WORCESTER COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION, WCBA

EST. 1900

The oldest county beekeeping organization in the United States

News & Events

Thanksgiving Banquet
Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Date:  Saturday, November 5, 2011 
Time:  6:00pm
Topic:  Monarch Butterflies
Place:  Knights of Columbus Hall, Leicester, MA
Speaker:  Ellen Harasimowicz, photojournalist
 
The Annual Thanksgiving Banquet is a time to reflect on the summer's harvest and thank our bees for what they have done for us.  We will start the Thanksgiving meal at 6PM with fresh turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salad, dessert and coffee or tea.  This will be followed by presentations for Beekeepers of the Year, Honey Queen, Spencer Fair Award Winners, Bee Smoker Champion, Best Management Awards, and Appreciation Awards.  We will then have our speaker, Ellen Harasimowicz.  Ellen is free lance photojournalist who provided the photographs for Loree Griffin Burns' recent book The Hive Detectives.  Her talk for us will be about monarch butterflies.  This will be followed by our raffle for Thanksgiving Baskets and other items brought in by club members.  We ask members to bring items for our raffle such as wines, craft items, farm products, bee equipment or gift certificates.  The children will receive a special presentation as usual.  I encourage all members to join us for this special event.  We would like to see you there to honor all of our winners.

The cost for this year's banquet will be $15/adult, $7/child (ages 6-12), ages 5 & under free.  Please see reservation form on page 7 of the Fall Apiary News.

Directions :  See bottom of this page
 

WCBA Annual Christmas Party
Saturday December 3, 2011

This is a low key event where club members can wine and dine for the evening and kick off the Holiday Season.  We are returning once again to Leo's Ristorante in Worcester.  We will have cocktails from 5-6pm which will include appetizer platters of veggies and cheese.  This will be followed by the buffet meal which includes:

Antipasto, meatballs, sausage/peppers/onions, eggplant parmesan, chicken marsala, chicken and broccoli, sliced roast beef, rolls and butter, dessert, and coffee/tea.

This will be followed by a raffle for two $50 gift certificates to Better Bee.  We will also have a gift exchange following the meal.  Please bring a gift for a male or female with a value up to 10 dollars to exchange.  Mark it male or female or both.  The cost for the meal will again be $20 including tax and tip.  See reservation form on page 7 of the Fall Apiary News. 

This is a chance to talk bees or about other things to your heart's content.  We hope to see you all there on that evening.

Directions to Leo's Ristorante:
From 290 West:  Take Exit #16 (E.Central St).  At the light, take a left.  Take the first right into Mount Carmel Church parking lot.  Leo's is located on the left.

From 290 East:  Take Exit #16 (Central St.).  At the light take a right.  Take the first right into Mount Carmet Church parking lot.  Leo's is located on the left.

From Route 9 West:  After U. Mass Hospital, at the next set of lights bear left onto Shrewsbury St. for approximately 2 miles.  Take a right into Brackett Court.  Leo's is located on the left.

Saturday January 13, 2012

Date:  Saturday January 13, 2012
Time:  6:30pm
Place:  Knights of Columbus Hall, Leicester, MA
Topic:  Potluck Supper and Movie Night:  The Vanishing of the Bees

Our January meeting will feature a potluck supper followed by a showing of the move The Vanishing of the Bees.  This 90 minute documentary captures the story of Colony Collapse Disorder, following commercial beekeepers, David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S.  The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their case o Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.

Our potluck supper will start at 6:30 sharp.  Come out and bring a dish big enought to serve 10 people, based on the first letter of your last name:          
A-I  vegetable     J-R  dessert     S-Z  main course

Directions to the Leicester Knights of Columbus for the WCBA monthly meetings
Monthly Meetings and many of the Special Events of theWCBA are held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Manville Street, in Leicester, Massachusetts. 

Directions From Webster Square in Worcester:
Follow Route 9 West, a major road, into Leicester.  2 miles from the town line turn right onto Manville Street, just after Entwhistle’s Garage.

Directions From Spencer or Leicester:
Follow Route 9 East.  Turn left onto Mannville Street just before Entwhistle’s Garage.  The entrance to the Knights of Columbus Hall will be on your left within ½ mile on Mannville Street.

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