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,
Lorraine Merrill to make a guest appearance!
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.
Directions to Spring Meeting
Take I-93 North Concord
NH. Take Exit for Routes 393/202/4 East.
Stay on 202 for 9.3 miles to the Epsom rotary
(several fast
food choices here) and continue straight.
In another 3.6 miles, look for 107 joining in from
the south.
Pass lakes. In another 1.8 miles, turn left onto 107
North
(School St). (Road immediately curves right.) Make a
left at
the stop sign and then a right to stay on Rte 107.
Road bears
left but you STAY STRAIGHT at the fork (see black
and
white Lake Shore Farm Inn sign). You are now on
Jenness
Pond Rd. After 1.3 miles, the inn is on the left.
From Seacoast: Take Rte 4 West. Turn right onto
Rte 107.
Sharp right to stay on 107 then road bears left but
you STAY
STRAIGHT onto Jenness Pond Rd. (see black and white
Lake
Shore Farm Inn sign). After 1.3 miles, the inn is on
the left.
Wondering about the weather? go www.hivehealthy.com