The "spring" (it's February and relatively cold, for goodness sake) meeting of the Georgia Beekeepers Association is this weekend. Gina and I are going together and rooming together. There's a board meeting on Friday night. Gina and I are on the board as co-editors of the newsletter, Spilling the Honey. After that there is a reception for the members and we'll go to that as well.
Then on Saturday the day is filled with speakers and gathering. I am actually speaking. I was asked to talk about why get yourself certified at bee school such as Young Harris. I never asked myself why I went through the certification to reach Master Beekeeper. It's been a challenge to think it through and to develop a talk about why people should consider certification.
I decided to call the talk: What I Did for Love: Why Go for Certification at Bee School. I had completed the whole PowerPoint before I realized that Valentine's Day is next week! So I changed the color scheme to red and white!
If you are in the vicinity, come. The meeting is at Lake Blackshear Resort near Cordele, Georgia. You can read all about it on the newsletter site or on the GBA website. It's only $35 to go and that includes lunch.
Cordele is a little over two hours south of Atlanta near Plains, GA, home of Jimmy Carter. Maybe we'll go eat lunch with him on Friday!
I am so glad I found your blog. We are contemplating beekeeping next year. We are spending this time learning. I told my husband, let's use books, online resources, and the like. But let's see if we can find the real experts, those who are doing it right now. That's how I found your blog. I began reading it last night and have already found a lot of answers to our questions, and answers to questions I didn't know we should have. Thanks for this great resource for those of us just beginning this journey.
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