Possible York County Beekeepers Club

[hummingberd]

Hello All-

There is no York County Beekeepers Club, and I'm wondering if there's any interest from local members on this board to start one. I don't know exactly what this entails. I'm just trying to get an idea of interest. I have seen quite a few beeks here who are from my area. We could probably contact Tony Jadcyzk the state bee inspector to get more info for area beekeepers as well. It would be especially nice to perhaps raise enough money to purchase an extractor that we could all use.

K, hope to hear from people.

IF ANYONE ON THIS BOARD KNOWS OF PEOPLE FROM SOUTHERN MAINE, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO THIS THREAD. THANKS! :)

[Shapleigh's Bees]

I'd be interested. Would appreciate the meetings being on the west side of 95.

[hummingberd]

I'm starting to gather some interest. This is pretty exciting. As far as meetings go, we'll have to find a central location. Hopefully we can get a good group of people together. I'm gonna contact Tony today to perhaps get a list of beeks in the area. And hopefully we'll hear from more ppl on the board!

:D

[Maine_Beekeeper]

HB-
There are other people working on getting a York County club together. The plan is also to start a bee school in the spring. Call Frank Wortheim at the extension office.
324-2814

[hummingberd]

E-

I should have known to just contact you! You're right on top of everything in the bee world. Thanks so much for your help. I'll call them.

K:)

[MSBA Webmaster]

I attended the last (March 08) MSBA Board meeting in Augusta. The topic was brought up related to starting a group in York and what would be the best/easiest way to get it going. I've been in contact with quite a few people with the interest of having a York Chapter/Club as the Webmaster of the MSBA website. So the answer was to first teach a class and while you had the new beekeepers attention, take a pole and sign them up. I've offered my services to get one started. My legal residence is in Sanford, although I'm living in a house in Standish (on the line).

If someone doesn't want to wait, you'd need to advertise throughout the cnty to get interested people in the know of a club. The hard part will be to find office holders to get it going.

Larry Peiffer

[Shapleigh's Bees]

The hard part will be to find office holders to get it going.

As someone who has been in dog clubs for a decade, that is always the hard part. Depending on how often and where the meetings are, MAYBE stick my hand in the air for Secretary.