Bee Group Monthly Meeting

We look forward to seeing all our Bee Group members at our monthly meeting this Friday at 3:30 pm in the Meeting Room at the Shed.  We have something a bit different and special planned for this month.  To get things rolling Bee Group member Ted Graham will give a general presentation on hive location and protection from the elements.  We will then apply these principles to "workshop" a plan for a brand new apiary soon to be set up in the foothills of the Porongorups.  Simon Powell, another of our Bee Group members and one of our first trainees, has just purchased this property and has assembled detailed photographic and topographical resources - including drone footage (!) of the terrain.  Simon will lead us through a military style tactical planning exercise to determine where the hives should go, orientation, protection, etc.  You wont want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime application of military planning principles to beekeeping! 

To round out our meeting if there is time, Steve Rodgers and Curt McDonald will briefly demo two new very-low-cost technologies for beekeepers, one for measuring the moisture content of honey and the other for monitoring internal hive temperature and humidity.  

Should be a very interesting afternoon on several fronts, and of course we will roll right on into the social hour, so please book in using the invite attached to this email if you would like to join us for some wine and nibblies afterwards.