Welcome to the Kearsarge Beekeepers Association (KBA)

We are located in the heart of New Hampshire and are dedicated to promoting beekeeping and supporting beekeepers in our area.

We meet 6 times a year at various locations to discuss news and exchange beekeeping knowledge. We have a club newsletter and occational live demostrations and social gatherings.

If you are have any questions about the club or beekeeping in general, please consult with one of our officers/members via e-mail or telephone (see matrix below).

Next Meeting: KBA SUMMER PICNIC -- SUNDAY, July 12th, 1PM

Meeting Location: Sally & Alan Carruth home at 51 Camel Hump Rd. Newport, Phone: 863-7064 (please call if you will attend, and indicate what you will bring. You can also e-mail Alan at AlCarruth AT AOL.COM)

Click here for the Current Newsletter

Click here for the KBA Membership Form

Newsletter Archive:
July 2008
Sept 2008
Nov 2008
March 2009

If you are interested in more infromation about beekeeping or the KBA, please contact the following members:

President	Peter Zak	603-735-5058
Vice President	Cynthia Hayes	603-763-5127
Treasurer	Mary Lloyd-Evans	603-735-5058
Secretary	Karen Booker	603-746-3656
Free-Bee Consultant	Richard Brewester	603-735-5495	prefers ESP to e-mail
Webmaster	Mike Bellino	603-938-5129

KBA E-group Email Addresses

Post message:	KBA-NH@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe:	KBA-NH-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe:	KBA-NH-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
List owner:	KBA-NH-owner@yahoogroups.com

Here are some other web sites recommended by club members: (Thanks to Bob Naylor)
Bee Supplies
BetterBee
SKS Bottle & Packaging

In Search of the Best Strains of Bees
http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~jvandyck/homage/books/FrAdam/voyages/2voy/en.shtml

Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. Quinby:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25185

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee by L. L. Langstroth:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24583

The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4511

A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive by William Augustus Munn:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19319

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers by John Burroughs:
(This book has a excellent section on locating wild honey bees)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3163

PUBLIC DOMAIN BOOKS at Archive.org:
Guide to bee-keeping in British Columbia (1911):
http://www.archive.org/details/guidetobeekeepin00toddrich

Practical beekeeping designed for the use of the beginner and small
apiarist; (1907):
http://www.archive.org/details/practicalbeekeep00bentrich

Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the
production of honey (1918):
http://www.archive.org/details/beekeepingdiscus00philrich

Plants And Beekeeping (1945):
http://www.archive.org/details/plantsandbeekeep031830mbp

PODCAST
Colony Collapse Disorder in 2008:
http://www.archive.org/details/AgroinnovationsPodcastColonyCollapseDisorderIn200\
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OPEN CONTENT PUBLISHING (collaborative)
Wikibooks Beekeeping Books:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Beekeeping

UNIVERSITY / GOVT PUBLICATIONS
Bee Keeping Basics - Penn State University:
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/agrs93.pdf

University of California Fundamentals of Beekeeping:
http://www.beeguild.org/CA_Beekeeping_V1.pdf

British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture Fact Sheets:
http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/apiculture/factsheets/indexfs.htm

Web hosting graciously afforded to the KBA by Dimentech

Last revised June 03, 2009