Welcome to the Omaha Bee Club. We are here to help area beekeepers bee successful. Our beekeepers can be found in Douglas County, Sarpy County, Washington County and Pottawatomie County.
Please look through all of the various pages on our website as we provide information and resources in a wide variety of areas relating to bees and beekeeping in the Omaha/Metro area.
You can e-mail the Omaha Bee Club at contact@omahabeeclub.org. For presentations, please email Bob Cook
Quick info: Membership Costs (annual) - $10.00 individual (age 19 and older) or $15.00 for 'family/group' (2 adults age 19 or older and any minors under 19).
To join the Omaha Bee Club, please sign up when you attend one of the monthly meetings.
Next meeting is at the UNL, Douglas/Sarpy County Extension Office on 80th & West Center Rd.. Sunday, June 23rd, 2013. 1 to 3:00 pm.
Presentation Topic: Supering Hives, Lynn "Casper The Bee Man" Danzer
Session(s): (held after large group discussions): Beekeeping and Lawn & Garden Pest Management - David Welton
Session(s): (held after large group discussions): Beekeeping and Lawn & Garden Pest Management - David Welton
By The Book - David Rule, discussion of notable bee books (This month David talks about "The Hive and the Honeybee".)
Colony Clinic: Ask questions of our most experienced mentors about troubleshooting and problem solving in the beeyard.
UNL Beekeeping & Apiculture
Are you an Omaha Area Beekeeper? Do you want to be?
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We are always working on ways to provide extra perks to Omaha Bee Club
members. We offer special discount coupons to American Bee Journal and
Bee Culture magazines for a 25% discount. We have an extractor that can
be used by members at our "Extraction Parties" throughout the season.
UNL Beekeeping & Apiculture
Are you ready to take beekeeping classes this Spring? The University of Nebraska has it's annual classes coming up this Spring and the Omaha Bee club would like to encourage you to participate. Here are the links to their PDF's. Just download them and get involved in beekeeping classes this year.
2013 Beekeeping Workshops
2013 Master Beekeeping Workshop Experience.
2013 Beekeeping Workshops
2013 Master Beekeeping Workshop Experience.
Are you an Omaha Area Beekeeper? Do you want to be?
The Omaha Bee Club can help you. How can we help you? In a number of ways.
1)
We provide a community of people who are doing the same thing and some
of them for a very long time. Plenty of experience here and quite a
variety to boot. We usually meet once a month on the third Sunday of
every month and we have our own Facebook and Google Plus pages where we
can ask questions and keep up with each other at virtually any time.
2)
We offer a mentor program. You can pair up with experienced beekeepers
who can show you the ropes and help answer your questions and assuage
your fears in that first year. We offer second year mentoring to learn
"advanced" methods and we provide members the opportunity each month to
work together on the "Bee Buddy" signup sheet.
3)
Do you live in Douglas County and not have a place that meets the
Health Dept space requirements? We are always keeping an ear out for
landowners in the area who are desiring bee hives on their property for
pollination purposes. We can arrange for our beeyard-less beeks to find
a home on those properties, usually for only the cost of some shared
honey.
4)
The Omaha Bee Club will offer special education beekeeping sessions
through the year for new beekeepers,
advanced beekeepers and beekeepers interested in experimenting with new
ideas. We also have a beekeeping library that members can borrow
magazines and books from for free.