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SUMMARY:January 2026 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:January Membership meeting will be held on January 30\, 2026 at the St. Clair County Farm Bureau.  The meeting will begin at 7pm and doors will open at 630pm. \nTopic and Speaker:  Marc Mayhew will speak on splitting hives as a strategy to reduce swarming.   Julie McKinney will also be speaking about producing Ross Round comb honey.
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/january-2026-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:St. Clair County Farm Bureau\, 1478 IL-15\, Belleville\, IL\, 62221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:April 2026 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our April meeting will be held on April 24\, 2026 at the Madison County Farm Bureau building in Edwardsville.  Meeting begins at 7pm and doors open at 630pm. \nTopic and Speaker: TBD
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/april-2026-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:Madison County Farm Bureau\, 900 Hillsboro Ave\, Edwardsville\, IL\, 62025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:December Holiday Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun filled and informal holiday potluck meeting on December 12\, 2025 at 7pm.   The meeting will be held at the Madison County Farm Bureau.   Julie McKinney will be bringing a turkey.  Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.  Doors will open at 630pm\,  the meal will begin at 7.
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/december-holiday-potluck/
LOCATION:Madison County Farm Bureau\, 900 Hillsboro Ave\, Edwardsville\, IL\, 62025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:October 2025 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our October meeting is scheduled for October 24\,2025 at the St. Clair County Farm Bureau building  (1479 IL-15; Belleville\, IL)  Doors will open at 630pm and the meeting will begin at 7pm.   We are excited to have club member Ken Schaefer present a talk on the history of the club at this meeting.  For the educational component of our meeting\, Jane Sueme -owner of Isabee’s in Fenton will be talking on preparing colonies for winter.
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/october-2025-meeting/
LOCATION:St. Clair County Farm Bureau\, 1478 IL-15\, Belleville\, IL\, 62221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250928T140000
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SUMMARY:September 2025 Club Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next meeting will be held on September 28\, 2025 and will be hosted by Phyllis Webb.   The location for the meeting will be 137 Blair Ave;  Cottage Hills\, IL.   The club will provide a main dish (meat) and a salad.  Members are invited to bring a side dish to share for the meal.   During the meeting we will be discussing winter storage of equipment and winter feeding.\n\nWe will also be voting on ratifying the board approved changes to the bylaws (attached).   In addition nominations are still open for upcoming board terms.  So far we have nominations for Julie McKinney as Vice President\,  Sean Danzer as Secretary\, and Rick Sanders as director at large.    If you are interested in running for one of the open positions (Vice president\, secretary\, or Director at Large) or would like to nominate a candidate please email stclairbees@gmail.com so the candidate can be included in the voting that will occur at the September meeting.\n\nWe are also accepting nominations for the club beekeeper of the year award and the new beekeeper of the year award.  We will accept nominations for these awards until September 30.  Nominations should be sent to stclairbees@gmail.com
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/september-2025-club-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:137 Blair Ave Cottage Hills\, IL
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SUMMARY:August 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:August meeting will be held at Doug Clemons’ place(15 E Guy St;  Glen Carbon) with Secretary Sean Daenzer serving as host.  Sean will be facilitating some inspections of his hives at this meeting offering both guidance on how to inspect and the opportunity to participate in the inspections.  We may also mark queens and do a mite wash as well.   Additionally there will be discussion on how to start preparing your hives for winter in the coming months. \nThe club will provide the main dish (TBD) and attendees are asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share.   Attendees are also asked to bring a chair to sit in and protective gear if they intend to participate in the in hive activities.
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/august-2025-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:July 2025 Membership Meeting-  Summer Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday July 23 at 630pm  for a club summer picnic.   Club will provide fried chicken and drinks (water\, iced tea\, and lemonade)  please bring a side dish to share.    A brief talk on monthly management will be given\, but the main focus of this month’s meeting is fun and fellowship within our club\,
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/july-2025-membership-meeting-summer-picnic/
LOCATION:Willoughby Farm\, 631 Willoughby Ln\, Collinsville\, IL\, 62234\, United States
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SUMMARY:May 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:May 2025 Membership Meeting \nMay 21\, 2025 at Willoughby Farm in Collinsville.   Meeting begins at 630 pm with club business meeting.  Members will vote on bylaw changes at this meeting.   Programming immediately following the business meeting.  Topic- TBD
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/may-2025-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:Willoughby Farm\, 631 Willoughby Ln\, Collinsville\, IL\, 62234\, United States
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SUMMARY:April 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:April 2025 membership meeting at Madison County Farm Bureau.   7pm  -9pm.   Join us for the  April meeting where public information director Dan Glasscock will discuss pests such as varroa mites and small hive beetles.  Doors open at 630 pm.
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/april-2025-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:Madison County Farm Bureau\, 900 Hillsboro Ave\, Edwardsville\, IL\, 62025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:March 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:March 2025 Membership Meeting \nMarch 28\, 2025 at 7pm; Doors open at 630 pm \nSt. Clair County Farm Bureau Building \n  \nTopics include Basic Queen rearing and selecting for gentle bees by Ken Kloepper
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/march-2025-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:St. Clair County Farm Bureau\, 1478 IL-15\, Belleville\, IL\, 62221\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:February 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly meeting \nTopics include \nSplitting hives to prevent swarming- Tom Cairns \nRules and Regulations for selling honey-  Marc Mayhew \nDoors open at 630pm. Meeting begins at 7
URL:https://stclairbees.com/event/february-2025-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:Madison County Farm Bureau\, 900 Hillsboro Ave\, Edwardsville\, IL\, 62025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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