Photo: Landi Simone
Saturday, September 21
NWNJBA September Membership Meeting
Topic: How to Make Other Stuff from Your Hive
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Most beekeepers are happy to extract honey once the hives are strong enough. But what else can you do with wax, propolis, and honey? Come learn about soaps, lotions, balms, and candles!​
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Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Address: 230 Willow Grove Rd, Stewartsville, NJ 08886
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Instructors: Tameeka Chang, Mim Dunne, others as available
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2024 Hunterdon County Honey Show Winners!
Plus bee names and other notes on our blog.
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Check it out!
Learn How to Keep Bees
NWNJBA 3-Day Short Course
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Designed for people with zero to five years of beekeeping experience. Whether you’re thinking of getting started or you have a few hives and want to get better, you can learn from us. Taught by Master Beekeeper Jean Miller and other experienced beekeepers, this course covers all the basics plus offers a field day for hands-on experience.​
Lecture Days: September 7 and 14, Hunterdon County Complex (Bldg #1), Route 12, Flemington
Field Day: Date TBD (late September or early October), Valley Crest Farm and Nature Preserve, near 70 Valley Crest Road, Lebanon
Cost: $130/person
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Register here
Scholarships are available — please ask!
Past Presentations
Some of the speakers at our meetings have given us permission to share their presentation decks. As we collect them, they’ll be posted on our new presentations page.
Northwest New Jersey Beekeepers Association Executive Board
Left to right: Laura Joiner, Outreach; Brandon Stoneking, 1st VP; David Waldman, Former President; Jean Miller, Outreach; James Zdepski, 3rd VP; Tameeka Chang, President; Eleanor Tessier, Secretary; Rick Knecht, Treasurer; Taryn Lozinguez, 2nd VP