$20 per member—includes lunch

or $5 with no lunch-meeting only

Our speaker this year is Mark Robar from The Trail’s End Farm in

RI. He will be discussing his current Northeast SARE grant research

project on over-wintering and propagating honey bees in the

Northeast. Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)

provides grants to improve profitability, stewardship and quality of

life. Mark will also present his grant study project with RI division

of Agriculture on Specialty Crop Pollination. NE SARE will also

give a presentation on opportunities available to beekeepers to apply

for grant research money.

This year we are trying something new in place of the normal

raffle table. It seems that we get so much stuff that the raffle

can last an hour or more. This year we would love more donations

for our Tea Cup Raffle. Tickets will be sold and shoppers place

their tickets in the cup for the items they hope to win in the raffle.

Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. No live animals (unless they are

bees) and no used or broken items, please. At the end of the meeting

the winning tickets will be drawn for each of the items. The

Raffle helps to raise the money used to bring you speakers twice a

year and hold the summer workshop.

There will be a business meeting, officer elections and

award for Beekeeper of the Year. NHBA will be selling shirts and

hats. We will also have vendors selling beekeeping supplies and

woodenware. And we are expecting our new Commissioner of Agriculture,

We are looking forward to being back at the Lake Shore

Farm. In the event there is bad weather again this year we have

reserved the Farm on March 16. Please call an NHBA officer,

WOKQ or check the NHBA website or www.hivehealthy.com if

you are in doubt about the meeting being held or cancelled due to

weather.

Take I-93 North Concord