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Greater Grand Lake Beekeepers Association. We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm in the St. Mary's Public Library Community Room.

11/11/2026

Hives for Heroes is the beneficiary of this year' silent auction on December 8.

So, bring your donated items (new/used/beekeeping-related or not) to be auctioned off and bring your cash or checkbooks to bid on buy items to support this most worthy cause.

Join the mission to Save Bees and Save Lives! Hives for Heroes connects Service Members, Veterans, and First Responders through beekeeping, mentorship, and community - providing purpose, healing, and hope nationwide.

11/11/2026

Ty Shelby spoke about "Marketing Your Hive Products" to a group of about 30 people at the GGLBA November meeting.

Ty covered a broad swath of topics, including branding, labeling, pricing marketing, variety of products, applicable state laws, and much more.

One underlying theme was relationship: Relationships with potential customers, Relationships with existing/repeat customers, relationships with other beekeepers (partner vs competitor), etc.

Great job, Ty!

11/03/2026

After today's election is over, be sure to grab up the discarded political signs made of corrugated polypropylene. They can be reused as sliders for your screened bottom board.

By selecting your signs carefully, you can be reminded of your favorite candidate each time you check the board or you can let your bees p**p all over the guy you didn't want to win!

Note: I chose a generic sign picture, not one for today's election. Some of you are very sensitive about your political preference (right or wrong) and I didn't want to offend any of my fellow beekeepers!

10/20/2026

10/14/2026

Peggy Garnes was our speaker at our October meeting. Her topic was "Making Money with Hive Products." She offered many ideas beyond just selling liquid honey, including varietal honey, infused honey, creamed honey, propolis tinctures, pollen, soaps, lotions, lip balms, honey sticks, candles and other things made with beeswax, and even honey candy.

The turnout was smaller than expected, but those in attendance were very engaged with her talk. Peggy is a very interesting speaker and is honest about things that work and some that don't. Everyone left with at least one or two ideas of something they might try in their own operation.

Next month's meeting is a companion talk by Ty Shelby on the subject "Marketing your Hive Products." See you then!

10/01/2026

https://kottke.org/18/08/a-comprehensive-guide-to-yellow-stripey-things

"They are honey bees, I swear!"

This time of year if you get a call from someone wanted you to get some bees from a tree or house, it is highly unlikely they are honeybees.

Here is a helpful guide to knowing what is and is not a honey bee.

Bumblebee, honey bee, yellow jacket, paper wasp…what’s the difference? I don’t know if this comprehensive guide to Yellow Stripey Things is entirely truthfu

09/29/2026

All cleaned up and ready to go again. Shout out to HillCo, LLC for making it easy to disassemble their extractors

09/29/2026

09/28/2026

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Saint Marys, OH
45885

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+14193944215

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