Announcements
November 2023 Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Big Sky Beekeepers will take place Thursday November 9th 6:00 pm at St Paul's Church @ 202 Brooks St in Missoula. At this meeting we'll be hosting our annual holiday and end-of-season celebration. Details below:
Honey Bee Jubilee
Who: All of you amazing Big Sky Beekeepers members and your partners are welcome.
When: Thursday November 9th, 6pm-8pm
What:
This is a potluck style event with a HONEY THEME! By now y’all should be dripping in it 🤤 This means that your dish should have honey incorporated somehow.
(Examples: Honey caramels, salad with a honey-dijon vinaigrette, honey jalapeno cornbread, MEAD, honey pretzel bites, honey miso roasted butternut squash… you get it.)We’ll be ordering lots of double front fried chicken to enjoy as the main dish but the side dishes are up to you. Beverages will also be provided.
Please RSVP by adding your name and dish to this SIGN UP SHEET
Honey Taste Test: We’ll have a honey tasting station set up to compare our members’ honeys from around the valley. Please bring some of yours to taste, too 😀
Door prizes and beekeeping raffle with lots of great prizes.
Where: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church -- 202 Brooks St, Missoula
Can’t wait to see you there.
Volunteers Needed
The Big Sky Beekeepers are a volunteer-driven organization, and we’d love for YOU to get more involved. Love bees? Want to connect with other bee-loving community members? Here are a few ways you can help (and have fun doing it):
Join the board. This year we need a club Vice President and a Club Outreach and Communications person. These will be voted on at the January 2024 meeting.
Apiary Management - Our apiary is growing and we need folks who are willing to help take on management of our bees.
See descriptions below for more information.
Please get in touch if you'd like to be nominated!
Volunteer Position Descriptions
Vice President
Conduct club meetings in the absence of the club president, and assume role of president if/when a vacancy arises.
Help plan club meetings, speakers, and events with other board members.
Coordinate Honey Sales and Farmer's Market honey distribution.
Club Outreach and Communications
Attend BSB monthly meetings and BSB club board meetings. Take notes at board meetings.
Maintain the club email list on Mailchimp. Send out announcments and emails as needed, typically 2-3x per month.
Maintain the club website on Google Sites. Update as needed.
Maintain Social Media: Post on Facebook and Instagram accounts 2-3x per month.
Manage club email account
Other duties as to make the club run smoothly (making sign-up sheets for events, etc.)
Apiary Management
General year-round bee yard care: implement varroa mite treatments, feeding bees, splitting colonies, re-queening, rehoming swarms, mowing apiary, honey extraction, fence maintenance etc)
Provide Club Demonstrations: Help educate the community about honey bees at club meetings
Other duties to make the club more beneficial to all beeks (ordering bees from Western Bee in the spring, distributing pollen patties, being a general fountain of wisdom, etc.)
Contact Bob Minnick, Apiary Manager, for more info: 406-239-2490
BEE CLUB MERCH
Big Sky Beekeepers hats are finally in!
They will be available at our next meeting for $30.