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If you have honey for sale from hives not treated with antibiotics or chemicals, we have people looking for your honey. Please contact the Kalamazoo Bee Club using the "Contact Us" form.

Photos of Swarms

Click this link to check out photos of swarms sent in by beekeepers and homeowners.

Kalamazoo Bee Club

The Kalamazoo Bee Club is proud to sponsor this web site for the benefit of all beekeepers. The Kalamazoo Bee Club serves beekeepers from Lansing to the Lakeshore, Grand Rapids to Indiana.

Coming Events

Kalamazoo Bee Club
March Program
How To Keep Bees -
Beginning to Advanced
Sat, March 20, 2 - 4 pm
Comstock Community Center

Kalamazoo Bee Club
April Program
Thurs, April 22, 7 - 9 pm
Comstock Community Center

Kalamazoo Bee Club
May Program
Thurs, May 20, 7 - 9 pm
Kalamazoo Nature Center

The Coming Events section of the main menu provides more information.

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Beekeeping Supplies

Beekeeping Supplies from Dadant and Sons

Dadant & Sons Inc is a family owned business serving beekeepers since the Civil War. Dadant's local facility is located at 1009 Industrial Blvd, Albion, MI 49224. The phone number is (517) 629-2860. Hours are 8 am - 5 pm, closed from 12 - 1 for lunch. Click here for Dadant's online catalog.

Keith Lazar Woodenware

Remember you ALWAYS need more hives and equipment. Stock up now and be ready. Check out SPECIAL PRICES here at Keith Lazar Woodenware.

Bee Hive

ANR Week Classes 2010

Michigan Beekeepers’ Association
ANR Week Classes – March 12 –13, 2010
Michigan State University
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
55 South Harrison Avenue
East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
Web Site: http://www.hfs.msu.edu/kellogg/

Workshops Offered Only on Friday:

Comb Honey Production
Nosema: The Silent Killer
Honey and Health
Making and Wintering Splits
Observation Hives
Comb Honey Production
A special one-man play in three acts about L.L. Langstroth

Workshops offered both Friday and Saturday

Starting a Hive with a package or Nuc
Making Art and Craft Candles
Extracting Honey for Beginners
1st Year Management
Marketing Honey
Organic honey
Encaustics and Beeswax Collage
Insect & Flower Relationships
Bee Morphology: To Be or Not to Be…a Bee
Making Beeswax Candles
Bee Vistas Thru the Microscope ($50 pre-registration)

Workshops offered only on Saturday

Reading a bee Frame
Beekeeping Equipment
Life of Langstroth Q & A
Apitherapy (demo includes live bees)
Honey Bee Photography

Registration: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Friday and Saturday
Opening Session: 9 – 9:30 AM Friday and Saturday

Cost to Attend:
MBA members: $25 at the door Additional family members $10
Not a member of MBA: $40 Additional family members $10
MBA Dues: $30 individual, $35 family

Information and schedule available online at www.michiganbees.org

What is Beekeeping?

Worker Bee Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies in hives, in order to collect honey and beeswax, for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary. The technical name for beekeeping is apiculture, based on the word "apis" which is the latin term for bees.

Honey Bee Photos

You will find a nice collection of bee-related images on this web site, sent in by beekeepers and photographers. Many of these images are in the "Photos" section of the menu. Be sure to check out the photos when you get a chance. You are invited to share your own photos - click here for the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(Thank you to Wayne Kramer for this photo of a swarm he collected near Richland, MI)

Honey Bee Swarm in Richland

Bees and Honey