always looking for volunteers so if you would like to participate please contact the Chairman of the Education Committee Steve Davis at Paperclip5@hotmail.com

We look forward to seeing everyone there!