Beekeeping Equipment Workshop and Field Day**Saturday, March 22nd ****Reminder:* Bring your own materials for help with equipment: Boxes, frames, foundation, etc.[*]Used Equipment: Bring what you have [*]New Equipment: If you have not already ordered your supplies, be sure to ask about delivery dates.   [*]Regardless - COME: - There is MUCH to SEE, LEARN, DO  😃 *FREE: Open to Everyone****Highlights are: *[*]*Help* with your equipment? Boxes, Frames, Foundation, More 🤔 [*]Deeps and Supers: As ...Continue Reading

*🤞 😃   *Reminder*   *🤞 😃 *Beekeeping Equipment Workshop and Field Day**Saturday, March 22nd **FREE: Open to Everyone***[*]*Help* with your equipment? Boxes, Frames, Foundation, More 🤔 [*]Deeps and Supers: Assembling New boxes. Evaluating and reconditioning old boxes [*]Frames and Foundation:   [*]Frames: Assembling new frames for wax foundation. [*]Foundation: Installing wax and plastic foundation [*]*Questions *for Experienced Beekeepers? Many will be on hand. 😃 [*]*Socialize ...Continue Reading

Ever wonder when your honeybees begin harvesting nectar and pollen?In Indiana, some of the first plants to produce nectar and pollen in the spring include _willows_, _maples_, and _redbuds_.Willows and maples, especially the red and silver varieties, begin to bloom as early as March, offering vital nourishment for pollinators providing an essential food source for our honeybees.. Redbuds, with their vibrant pink flowers, typically bloom in April, adding to the early spring bounty for bees and other in ...Continue Reading

👍  *Important Beekeeping Information* 👌*🤔 Our Bees are Busy - How About You? 🤔*Overwintering Bees have been busy: Rearing Brood, Gathering new  Pollen and Nectar (From Silver and Red Maples). *Beekeepers **Important Upcoming CIBA Beekeeping Dates*(Mark your calendars now)! * *Monday, March 17:  Open Meeting *- The Keeper’s Hive [*]Main Presentation:  “The Keeper’s Hive”  A recently developed hive designed to make hive management easier and less stressful.   ...Continue Reading

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Remember: CIBA's February Meeting is, TUESDAY, February 18th/(Monday, 20th, is a federal holiday, the Nature Center will be closed)/Our February Program: *Jeff Cripe* will be speaking to us about his/*Personal System for Keeping Bees*/Jeff is the owner of Eagle Creek Apiaries near Sheridan and successful marketer of Honey and other productsat area markets and other venues.*Meeting topics will include:*[*]New to Beekeeping? - What you need to do NOW!  👍 [*]Sources for Nucs and Packages  😃 [*] ...Continue Reading

Beekeeping Reminders..  Adjust your calendars… ***CIBAS’s January Meeting is, TUESDAY, January 21st*/(Monday, 20th, is a federal holiday, the Nature Center will be closed)//😃  🎉  Start Your Beekeeping Year Among Friends. 🎉 😃//Lessons Learned in 2024 - What will you do differently in 2025?//Making Plans for Spring:  New Equipment?  New Bees? //Packages vs Nucs: Which is Best? ////Surviving Colonies:  Check those Sugar Boards!////Getting a Head Start on Varroa Mites////Brin ...Continue Reading

Beekeeping Reminders..  Adjust your calendars… ***CIBAS’s January Meeting is next week, TUESDAY, January 21st**Meeting details will follow soon*/(Monday, 20th, is a federal holiday, the Nature Center will be closed)////############////*Beekeepers of Indiana Annual Bee School is February 22nd*//Horizon Convention Center, Muncie, Indiana//MUST Pre-register to Attend/Indiana Bee Schoolthebeekeepersofindiana.com/////############/*Our February Meeting will , TUESDAY, February 18th*/(Monday, 19th, is also a fede ...Continue Reading

Beekeeping Reminders..  Adjust your calendars… ***CIBAS’s January Meeting is next week, TUESDAY, January 21st**Meeting details will follow soon*/(Monday, 20th, is a federal holiday, the Nature Center will be closed)////############////*Beekeepers of Indiana Annual Bee School is February 22nd*//Horizon Convention Center, Muncie, Indiana//MUST Pre-register to Attend/Indiana Bee Schoolthebeekeepersofindiana.com/////############/*Our February Meeting will , TUESDAY, February 18th*/(Monday, 19th, is also a fede ...Continue Reading

*Reminder For*😃 Our "*Holiday Winter Cluster*"* Social Event* 😃Coming up SOON!  - December 9th FUN FOOD, FUN, PRIZES, FUN, FOOD, PRIZES*Event Brite Registration Requested. (See Below).*  Central Indiana Beekeepers Association Holiday Winter Clustereventbrite.comWord is… 🎉  “One of the Hottest Tickets in Town” 🎉 ...Continue Reading