About Us
ILLINOIS VALLEY BEEKEEPING CLUB
is a support group for people interested in getting started keeping bees.
Next Meeting!
Friday January 10th, 2025
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Masks will bee a personal choice for the meeting.
La Salle County Extension Office
1689 North 31st Road
Lower Level (basement)
Ottawa, IL 61350
This meeting is going to be the first of the year.
Details on the meeting coming in Dec.
Speakers - who do you want to talk and what to talk about - any members want to do a demonstration?
Of course we will have the wonderful bee questions.
See you there!
It's going to be another great meeting
Bee There Or Bee Square!
Recap of the November 8th, Meeting
November 8th Meeting
We had another wonderful meeting in November
We had the election and we got a new President!
The new President is Warren Norris. He has been president before, it will be very exciting having new ideas for next year.
The Vice President Is David Golaszewski
We have Co-Secretaries again this year - Cindy Shroba & Kelle Frymire
We also kept our wonderful Treasurer Sheri Stumreiter.
Thank You for your service for the club! Without you we would be in trouble!
Thank You Warren for stepping up into the President position.
We had a wonderful Pot luck with lots of good food and lots of good talk!
The raffles went very well. We raffled off a package of bees for the spring, Gift Certificates for Bee Supplies, Certificates for Candy Boards for Winter, Smokers with fuel, Nuc Boxes to catch swarms or make splits with, and a lot of other things.
We thanked all the members that help with the Waterway hives. We need their help to keep the Waterway hives healthy and so we know what is going on with them.
We got a few suggestions for Speakers and things to talk about! What to do with the wax cappings from your honey - items you can make from it. Learning about making mead is another suggestion. I have a few names to contact about that. If you have a suggestion they are more than welcome!
If anyone has a problem and needs some help with their hives please call the number on this website or email us by way of the contact us button, and we can get some help for you.
LOCAL BEEKEEPER MENTORS
SUPPORT GROUP FOR BEGINNER BEEKEEPERS OR HELP GETTING STARTED!
We have monthly meetings to help the beginner or anyone who has questions. You do not have to be a member to attend the meetings!
They are open to anyone who wants to attend!
We welcome anyone who would like to come and talk at any of our meetings. We are always looking for speakers about beekeeping, observation hives, wax making, honey extracting, pretty much anything bees!
Total membership are $20.00 - $10.00 for the IVBA Club and $10.00 to Join the ISBA Club.
The ISBA gives us more information on what is happening down state and they have a lot of good information about new things with bees. They send out a quarterly news letter that is very informative.
If you would like to get someone a gift membership to the club please
call the number on the website and we will get you taken care of.
You can also use the contact us button to ask any questions about your bees or installing bees - any question is welcome.