Shelby County Bee Club Learns About Raising Queen Bees, September Meeting Date

August 14, 2015 - Mike Bordelon demonstrated various methods of raising queen bees and showed a video on the bullet and powder method at the August 12 Shelby County Bee Club.

Mary Reed, Apiary Inspector for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will be presenting "Texas Beekeeping and Honey Regulations" to our club on Wednesday, September 23rd beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the active Shelby County Courthouse, 2nd floor meeting room.

Ms. Reed holds a B.S. from the University of Florida in Entomology and specializes in bee diseases.

James and Cindy Dotson, who own and operate an Apiary in Hemphill, Texas, gave Linda and Mike Bordelon a bottle of their homemade Raspberry Meade in celebration of their upcoming 50th anniversary. They will present a porgram in the future on "Meade Making."

Anyone interested in learning more about bees may attend. There are no dues.