Welcome
Beekeepers!
The Jefferson County Beekeepers Association seeks to promote beekeeping through the education of its beekeepers about the honeybee and assist in the sale of honeybee products.
Important Updates
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Package Bees Pickup Information - A note from our PresidentHello JCBA beekeepers,
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We are still on track to deliver bee packages to the parking lot of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Friday, April 3, at 4 PM. Below is our list of everyone who has placed an order. Please review this list, and if there are any inaccuracies, text or call me immediately at (205) 903-4600.
Please note that this process is not a social gathering. As per the Alabama State Health Department guidance, you will need to maintain a six-foot distance between persons. I would appreciate it if you would pick up your order and promptly depart. At this point, I think everyone should be traveling with a hand sanitizer, and if you are sick, please arrange for someone else to pick up your package for you.
The package installation demonstration that had been planned at the BBG for Friday, April 3rd has been cancelled. If you need advice on how to install your package, I suggest that you contact your mentor or review videos on YouTube. Here are two that I have watched and think are reasonable:
If you have any other issues or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the above number.
Michael Steinkampf
President, Jefferson County Beekeepers Association -
2020 Bee package orders Membership confirmed?
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Danny Arant 2 Y
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David Ball 1 Y
Charles Barber 1 Y
Brian Barham 2 Y (AS DENNIS)
Larry Barwick 1 Y
James Boogaerts 3 Y
William Booth 2 Y (AS BRIAN)
Dexter Brown 3 Y
David Caine 1 Y
David Caine 1(addl) Y
Joseph Cameron 1 Y
Tracy Clennon 2 Y
Tracy Clennon 1(addl) Y
Scott Cochran 3 Y
Scott Cochran 1(addl) Y
David Collins 2 Y
Rusty Cook 3 Y
William Cronin 2 Y
Katherine Davis 2 Y
Mike Fine 1 Y
Mike Fine 2(addl) Y
Jonathan Freind 2 Y
Lonnie Funderburg 11 (St. Clair Co.)
Cheryl Garrison 2 Y
Cheryl Garrison 4(addl) Y
Ricky Grace 22 (Walker Co.)
Chandlar Graham 2 Y
Wendy Green 2 Y
Jacob Henley 1 Y
Jim Henley 2 Y
Alex Jones 2 Y
Alex Jones 1(addl) Y
JT Karney 2 Y
JT Karney 1(addl) Y
Catrina Kattner 2 Y
Ashley Kizer 2 Y
Stephanie Langley 2 Y
Will Langston 1 Y
John LeMunyon 1 Y
Bobby Lewis 1 Y
Randall Lewis 4 Y
Murray/Robert Lofton 1 Y
Jeffrey Love 2 Y
Jeff Love 1(addl) Y
Paul Mancill 3 Y
Karen McCarty 3 Y
Gail McCormick 5 Y
Rose McKinney 1 Y
Diane McTamney 1 Y
Mark Miller 2 Y
Sam Norris 2 Y
Robin Oakley 2 Y
Sidney Page 1 Y
Marianne Ross 6 Y
Scott Ross 6 Y
Dinah Sisson 1 Y
Joy Smith 1 Y
Sandra Smith 1 Y
Sandra Smith 1(addl) Y
Christina Snoddy 2 Y
James Strickland 3 Y
SW Strozier 2 Y
Pilar Taylor 2 Y
Tom Thagard 8 Y
Tom Thagard 1(addl) Y
Chad Tillman 2 Y
Harmon Turner 2 y
Teresa Wagner 3 Y
Donald West 5 Y
Anne Wheeler 2 Y
William Whitaker 1 Y
Heather Willoughby 2 Y
Leah Yeager 4 Y -
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March 19th Meeting Cancelled - In order to protect our members and to do our part to reduce opportunities for the Coronavirus to spread, we have canceled our March meeting. Our April meeting is planning to proceed as scheduled unless further notice. Look for announcements from the club via email to members.
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Join us for our monthly meeting - every 3rd Thursday (except Dec.), 6:30 pm at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens! All are welcome and membership is not required to come
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Did you find a swarm?! Need someone to remove it? Check out our list of JCBA members who would love to help!
We welcome anyone to attend our monthly meetings to learn more about beekeeping and meet local beekeepers! See below for our meeting schedule!
Helpful Links
Here's a collection of helpful links to other Associations, State Agencies, Equipment Supplies, and informational websites.
Information
& News
We welcome all, young and old, who wish to learn more about beekeeping, to attend one of our monthly meetings at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Bring a friend, or meet new friends here! You don't need to be a member to come to our meetings and our meetings usually have between 40 and 120 beekeepers and aspiring beekeepers in attendance.
See our JCBA Beekeepers Facebook group!
Feel free to send us your thoughts via email here: jeffcobees@jeffcobees.org.
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month except December
2020 JCBA MEETING SCHEDULE:
March 19th - Cancelled due to Coronavirus
April 16th - Tentative - Adam Hickman - Package Bees vs. Nucleus Hives - The Major and Minor Differences. Adam is an EAS Master Beekeeper and owner of Foxhound Bee Company in Birmingham.
May 21st
June 18th
July 16th
August 20th
September 17th
October 15th
November 19th - Club Banquet and Potluck
December - No Meeting
Previous Meetings:
January 16th - Jim Tew
Presented on the fundamentals of honeycomb and how honeybees use, build and organize their comb.
February 20th
Audrey Sheridan - Small Hive Beetle Management: Is Trapping Our Best Option? Audrey comes to us from Mississippi State University and the bulk of her work has been dedicated to researching Small Hive Beetles and how bees and beekeepers interact with them.
2020 Officers
Dr. Michael Steinkampf – President
Ben Johnson– Vice President
Rose McKinney – Secretary
Dan Puckett– Treasurer
2020 Board of Directors
Dr. Leland Hull
Jeff Lisenby
Virgil Matthews
Fred Phillips
Neil Sanders
Dr. Jeff Stone
John DeBuys (past president)
Sallie Lee (Alabama Cooperative Extension Service representative)
Forms
Contact
OUR ADDRESS
Jefferson County Beekeepers Association
P.O. Box 530123
Mountain Brook, AL 35253