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Happy New Year!

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January Bee Club Meeting

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2025 Leadership Team

• President: Jane Breckenridge
• Vice-President: Rudy Navarro
• Treasurer: James Tiensvold
• Secretary: Samantha Navarro

Upcoming Dickson Bee Club Meetings

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• February 25^th –  Leonard Walker
• Double Screen Techniques

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• March 25^th – Swarm catching, TBD

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• April 22^th – TBD

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• May 27^th- World Honeybee Day Festival Planning (not an official club meeting due to Memorial Day)

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• June 24^th – Honey Extraction

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2025 Event Calendar

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• June 7: Family Picnic at Montgomery Bell State Park
• August 16: World HoneyBee Day Festival at the Bibb Center
• September 23: Honey Tasting Event at the Bibb Center (regularly scheduled meeting)
• November 8: Beginning Beekeeper Class at the Bibb Center
• December 9: Christmas Party at local venue (no meeting in Dec)

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Monthly Club Updates

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• Annual Membership Renewal: Sam Navarro
• Treasurer’s Report: James Tiensvold
• Club Hive Update: Rudy Navarro

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Membership Renewals or New Memberships:�Samantha Navarro

• Complete new registration form for accuracy
• Sign up today or online
• $25 Individual / $40 Family
• Cash, Card, and Check can be collected by Bee Club officers, or James (Treasurer)
• Paypal payments can be made to: @DicksonTNBeeClub
• Invoice will be sent if this is your preferred method of payment
• See our Secretary – Sam Navarro for registration form or questions

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Treasurer’s Report:�James Tiensvold

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• Current Balance: $8187.82

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• Future Expenses:
• $600 for 3 hives
• $75 for Storage

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Club Hive Update: Rudy Navarro�

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What to do in the next month

• Continue to check on food stores and add as needed
• Check entrances for build up of dead bees creating blockage
• Inventory / Repair Equipment

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Are you ready for Spring… Time to order your Bees!

Now is the time to place your orders!!!

• Chris Theiler | The Garden Apiary -615-686-8251
• Packages
• Leonard Walker | 615-347-1062
• Nucs
• Josh Hager | Bearded Bee Works – 615-853-3966
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• Sterling Earhart | 615-477-1688
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• John Hancock | Hancock Honeybees -615-945-3343
• Nucs

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Educational Opportunities

�The 20th South Central Kentucky Beekeeping School will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 7:30 am – 3:00 pm at Allen County-Scottsville High School Career Center, 1545 Bowling Green Road (Veterans Highway), Scottsville Kentucky.

• Hosted by Allen County Beekeepers Association Inc.
• Keynote: Jerry Hayes, Editor of Bee Culture Magazine and past Chief of Apiary Section,�Florida Dept. of Ag. and Consumer Services.
• Classroom subjects: beginning beekeeping equipment, disease in honeybees, cooking�with honey, queen production and etc.
• Cost: $10.00 per individual or $15.00 per family.
• Catered lunch from Smoke Shack BBQ for an additional cost.
• For more information: Vice President, John Pace (270) 651-6597.

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Bee Trivia

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Let the Games Begin!

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Honeybees Have Existed For Over 30 Million Years

Honeybee fossils were discovered in Europe 35 million years ago. They first evolved in eastern Africa some 40 million years ago. They then spread northwards into Europe, then eastwards into Asia.

The earliest evidence shows that our Neolithic ancestors of Spain were the first mankind to ‘interact’ with bees between 6000 and 8000 years ago. Earliest evidence also proves that ancient Egyptians were the first to ‘keep’ bees a long ago as 2400 BC.

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Honeybees Are Symbolic In Religion, Culture and Mythology

Honeybees and their hives are the symbols of several religious traditions, cultures and mythology. Religious observances use pollen and honey as religious imageries.

• Egyptians believed honeybees were born from the tears of the sun god Ra, which landed on the desert sand. They appeased spirits of the dead by using bees and honey as offerings.
• Ancient Asians in the Middle East considered bees symbols of purity and represented souls. They referred to bees as “beings of Fire’.
• Early Christian funerary motifs used the image of a bee to symbolize resurrected souls. Monastic communities aimed to achieve the communal organization that a beehive has, by having orderly and charitable lives. The Bible also uses a number of references to honey and bees; ‘the Promised Land’ for example, is referred to as “land flowing with milk and honey.”