There will be no meeting at the Elks Club for the month of April.
Instead, we will be meeting at the Honey Store or our 2012 Season Opener! Location: The Honey Store 2330 Hwy 30 West Fruitland, Idaho 83619 208-452-7035 Carpool – Please make every effort possible to car pool with someone from the club. Parking is VERY limited at the Honey Store. When you do park, make sure you don’t take up extra spaces. Make room for others please. Directions from Boise: (Map Attached) Take Interstate 84 West to Hwy. 95 Exit. Turn Right on Hwy. 95 and then make another immediate Right on Hwy 30. The Honey Store is approx. ¾ of a mile down Hwy. 30 on the Left (North) side of the road. Arrival Time: 10:00 a.m. and the event should last until Noon . What to bring: Those attending the event are advised to wear a veil and appropriate clothing for visiting a bee yard, i.e., long pants, a long sleeve shirt (khaki, whites and pastels are best) or a bee suit. Bee gloves are optional, as is duck tape or rubber bands to seal pant legs and shirt sleeves. A note of warning, avoid red duck tape as this color tends to aggravate the field bees. Also, bring a lawn chair and something to drink, that is, if you want something other than water. The Honey Store is accepting Visa, Master Card, Discover, Cash and Check. If you want to bring a camera, you should get some great pictures. What to expect when you arrive: The meeting will start around 10:20-10:30 a.m. Raffle ticketswill be on sale for an assortment of raffle items: Brushy Mountain – Screened bottom board and hive tool Mann Lake – 2 division board feeders and 10 lbs of Pro-Bee Patties TVBC - Five $10.00 Gift Cert. to the Honey Store 1 hat and veil Two 10 lbs. boxes of Pro-Bee Patties (each box will be raffled separately) 1 Bottle of Pro-Health Liquid Feed 1 smoker Raffle Tickets are One for $1.00 OR SIX for $5.00 OR Twelve for $10.00, etc…. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE RAFFLE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN INCLUDE IT ON APRIL 14TH. TVBC hats will be on sale as well for $15.00. Bee Supply Company catalogues will be available and free for the taking (Dadant, Mann Lake, Brushy Mountain) A Group Picture or two will be taken for our club website. The Honey Store will be open (their gift shop) so check out all the different varieties of honey they offer to sample and buy! Nick Noyes and Shiloh Noyes (owners) and staff will teach classes on installing Nuc’s and Packages. Barbecue - Kevin Duesman and Frank Grover will be barbecuing brat’s and hot dogs. Also, potato chips and water will be available and provided by the club. We will have a $2.00 donation bucket at the food table for a meal (Brat, bun, chips and bottle of water. Dessert: Head to the Honey Store for goodies to support the Noyes! A real big THANKS to Shiloh and Nick for continuing to support our club and offering to let us have a club barbecue at their place! Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone, TVBC Queen Cell Installation Class- Saturday, April 21st at 11:00 am Come learn how to properly install a queen cell into your existing hives. Kevin Duesmann will host this one hour session in his workshop and apiary at 3555 Barber Drive in Boise. Please register below if you would like to attend this very informative class. Presented by club members: Dick Knapp, Steve Sweet, Kevin Duesman, Frank Grover.
Sign up on our website under EDUCATION! Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone Good morning,
This past weekend the club had two events going on simultaneously. First, we had the “Build It” class at Kevin Duesman’s Apiary for the new beekeepers from 12 – 4:00 p.m. and about 20 folks showed up to build hive ware. Mike Morrison came to the event and brought woodenware for those wanting to purchase and build at the event! Kevin said the event was very successful! Second, Doug Cleveland and Frank Grover had a hive inspection class at Doug’s apiary. Around 30 new beekeepers showed up for this class and everyone said they had fun and learned a lot. One family brought two of their children. The kids were all suited up and really had a fun time learning about the bees! Thanks to both Kevin, Steve, Mike, Doug and Frank for making these classes available! Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone TVBC PLEASE READ – VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL BEEKEEPERS!
Good morning, As President and Chief Drone of the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club I want to tell you about a very important meeting that I would like EVERYONE IN THE CLUB to attend on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. If you have a Bee Club Hat, please wear it! If anyone would like to buy one for the hearing let me know and I can bring some to the hearing. Please arrive early as parking around the Capital may be tricky? This meeting is with regard to changing the current Boise City Ordinance regarding bee keeping with the city limits. This revision will benefit each and every one of us, especially those beekeepers within the Boise City Limits. Many of us, outside the Boise City Limits, may be getting annexed soon or other cities within Ada County may use this ordinance for a template in making their own ordinances, so please attend this meeting and make your voice heard! Steve Sweet, Kevin Duesman, I and others have been working with Cody Riddle, the current Manager of Boise City Planning and Development Services, to get the existing ordinance amended to more clearly state what the City of Boise would allow for urban bee keeping. The main changes as set forth in the proposed ordinance are: -Removed the 12 colony maximum. -Defined and created an allowance for nucleus colonies. -Created an allowance for beekeeping on vacant properties. -Simplified existing ordinance language. -Removal of the $55.00 application fee to put a hive on your property. Since many of us collect swarms and/or divide colonies in the spring and summer we have the need to use nuc boxes. Currently, they are not defined and possibly not allowed in your bee yard within the Boise City Limits. Another big item is getting the $55.00 application fee removed! It is extremely important that our club not only support this proposed ordinance as it has been amended, but also show your support by attending the Boise City Council hearing and speaking to the City Council members at the hearing. If you don’t want to speak, that’s ok, but come anyway as your presence also shows support! If you have kids that are beekeepers, bring them along and those of us speaking can let the council know that this is a family hobby as well. Steve, Kevin and I have already been told that there is a neighborhood association and others that want to defeat the proposed ordinance. They will be at the hearing also. If you would like to address the City Council at the hearing please let me know right away so we can coordinate our efforts. Also, if you have a neighbor or neighbors that do not keep bees that would like to speak in support of beekeeping, we would love to have them join us that evening! Each of us will only have 3 minutes to speak, so make sure you have your comments clear and concise. The meeting will take place in the State Capitol (directions will be sent to you a week before the hearing) since the Boise City Councils regular meeting place is currently under renovation. I will also e-mail the current ordinance to you (one week prior to the meeting) for your review as well as the proposed ordinance. Once you get the proposed ordinance you should go to section 11-09-11.02. Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club PLEASE READ – VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL BEEKEEPERS!
Good afternoon, As President and Chief Drone of the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club I want to tell you of a very important meeting that I would like ALL of you attend on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. This meeting is with regard to changing the current Boise City Ordinance regarding bee keeping with the city limits. This revision will benefit each and every one of us, especially those beekeepers within the Boise City Limits. Many of us, outside the Boise City Limits, may be getting annexed soon or other cities within Ada County may use this ordinance for a template in making their own ordinances, so please attend this meeting and make your voice heard! Steve Sweet, Kevin Duesman, I and others have been working with Cody Riddle, the current Manager of Boise City Planning and Development Services, to get the existing ordinance amended to more clearly state what the City of Boise would allow for urban bee keeping. The main changes as set forth in the proposed ordinance are: -Removed the 12 colony maximum. -Defined and created an allowance for nucleus colonies. -Created an allowance for beekeeping on vacant properties. -Simplified existing ordinance language. -Removal of the $55.00 application fee to put a hive on your property. Since many of us collect swarms and/or divide colonies in the spring and summer we have the need to use nuc boxes. Currently, they are not defined and possibly not allowed in your bee yard within the Boise City Limits. Another big item is getting the $55.00 application fee removed! It is extremely important that our club not only support this proposed ordinance as it has been amended, but also show your support by attending the Boise City Council hearing and speaking to the City Council members at the hearing. If you don’t want to speak, that’s ok, but come anyway as your presence also shows support! If you have kids that are beekeepers, bring them along and those of us speaking can let the council know that this is a family hobby as well. Steve, Kevin and I have already been told that there is a neighborhood association and others that want to defeat the proposed ordinance. They will be at the hearing also. If you would like to address the City Council at the hearing please let me know right away so we can coordinate our efforts. Also, if you have a neighbor or neighbors that do not keep bees that would like to speak in support of beekeeping, we would love to have them join us that evening! Each of us will only have 3 minutes to speak, so make sure you have your comments clear and concise. The meeting will take place in the Idaho State Capitol, 700 W. Jefferson, Boise, Idaho (8th Street Entrance) . I have included the current ordinance (shown above as Bees-Boise City Code Enforcement)for your review as well as the proposed ordinance (Click on Transmittal Memo above and go to section 11-09-11.02). Also, see the e-mail string below. Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club Good afternoon,
Attached is some information that I have just received from the Idaho Honey Industry Association (IHIA) about adding a hobbyist position seat to their Board of Directors. If you are interested in applying just follow the instructions in the above attachment. As I currently understand this decision, from IHIA, one seat will be made available on the IHIA Board. This position will be filled by one individual that will represent ALL the Hobbyist Groups from Idaho. Therefore, all the other clubs in Idaho will also be putting in applications. At this time, I have been made aware of 2 other hobbyist groups in Idaho that have been sent this invitation. While there are no formal requirements by the IHIA, I feel that our club should, in good faith and full support of IHIA, send applications from our membership to represent the Hobbyists as a whole. Additionally, I have had discussions with others on our board and we feel that this individual(s) from our club should be someone with a reasonable understanding of beekeeping (not a Novice), someone that has actively supported the IHIA in the past, both through the payment of dues and attendance at their conventions. I say this because this representative will be representing all of the other hobbyist groups in Idaho. Having said this, I want to state again that this is a recommendation from our clubs board to all of you, but anyone in the club is free to apply for the position. We can have more than one person apply and your application should be made directly to the IHIA. The final decision will ultimately be made by the IHIA Board. Sincerely, Jeff Bergland Chief Drone and President Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club |
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