Report on past meetings: Many of us attended the Ten Spoon August Evening Event on August 16. It was a lovely evening -- beautiful setting, great opportunity to socialize with the club. The pizza and drinks were good and it was a good way to express our appreciation to our long time Apiary host Andy Sponseller . The regular August meeting on August 14 was cancelled.
Future meetings and events: Our regular meetings are held the second Thursday of each month. Changes to that schedule and special meetings will be sent by email and posted to this website. Mark your calendars for the remaining club meetings and events for 2025:
September meeting: Honey harvest September 6-7:
Location: Home Resource Community room.
Date/times: Saturday September 6 and Sunday September 7 (9 am to 5pm).
Sign-up: You will sign up for a time to extract the honey from your frames. The sign-up sheet is open now -- link: reserve your time slot
Please see additional details and instructions: Link to details and instructions
Mite treatments and winter patties for sale: Mite treatments and winter patties will be offered for sale (at cost) at honey extraction.
Big Sky Beekeeping Club at Farmers Market:
Saturday September 20 and Saturday September 27, Big Sky Beekeepers will have a table at the XXX Farmers market. Stop by and see what we are doing.
Saturday October 4 (10:00am to Noon): The club is hosting a Special Seminar at the Missoula Public Library
Getting Hives Ready for Winter: The presentation will focus on the preparations necessary to prepare and protect your honey bee hives thru winter. Topics for discussion include:
Varroa mite protection, honey bee nutrition, and physical hive protection systems.
Expect to finish the event with knowledge that will offer you a high level of success to over winter your colonies.
Speakers include: Mike Guess, Bob Minnick, and Adam Brody.
Thursday November 13: Club Holiday meeting, St Paul Church, 6pm
Thursday December 12: No club meeting.
Details and instructions for Honey Harvest: Link to details and instructions
Club membership is required: You must be a member of our club to extract frames (membership is $20 -- see instructions below).
Limited time slots are available: You can reserve two one-hour time slots here: reserve your time slot
Limited number of frames: A maximum 10 frames can be processed in an hour.
Bring an assistant: Please bring an assistant to help you with the harvest.
Bring collection buckets:You must bring your own 5-gallon food-grade collection buckets.
What the club provides:
The club supplies the honey extractors and additional harvesting equipment.
For your convenience (mite treatments and winter patties):
The club will be selling varroa mite treatments and winter pollen patties at the extraction weekend:
We are selling (at cost) Varroxsan Strips, Formic Pro, Apiguard and winter pollen patties. (cash or check).
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Other news and future events (watch this space):
Reminder: 2025 dues: ($20 per person or family):
Pay at the club meeting or mail cash or check to Rachel Shull (Checks should be made out to “Big Sky Beekeepers Club”) at:
Rachel Shull
Big Sky Beekeepers Club
2009 W. Central Ave
Missoula, MT 59801
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