The Kalamazoo Bee Club is proud to sponsor this web site for the benefit of all Michigan beekeepers.
The Kalamazoo Bee Club serves beekeepers from Lansing to the Lakeshore, Grand Rapids to Indiana.
Kalamazoo Woodenware
Hive bodies, deeps, mediums, supers and other beekeeping equipment from Keith Lazar is now available right here in Kalamazoo. Stock up now!
Check out SPECIAL PRICES online at Buggs Nest Woodenware.
Contact:
Cathy King in Kalamazoo
Phone: 269-743-8146
Email: trreech@aol.com
Modern Beekeeping
Free Beekeeping Magazine from the publishers of Bee Culture Magazine.
To receive it online every month, go to the Walter T. Kelley Co. web site and sign up for an account (free).
This excellent publication is edited and produced by Kalamazoo Bee Club member Charlotte Hubbard.
We recommend reading both Bee Culture Magazine (paid subscriptions) and to Modern Beekeeping (free). The two publications contain different material of exceptional value to beekeepers.
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Coming Events
Sat, Feb 18, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Kalamazoo Bee School
Beginning Beekeeping
Intermediate Beekeeping
Kalamazoo Nature Center
($45.00 Registration)
Sat, Feb 25, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Albion Bee School
Beginning Beekeeping
Albion College
($40 Registration)
Tue, Mar 13, 7 pm
Beginning Beekeeping
Internationally Acclaimed
Authors and Speakers
Dr. Larry Connor
Dr. Dewey Caron
Comstock Community Center
($5 at the door)
Thur, Mar 15, 7 pm
Intermediate Beekeeping
Internationally Acclaimed
Authors and Speakers
Dr. Larry Connor
Dr. Dewey Caron
Comstock Community Center
($5 at the door)
March 13 & 20
WMU Lifelong Learning
Beekeeping Course
Joe Calme
Register online
Tue, April 24, 7 pm
a) Installing packages & nucs
b) Diseases and disorders
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Free Program
Thur, May 24, 7 pm
a) Making splits
b) Raising queens
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Free Program
The Coming Events section of the main menu provides more information.
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Northern Bees
Interested in raising your own northern bees or queens?
If you have 2 or more years of beekeeping experience, join this specialized mailing list for more information. Click the envelope below.
Beekeeping Supplies
Dadant has a new location!
Dadant's new local facility is located at 929 Elliot St, Albion, MI 49224 (next road west of the old facility). 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. Dadant & Sons Inc is a family owned business serving beekeepers since the Civil War.
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The club apiary was located at Forget Me Not Landscape & Nursery on East Main Street for the first year and a half, and then in July of 2011 the apiary was moved to 1327 108th Ave. Otsego, MI 49078. The reason for the move was to improve forage opportunities in mid and late summer.
Attendance at Field Days has generally ranged from 10 – 40 people. The Kalamazoo Bee Club is indebted to Caroline and Anneliese for all their hard work in putting this program together and for all the hours they spent teaching the young people and their families about the rewards of keeping bees.