Wright County Beekeepers

10/26/2025

10/10/2022

Our next bee meeting is scheduled for October 13, Thursday, at 6:30 pm. This will probably be our last meeting this year. We will discuss how to prepare our bees for the winter. We will also discuss the possibility of having a bee keeping class in January. I hope everyone can attend.

09/06/2022

Our next bee meeting is Thursday September 8th at 6:30 PM. We will discuss preparing the hive for winter and watch the video "Rounding Out the Year." I hope everyone had a successful honey harvest. The meeting will be held in Mt Pisgah Baptist Church basement (Grovespring) across from Dollar General at 6:30 pm. Hope to see you there.

08/18/2022

It's Goldenrod Season !
Image: Gleanings in Bee Culture, October 15, 1915, Page 862 - Follow:
Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History

circa. 1915 - With one glance at the outside of a hive, an expert beekeeper can tell what is going on within, but in goldenrod season he don't need to look at all. - He Just smells 'em.

Source:
Gleanings in Bee Culture, October 15, 1915, Page 862
The Backlot Buzzer
by J. H. Donahky

07/13/2022

Our next bee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.
Right now is a hard time for our bees.
I hope you can attend the meeting.

04/12/2022

We are resuming normal meetings in person. We will meet this Thursday, 7:00 PM at the Laclede Electric Co-Op, 5900 Highway 5, two miles north of Hartville. Spring is a busy time for bees and beekeepers, so there will be lots to discuss.

01/09/2022

Old Favorite Honey Recipes from 1941.

10/14/2021

Just a reminder there is no meeting in October.