Next meeting: Sunday, August 25

The Backwards Beekeepers took last month off and headed to Oregon for the Pacific Northwest Treatment-Free Beekeeping Conference.

At this month's meeting, we'll have several presentations from that conference:

• Walker - Les Crowder's DIY Top Bar Hives
• Susan - Tom Seeley's swarm intelligence and colony decision making
• Ceebs - video/clips of Dr. Seeley's swarm board
• Tyson - half size moveable frame hives in trees

Sunday, August 25
11am
Citibank, Silver Lake branch
2450 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles 90039

As usual, everyone is welcome to the meetings, especially those who are new to beekeeping.

See you there!

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Next Meeting: Sunday, October 30

PLEASE NOTE: Backwards Beekeepers meetings will now take place regularly on the last Sunday of every month**.

The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 30 at 11am at the Atwater Crossing arts complex.

Topics to be covered:

• How to prepare your hives for the winter season so that your bees can thrive in the spring
• Legalization efforts in Los Angeles; Chelsea and Rob will tell us about some important things happening and how we can help support the effort
• Questions and Answers from Kirkobeeo

Future 2011 meetings:

• **November 20th a week earlier than usual due to the holiday
• **NO Meeting in December due to holiday & cranky/cold bees

Atwater Crossing
3265-3191 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039-2205

There is ample free parking in the complex parking lot  - PLEASE park in the lot so the residents of the neighborhood can park near their homes.

Map link

Closest freeway exit is Fletcher off the 2 freeway
Casitas is between Minneapolis St & Silver Lake Blvd…
1 long block SW of N. San Fernando Road (across the railroad tracks)
1 ½ blocks NW of Fletcher Drive
2 ½ blocks SE of Glendale Blvd

See you at the meeting!
Anne & Gwen

Editor's note: There will also be Backwards Beekeepers t-shirts (brown, gray, and green) for sale at $15 each!

Next Meeting: Sunday August 28

PLEASE NOTE: Backwards Beekeepers meetings will now take place regularly on the last Sunday of every month. 

The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday August 28 at 11am at the Atwater Crossing arts complex

Topics to be covered:

• Your questions answered by Kirkobeeo


• Honey & harvesting


• Bee rescues


• Meet the mentors & learn how to adopt one of your own

Atwater Crossing
3265-3191 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039-2205

There is ample free parking in the complex parking lot so PLEASE park in the lot so the residents of the neighborhood can park near their homes.

Map link

Closest freeway exit is Fletcher off the 2 freeway
Casitas is between Minneapolis St & Silver Lake Blvd…
1 long block SW of N. San Fernando Road (across the railroad tracks)
1 ½ blocks NW of Fletcher Drive
2 ½ blocks SE of Glendale Blvd

See you at the meeting!
Anne & Gwen

Backwards Beekeepers at GOOD LA's launch this weekend

Kirk's going to be giving a talk on how to become a Backwards Beekeeper at GOOD LA's Launch Event this Saturday. The whole weekend sounds quite interesting and a great way to meet like-minded neighbors. We're also quite excited to check out the new Atwater Crossing complex.

We'll have t-shirts for sale and local honey to taste.

The talk is at 2:00 on Saturday, April 9. Please come by and say hello.
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Next Meeting: Sunday March 20

The next Backwards Beekeepers meeting is on the books! Come on down and learn about beekeeping.

When: Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 11am
Where: Under Spring outdoor space at Metabolic Studio (aka Farmlab) in downtown L.A.

NOTE: The LA Marathon is happening on this day. Because it starts early and heads west, all of the streets around downtown should be open by the time you're heading to the meeting. Click here for a map of the route and notes about street re-opening times.

ALSO: Please use extreme caution when walking through the alley and bridge underpass on your way to the meeting. The street may be flooded or partially blocked by debris. This area is constantly under construction and not very pedestrian-friendly.

Everyone is welcome, whether you're a newbee or not.

We'll post an agenda as the meeting nears.

We'll also have Backwards Beekeepers t-shirts for sale - we'll have a new run of sizes by the meeting. All shirts cost $15.

Hope to see you there! Let's change the world.


Click here for a map to the Backwards Beekeepers meeting.



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