Apr
20
Thu
April 20, 2023- General Monthly Meeting – note different location this month
Apr 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION: Berthoud Recreation Center at Waggener Farm Park, 1000 N Berthoud Pkwy Berthoud, CO 80513  Please bring your own refreshment if desired. GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE: 6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees 6:30 – open meeting, brief club business 6:45 Guest speaker 7:30 – break 7:45 – Short speaker 15 min 8:15 wrap-up  Long Speaker: Steve Andrijiw, Owner, Front Range Sustainable Apiaries Subject:  What To Do With a Hot HIve Short Speaker:  Erica Wharton, HTR, Program Director, Interim Executive Director, Loveland Youth Gardens Subject: Loveland Youth Gardeners Beekeeping Program Update Bios:
May
18
Thu
May 18, 2023 – General Monthly Meeting
May 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee building –

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538

McKee Timnath/LaPorte Meeting Rooms

Please bring your own refreshment if desired.

GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE:
6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees
6:30 – open meeting, brief club business
6:45 Guest speaker
7:30 – break
7:45 – Short speaker 15 min
8:15 wrap-up

 

Short Speaker:  Kenyan Clarkson 

Subject:  Girl Scout Gold Award – Pollinator garden project in Berthoud complete.

 Long Speaker:   Ralph Kettle, Charlene Horton-Garcia, plus TBD x 2

Subject: Meet Your NCBA Journeymen  – round table discussion – get your questions answered by the experts

Bios:

Jun
15
Thu
June 15, 2023 – General Monthly Meeting
Jun 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee building –

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538

McKee Timnath/LaPorte Meeting Rooms

.Please bring your own refreshment if desired.

GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE:
6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees
6:30 – open meeting, brief club business
6:45 Guest speaker
7:30 – break
7:45 – Short speaker 15 min
8:15 wrap-up

 Short Speaker: 

Subject:  Prepping for the Honey Competition at the Larimer County Fair – what’s new? LOTS!

 Long Speaker:

Subject:

Bios:

Jul
20
Thu
July 20, 2023 – General Monthly Meeting
Jul 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee building –

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538

McKee Fort Collins Rooms

Please bring your own refreshment if desired.

GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE:
6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees
6:30 – open meeting, brief club business
6:45 Guest speaker
7:30 – break
7:45 – Short speaker 15 min
8:15 wrap-up

 

Short Speaker: 

Subject:

 Long Speaker:

Subject:

Bios:

Aug
17
Thu
Aug 17, 2023 – General Monthly Meeting
Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee building –

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538

McKee Fort Collins Rooms

Please bring your own refreshment if desired.

GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE:
6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees
6:30 – open meeting, brief club business
6:45 Guest speaker
7:30 – break
7:45 – Short speaker 15 min
8:15 wrap-up

 

 

 Long Speaker:  Sean Leonard, PhD

Subject:

Bios:

Dr. Sean Leonard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies honey bees and their gut bacteria. He completed his Ph.D. thesis in 2020, “Engineering the gut microbiome of honey bees,” under the co-supervision of Dr. Nancy Moran and Dr. Jeffrey Barrick. Sean combines synthetic biology with evolutionary biology and symbiosis to understand the intimate connections between hosts and symbionts and then to exploit these connections to benefit society. He has studied honey bees for over 7 years and has pioneered technology to use symbiotic gut bacteria to improve bee health.

Short Speaker: 

Subject:

Sep
21
Thu
Sept 21, 2023- General Monthly Meeting
Sep 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: The Ranch in Loveland -McKee building –

5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado 80538

McKee Fort Collins Rooms

Please bring your own refreshment if desired.

GENERAL AGENDA SCHEDULE:
6 – 6:30 p.m. – Login for zoomers. Sign in, social for in-person attendees
6:30 – open meeting, brief club business
6:45 Guest speaker
7:30 – break
7:45 – Short speaker 15 min
8:15 wrap-up

 Long Speaker:

Subject:

Bios:

Short Speaker: 

Subject:

Topic: NCBA General Meeting 2023

Oct
19
Thu
Oct 19, 2023 – Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony
Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm

Meeting Location: TBD

General Agenda:

6:00 p.m. – Social, Sign in, Zoom set up if using

6:30 p.m. – Welcome

NCBA Update 

Awards Ceremony

7:00 p.m. – 15 Break

7:15 p.m. – Jay Evans,   PhD, Research Scientist, USDA Bee Research Laboratory

Topic: 

8:30 p.m. – Adjourn

Bio:

Jay Evans is a Research Scientist for the USDA Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD. The BRL is focused on the development of management strategies to help honey bees thrive in the face of disease, chemical stress, and inadequate forage. His current projects involve honey bee immunity, interactions among stress factors, and the development of novel, safe, controls for mites and viruses. Jay received his AB in Biology from Princeton University and his PhD in Biology from the University of Utah.