Shining Mountain Waldorf School Garden Circle Presents
Gunther Hauk
President of The Spikenard Farm & Apiary
Gunther Hauk is a Waldorf educator and a biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for over 25 years. He works with beekeepers in the United States and abroad, investigating ways of keeping bees that would strengthen and improve their natural health and resistance to diseases and parasites. Turning the tide of the honeybee's spiraling death rate is a task dear to his heart. Come and find out what you can do towards saving the honeybee.

Lecture with Gunther Hauk
Date: Friday, October 5, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Shining Mountain Waldorf School - Assembly Hall, 999 Violet Ave. Boulder, CO 80304
Suggested donation: $5 per person

TO REGISTER for the lecture: Kim at 303-442-7010 or kimberlyyoungblood@comcast.net

A Biodynamic Beekeeping Workshop with Gunther Hauk
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2007, 9 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten, 4072 North 19th Street, Boulder CO 80304
Cost: $40, pre-register by 9/15/07
$10 for lunch - optional

TO REGISTER for the workshop: Contact Kim 303-442-7010 or kimberlyyoungblood@comcast.net. Checks payable to SMWS,
Mail to: Youngblood, 3024 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80304

Workshop notes: We will be going into active hives. We will be sitting on metal folding chairs for two of the sessions under an open-air gazebo, weather permitting.

• Bee suite (at your discretion)
• Dress warmly, in light colored layers, if possible.
• Sunscreen/sun shade
• Sack lunch or (order the optional lunch for $10)
• Water bottle
• Pad to sit on. (metal folding chairs)
• Notebook and pen/pencil

Saturday, June 18, 2005

• 9:00 a.m. Status of Bear Damage Reimbursements by CDOW to Affected Beekeepers. Don Masden, CDOW Game Manager.
• 10:00 a.m. Break (check out books, etc in back of room).
• 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Trends and Techniques in Queen Rearing & Drone Production. Dr. Larry Connor, Beekeeping Education Service, Wicwas Press.
• 12:00 p.m. Old-fashion CBA Picnic-Barbeque Slow smoked ribs & beef Some drinks provided Bring side dishes, desserts to share (pot-luck) Charcoal grill available for warming food.
• 1:30 p.m. Guided tours of Wildlife Rehabilitation Facilities & Western Colorado Honey processing facilities. Groups will alternate between tours. Bring cameras for photos, if desired.
• 3:00 p.m. CBA business meeting Discuss any questions from earlier programs, current issues affecting CBA. Open to attendees.

Meeting at: Paul & Nanci Limbach's, 5945 County Road 346, Silt, CO 81652. (970) 309-7162, or (970) 876-5489.

June 21st, 2005 at 7pm

He will be speaking on Queen banking, queen health, finding the queen & our latest topic, hot queens

Cost is $5 for members & $10 for non-members.

Biography

Michigan native Lawrence (Larry) Connor departed Michigan State University upon completion of his Ph.D. dissertation on strawberry pollination, and assumed the position of extension apicultural entomologist at The Ohio State University (Columbus). There his program attracted the attention of investors interested in moving the Dadant Starline and Midnite hybrid queen program to Florida to establish of the world's first mass production facility for the instrumental inseminated queen honey bees. Seeking educational support for his learning-disabled son, Connor moved to Connecticut where he established Beekeeping Education Service, offering educational program for beekeepers. Later he purchased Wicwas Press from Dr. Roger and Mary Lou Morse, and has published over a dozen titles dealing with bees, beekeeping, queen rearing and pollination.

Connor is currently a regular contributor to Bee Culture Magazine, with emphasis on queen and drone biology and colony management. Recently he began a series of articles on the biological basis of beekeeping practices. He has authored a number of extension publications, a series of slides sets, a video program (which he also appeared in and directed), two scientific proceedings (as editor), and scientific articles. He served as editor of the EAS Journal, Honey Producer Magazine and Bee Science. He is currently writing a book of his own, called Beekeeping Essentials.

His artwork and photography have been awarded prizes in local art shows. He has appeared in, produced and/or directed nearly thirty local community theater productions. Connor is also involved in Connecticut civil rights issues.

He has two adult children -- a daughter who is a nurse in Alaska, and a son who is a social worker in Connecticut.

June 4, 2005 at 10 am

Beth Conrey a volunteer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and member of Boulder County Beekeepers is offering to host a visit to her beeyard in Berthoud, Colorado.

RSVP Beth at 970-532-0329 if you are interested in attending this event.

Posted: March 25, 2005

Three classes on beekeeping topics are being planned in response to a high level of interest among BCBA members who signed up at the Feb. and March meetings:

• A roundtable discussion of organic beekeeping will be organized by Bob Thayer and Terra Malmstrom for later this spring
• A program on top-bar hive beekeeping is being organized by Miles McGaughey (with assistance from Bret Halford), which will be primarily a field trip to Miles' top-bar apiary this season
• A class on candlemaking is being organized to be offered in the fall by Miles McGaughey and Evelyn Freytag

People who signed up for these classes will be called as soon as date, location and fee (if any) have been determined. Details about the classes also will be posted here in the "Upcoming Events' section of the website. Contact Pat Butler (303/440-0586) to get your name on the list of participants to be called (or if you'd like to help the instructors). Because some of these classes may involve costs (room rental, supplies, and/or instructor honoraria), advance registration probably will be required.

The idea behind these classes was to see if BCBA members can organize and/or teach classes of interest to the membership, so it's great to see these instructors volunteer and we hope the classes are well attended. Besides these 3 topics, over 2 dozen people expressed interest in double-queening and splits, but no one volunteered to teach such a class this season. Anyone interested in doing so should contact Pat.

Date: January 11-26, 2003
Location: Denver, Colorado

More information...

POC:
Dianne Powell @ 303-433-5514
Dixie George @ 303-776-3657