About Us
ILLINOIS VALLEY BEEKEEPING CLUB
is a support group for people interested in getting started keeping bees.
Next Meeting!
Friday November 8th, 2024
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 a fun meeting!
Upcoming Election and Pot Luck Dinner for November Meeting
We are having a potluck dinner after the election and everyone who attends should bring a dish to pass.
We will have a lot of wonderful items to raffle off also - come and talk about how your bees did this year.
Speakers - who 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 Sept. 13th, Meeting
October 11th Meeting
We had another wonderful meeting in October
We learned soo much!
We had wonderful questions that make us think
We want to give a Big Thank You to Linda Norsen - her husband passed away and she donated a new Extractor, and lots of hive accessories and items to help with honey processing. We can't wait to use all of them!
We talked about hive problems happening and how to combine 2 hives if necessary to get them through the winter. It was very informative!
We also had a lot of fun tasting the different honey that everyone brought in. We will have to do this again - we had a lot of different flavors!
We talked about the election and pot luck for the November meeting.
We also talked about the new Varroa Treatment VarroxSan - a few of the members are trying it and I hope they let us know how it worked.
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. More suggestions 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.