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GOOD FELLOWSHIP & GOOD BEEKEEPING
Handouts: Propolis for Personal Use
December 2022 presentation by EAS Cindy Hodges
Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers Association
The Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers Association is a 501(c)5 non-profit organization.
Kansas Honey Producers Fair Booth - 2024 September 6-15th
Thank you to all involved at the State Fair and Booth. We would sure love to have you! Help us at the KHPA Honey Booth. It's easy to schedule using Sign-Up Genius 2024 (link). We depend on volunteers. The fair dates are September 6 - 15, 2024 in Hutchinson, Kansas. See you at the Kansas State Fair! More info on the link...
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2024 kansas honey producers Association FALL meeting! (Kansas state beekeepers)
A monthly meeting is just not enough sometimes?
Join us for our semi-annual bee conference for all levels and commercial as well as hobbyist. Next meeting - Friday & Saturday, November 8&9, 2024. Organizers are busy planning.We will have some 'work shop' presentations. Join us for another exciting beekeeping harvesting year! (KHPA link). Two full DAYs of bee topics and education.
The Kansas State Fair is coming up. We depend on volunteers. Please consider taking a shift or two with Sign-up Genius link 2024. The fair dates are September 6 - 15, 2024 in Hutchinson, Kansas. See you at the fair!
2024 State Fair Honey Show Results....take a look! Honey Show Winners
Handouts: Beeswax Soap-Making September 2021 by Becky Tipton
Handouts: KHPAMaking Liquid Foaming Soap Instructions and Honey Shampooby Robin Kolterman
Our state affiliate, The Kansas Honey Producers' (Kansas State Beekeepers) Assoc and their newsletter October 2024 "Cappings" (4th Quarter 2024).
Other KHPA newsletters from 2024... (1st Quarter)(2nd Quarter)(3rd Quarter)
Handouts: Elderberry Jelly Recipe October 2022 presentation by Robert Burns
Bee FEED SYRUP MIXING Calculator spreadsheet
Trying to work out the sugar-to-water ratio (1:1 or 2:1) for feeding sugar syrup to your bees? Here's a link to a spreadsheet calculator. Download and save the calculator for future reference. Did you know thatsugar syrup is the absolute best solution to feedyour bees?Sucrose (table sugar) is a 50/50 blend of fructose and glucose.
Are you skillful with wood working? Want to make some of your own bee equipment?
Here's an article by Ed Simon from Bee Culture magazine
about building feeder stands for jar feeding.
Get a copy of Ed Simon’s book Bee Equipment Essentials, $20. (*Wicwas Press).
Handouts: Making Colorful Soaps
June 2024 Bee FunDay presentation by Lisa Opitz