Tupelo Beekeepers Association 8 August 2023
Meeting Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 1900.
Members present:
Skipper Turk (President), James Morris (VP), Betsy Straley (MAL), Tim Brehm (Treasurer), Chris Liddle (Secretary), Jack DePue, Charles Hay, Stephen Revell, Ron Greiner, William Fontaine, Danny Landingham, Hubert & Patti Maloy, Tom Leismeyer, Charles Cromer, Jeff Reynolds, Mark Wolf, Nicole Parker, Cameron Gilroy, David Feitz
Secretary Report: July 2022 Minutes were sent out to general membership for review. No corrections.
Minutes approved as written.
Treasurer Report: There is $1603.04 in the TBA account. Nothing pending.
Old Business:
1. Calendar for monthly presentations: (open)
August: Pests/hazards/safety (Tim Brehm)
September: Preparing for winter (goldenrod pops around the 11th, bee ready)
October: Jimmie Davis
November: Life cycle of the Honeybee, Election of new officers
December: Christmas Party
2. Swap Meet: held on July 29th. Went very well. There will be one every quarter at James Morris’ place. Next dates are Oct 28th and Jan 28th. Question about having the club’s observation hive available.
There were people there that did not have bees and were interested. (info)
New Business:
1. How to promote beekeeping to the local community: Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts (beekeeping is no longer a merit badge)? Science and Discovery Center on Jenks Observation Hive? Skipper showed pictures of observation hives with tube running to the outside of the building for bees to come and go. He saw these at the Raleigh Natural Science Museum and would like the membership to consider doing something like this in Panama City. Question about who would take care of them and how do you check and treat the bees. Please think about how to promote beekeeping to the community and discuss at upcoming meetings. (open)
New Business:
1. Charles Cromer brought up that the Facebook page and Facebook group could be linked. Skipper asked him to look into how to improve the TBA social media presence. Secretary sent a message to Fern Compton about the possibility of linking the 2 pages. (open)
2. August Florida Beekeeping Calendar (info)
Presentation: Tim Brehm presented Beekeeping Safety. Handout on Stings, Critters, Lifting, Slips, Trips and Falls, Fire, Poisons, Transporting your hives, Safety for your bees.
Matt Walker from Walk In The Woods Apiary (walkinthewoodsapiary.com) gave an amazing presentation on Queen Rearing. Lots of information that most people have never heard. Skipper asked for his slide presentation to which he said yes. He sells queens and queen cells.
Electronically signed, 9 August 2023
Christine Liddle, Secretary, TBA
Electronically signed, 11 August 2023
Skipper Turk, President, TBA
Tupelo Beekeepers Association 8 August 2023
Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 1830.
Members present:
Skipper Turk (President), James Morris (VP), Betsy Straley (MAL), Tim Brehm (Treasurer), Chris Liddle (Secretary),
Minutes: Minutes of July 2022 sent to the board members/membership. No corrections. Approved as written.
Old Business:
1. Calendar for monthly presentations: (open)
August: Pests/hazards/safety (Tim Brehm)
September: Preparing for winter (goldenrod pops around the 11th, bee ready)
October: Jimmie Davis
November: Life cycle of the Honeybee, Election of new officers
December: Christmas Party
2. Swap Meet: held on July 29th. Went very well. There will be one every quarter. Next ones on Oct 28th and Jan 28th. Question about having the club’s observation hive available. There were people there that did not have bees and were interested.
New Business:
1. Skipper wishes to discuss with the membership regarding how to promote beekeeping to the local community: Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts (beekeeping is no longer a merit badge), Science and Discovery Center on Jenks Observation Hive? Showed pictures of observation hives. Question about who would take care of them and how do you check and treat bees. Will bring up to the membership to think about. (open)
2. This discussion brought up the question about the bee hives that had been a North Bay Haven School, as this had been a way to promote beekeeping to young people. Does anybody know what happened to them? Are they still there? The teacher that had been in charge of them is no longer working at North Bay Haven School. Jeff Bittel last inspected these bees when he was the VP. So that was over 2 years ago. (open)
Adjourned: 1900
Electronically signed, 9 August 2023
Christine Liddle, Secretary, TBA
Electronically signed, 11 August 2023
Skipper Turk, President, TBA
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