First I would like to remind every one that this coming Friday is our Annual Fall Convention in Midland.

Be sure to come on Saturday or leave your ballot. They will be electing a new President and Secretary.  President Candidates are Jim Dodder and Roger Hoopingarner.  Secretary Candidates are Don Schram and Kay Barber. Go Jim Go Don rah rah rah!!!!!

 District Representatives will also be voted on. according to the ballot so far there is only district 7 have four candidates to choose from. ** Reminder  ** that absentee ballots need to be send in by October 22, otherwise can be brought to the  annual meeting.

 Remember if you want to have dinner on Friday be sure to mark it on your registration form of mention it when you call your reservation and motel in, make sure you mention "Beekeepers". 

If you haven't sent in your reservations best get them in before Wednesday October 21, 2009 as this will give them a more accurate count of how many their expecting.

The Seven Ponds Beekeeping Club in Dryden has invited us to an event they've set up.  (We invite them to events, so it's only fair.)  On Saturday, October 3rd, we are invited to take a tour of David Anthony's honey house in Swartz Creek.  David Anthony is the current president of the Michigan Beekeepers Association.  His honey house is one of the largest around and is capable of handling a reported 120 frames per hour.  (This may be urban legend.  Let's show up and find out!)  The tour starts promptly at 12 noon and refreshments will be provided.  The Anthony Bee Farm is located at 1268 Nichols Rd., Swartz Creek, MI 48473.  His phone number is 810 621-4371.  There is no admission fee, although, I'm sure donations to Seven Ponds will be appreciated.

There's a number of things we need to do to get our hives ready for winter.  Whether it's medications (or not), equipment that needs to be installed (like mouse guards), or just questions about how bees typically spend their winter (clustered around the queen, shivering for warmth), c'mon out to Mid-Michigan Beekeeper's Club to ask your questions.  As we meet the FIRST Thursday of the month, this Thursday is October 1st.  Don't let a little thing like forgetting to change over the calendar cause you to miss the meeting!  The meeting starts at 7pm, and we typically stand around talking until 9pm.

Today the first "Flint Apitherapy Bee-club" was held in Paul's (LumpyGravy) house and we continued treatments that were started last sat at the Apitherapy seminar held by the Mid Michigan Beekeepers Club. Kim (Kas1210) and Paul (LumpyGravy) increased their amount of stings... We discussed accepting donations to put towards obtaining more equipment needed to harvest pollen and Kim brought to the table a local magazine that has run bee-related articles in the past as possible ways to reach out into the community. With the emphasis of the club meetings being BVT (Bee Venom Therapy) much was discussed concerning the other forms and benefits around the table as we waited to remove the stingers and then even more conversation ensued! We would like to invite anyone interested in Apitherapy or BVT to join us Mon-Weds-Fri in the afternoon. This is a great opportunity for people interested in Apitherapy who are not beekeepers themselves or just wish to converse with others interested in this subject. Those interested please call Paul 810-336-6494

Flint Apitherapy Bee-Club meets Mon, Weds and Fri near Pierson Rd & I-75 in NW Flint

I have received a large amount of requests on how to contact Kristine about her work so I am posting her contact info here.
Kris_Stingz@yahoo.com

This upcoming Saturday, Mid-Michigan Beekeepers Club is hosting apitherapist Kristine Jacobson to speak at our usual meeting site, the Richfield Township Offices, at 10am.  Apitherapy is the use of products from the hive to aid in everyday health.  Items that Kristine will speak about include honey (believed to be useful in tissue repairing, wound dressing and burn relief), pollen (used to treat common allergies), propolis (a natural anti-oxidant), along with the sting of the honey bees themselves (believed to be useful in treating arthritis and MS).  Kristine was a guest speaker at SEMBA earlier this year, and has since been featured on the Travel Channel.  Her ideas and advice on health and wellness will surely enlighten people on treatments that have been well known in Eastern medicine, but are still considered "folk" remedies here in the States.  Please join us on Saturday, August 22, at 10am for an interesting presentation on this unique aspect of beekeeping!  Admission is free and open to the public, but donations are greatly appreciated!

Well I have been locked out of using the web page for a little bit after a reformat, Couldnt log in and stay logged in to use the site (a problem many of you have reported)

Kim suggested I install Mozilla Firefox which is letting me in and use the site w/ no problems.

If you are having any problems using our web site please try it out.. It really is a superior program than windows explorer!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

Our picnic was nice, bright and sunny! The food was wonderful and there was plenty of it! Thanks to all who was able to make it and the rest of you maybe next time!

Our club will meet next month at its regularly scheduled time and place! See ya there!

Mid-Michigan Beekeeper's Club will be sponsoring apitherapist Kristine Jacobson, who was guest speaker at the Spring SEMBA meeting, and was recently featured on The Travel Channel.  Apitherapy is the use of products from the hive to encourage everyday health, and uses products ranging from propolis (a natural anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial) to pollen (traditionally used to treat seasonal allergies).  Living in the Grand Rapids area, Kristine is also a practitioner of Bee Venom Therapy (BVT) and uses the honey bees themselves to treat common ailments such as arthritis and pinched nerves.  BVT has also been shown to be effective in treating patients with MS.  Technically in the realm of folk medicine, her results are very real.  Bees, and their products, have been used for centuries in Eastern medicines and is gaining interest in America.  Kristine Jacobson is slated to appear on August 22nd, at 10am.  We would love for you to join us in this interesting aspect of beekeeping!

NOTE: check out the Video Page for her appearance on THE TRAVEL CHANNELS "EXTREME ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS"