The Green Valley Beekeepers Association has announced their upcoming program featuring guest speaker Kate McKenzie will primarily help anyone looking to get started in beekeeping. Additionally, GVBA has launched a logo contest with a $100 cash award for the winning design.
Program for new and beginning beekeepers
FVBA will hold their next meeting on Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom with guest speaker McKenzie, a Cincinnati area beekeeper and co-owner and operator of Let It Bee Cincy. McKenzie and her mother are a beekeeping team that opt for more natural approaches to caring for their bees.
McKenzie will instruct attendees on when and how to get started with beekeeping, remove winter insulation and start feeding bees. She will also give a quick demonstration on how to build a swarm trap with which someone can passively catch their own swarm of bees.
The meeting is open to anyone and attendance is free. To receive a link to attend, visit GreenValleyBeekeepers.org for further instruction.
Logo Contest
On Jan. 18, the GVBA Board of Directors voted to solicit designs of a logo to be used for various purposes by the association.
Anyone may submit an entry, with a cash award of $100 for the design that the board deems appropriate and acceptable for the club’s purposes. Entries must be received by Feb. 21.
The design may be submitted in a digital image raster format. The submitted image size should be approximately 640×480 pixels or larger, and it should be limited to no more than three colors.
Visit GreenValleyBeekeepers.org for further instruction on how to submit a design.
