Monthly Meetings

MCBA strives to provide meeting attendees with beneficial information. Meetings will typically have a specific topic of instruction relevant to the time of year and last approximately 1 1/2 hours. 

While every attempt is made to keep this website current, please note the meeting details can change due to weather, meeting facility conflicts, work schedules, etc.

The quickest way to be informed of meeting changes is to request to be added to our email list at mc.beekeepers.association@gmail.com  or join or FaceBook group Marshall County Beekeepers Association.

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  2025 Tentative Monthly Meeting Schedule & Agendas

January 27th 6:30 PM: We will meet at 1070 New Lake Road in Lewisburg. Andy Ladd will be giving a presentation on how to transition from vertical hives to horizontal hives with minimal waste of your vertical equipment. He has developed a method for the minimally skilled and minimally equipped woodworker.  We will also discuss the Introduction to Beekeeping Class, nuc orders, an app (Bee Plus) for keeping bee records, 2 new varroa mite treatments and address any questions or requests. Club dues can be paid at the meeting. they are $20.00 per person or $25.00 per family. We hope to see you there.

February 24th 6:30 PM: We will meet at 1070 New Lake Road in Lewisburg. Josh Hager will be giving a presentation on how to keep your bees from swarming while maximizing honey production.

March 20th 6:30 PM: We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church, 560 E. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. Nathan Coleman will be giving a presentation on VarroxSan Extended Release Oxalic Acid.

April 17th 6:30 PM: We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church, 560 Commerce St, in Lewisburg. Jody Pritchett will be giving a presentation on the different races or breeds of honeybees and their traits.

May 24th: Field Day, 10:00 AM. 1041 Double Bridge Rd. in Lewisburg. Dick Brickner will demonstrate how to make extended release oxalic acid pads. We will discuss other mite treatments as well. After the demonstration, we will go through a few of my colonies and do mite washes. I have a top bar, horizontal langstroth and vertical langstroth colonies on site.

June 26th: Field day and cookout. 6:00 PM at 1041 Double Bridge Road in Lewisburg. We will start at 6 with the cookout. I will have grilled hotdogs ready to eat at 6:00. The club will provide everything. After we eat we will extract honey. Please send an email to mc.beekeepers.association@gmail.com by June 24th if you plan to attend. Bring a chair.

July 26th: Field day and ice cream. 2:00 PM at 5414 Lunns Store Road in Chapel Hill. We will go through Andy and Regina's multiple types of horizontal hives and afterwards enjoy ice cream. Bring your protective equipment and a chair.

August: Friday the 22nd at 6:30 PM. We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church. 560 E. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. Bob Binnie will be giving a detailed presentation on feeding.

September: 15 at 6:30 PM. We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church. 560 E. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. Jim Garrison will be giving a presentation on making candles, ornaments, and lip balm out of the wax capings removed from your honey harvest. We will also be holding nominations (and elections if possible) for the officers that will serve in 2026. If you are able, please let me encourage you to serve.

October: 20 at 6:30 PM. We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church. 560 E. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. Kent Williams will be our speaker. Kent is a commercial beekeeper from west KY. He does a great job taking his knowledge as a commercial beekeeper and fine tuning it to help smaller scale beekeepers. Derrick will also give a very quick presentation on an easier way to do mite counts. We will hold officer nominations & elections again as we still need someone to serve as President and Secretary.

November: 20 at 6:30 PM. We will meet at East Commerce Baptist Church. 560 E. Commerce St. in Lewisburg. We will have a pot luck supper. Please bring a dish and your own drink. The club will provide plates, plasticware and napkins. I have ordered the items to make beeswax lip balm. If they arrive in time we will give it a try. Also, Debra McManus will be giving a presentation on making lotion bars using beeswax as one of the ingredients. Thank You Debra!!!

December: No Meeting in December