Forager April 2020 Meeting

Due to shelter-in-place measures and social distancing, the Foragers held a virtual meeting for this month. With Zoom’s videoconferencing app, most of our Foragers were able to attend. We caught up on club business, mostly about cancellation of projects we had planned. Afterwards, we played a game using a coding game that co-leader Jen learned […]

Forager Honey Bee State Essay Winner

We congratulate Forager member, Paul, for coming in third place in the state honey bee essay contest. This year, the theme of the contest was: Overwintering: Bee Survival through the Cold Season Honey bees have developed special skills to overwinter in the United States. Please discuss one of these skills and then include a discussion […]

Foragers Entrepreneur Workshop

For the past two months, the Foragers have been doing homework and doing analysis on different types of products made with things that you get from a beehive (honey, wax, etc.) that our club members could make and sell as fundraisers. In Part 1, club members presented different products and recipes and for Part 2, […]

Foragers February 2020 Meeting

For our February monthly meeting, club member Angel presented her educational program on the queen bee. We learned: The queen is more like a mother of the hive and not really a ruler. Attendant bees feed and clean her. The queen usually only leaves the hive for her nuptial mating flight or if the hive […]