Attendees: Bryan, Nathan, David, Camy, Gail, Mohan, Kristina, Melissa
- Finances and Grant
- We got the grant again for $22,500; Feedback that hadn’t proved we were diverse enough
- Plan to spend it primarily on apiary upgrades (i.e., dome)
- Need a ballpark $ amount for what the dome will cost
- We got the grant again for $22,500; Feedback that hadn’t proved we were diverse enough
- Apiary report
- Talk with members at the picnic to get Apiary Committee volunteers to help with the bees and/or dome
- Two cameras at the apiary – solar-powered router (about $150 cost) that would need a SIM card and service = $15-$20/month; would give us internet access at the apiary
- Potential for a text group of people who want to join Bryan when he goes to the apiary
- Bees are starting to calm down, but attack once you’re in the fenced area – need to be fed?
- TC Fair prep
- Booth needs cleaning
- Observation hive –
- outside the booth to draw people in
- Nathan planning to build a new stand to put it on
- Honey judging contest
- Remind members that they need to put in three identical queen line jars – announce in Beeline and during the picnic
- Honey taste taste
- Move inside the booth
- 3-4 max honey entries
- Any way to be more sanitary? Squeezer bottle? Kristina will research ideas
- Selling honey – cash or potentially an OBA Venmo – Nathan will look into it
- If we want the Venmo option for the club, just need a QR code that people can scan to pay
- Harold at the Beeline has bulk honey
- Jars are ~$1
- Honey is $3.50/lb – interested in buying 2 5-gallon buckets
- We sell for $15/lb or $25 for 2 lbs
- David will order about 1,000 honey sticks from Glory Bee
- Volunteers
- Sign up sheet already created and shared in the Beeline – update to 4-hour blocks (Mohan) and post to the member’s only area of the website (Nathan)
- Need clean up instructions/checklist for closing the booth
- Send in a Beeline message with link for who/what to contact in mid-July
- Education
- Apprentice level course changes
- Making the switch to the WASBA class curriculum
- Necessary for people who want to take journeyman
- WASBA requires people take beginner class before apprenticeship
- Need Deborah in the convo
- Limiting attendees and setting a registration deadline
- Changing the course to 3-4 weeks total; maybe better for Evergreen students
- Making the switch to the WASBA class curriculum
- Need to set upcoming class schedule
- August and late September Beginner 1-day classes
- Fall/Winter Apprentice class
- Evergreen student apprentice class
- Any other classes that we could hold at the apiary (aside from apprentice)?
- Limit to 5-6 people
- Apprentice level course changes
- Membership
- Need to edit the automatic emails we send out
- Picnic logistics – July 14, 4-7pm
- At the Farm again, invite Farm staff
- Need a couple cooks
- Burgers and dogs and fixings (tomatoes, onions, condiments, cheese), drinks (Nathan)
- For about 50 people, OK to spend $350
- BBQ and a couple tables, signs, trash bags, water dispenser, solo cups, plates/forks/napkins
- Potluck picnic (side, salad, dessert), BYO Chair, plate, fork (Camy add to Beeline)
- Upcoming changes to Board and Committees
- Librarian – Shawn in background, Melissa up front
- Treasurer – Charlie?
- New business
- Swarm bumper stickers –
- “SWARM TEAM” 100 for $100 each
- “Bee kind or buzz off”
- Swarm bumper stickers –