Chatham County Beekeepers' Association:
2008 Monthly Meeting Schedule

Directions to meetings

The Chatham County Beekeepers Association (CCBA) meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Agricultural Building in Pittsboro, NC.

Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings. You do not have to be a member of the CCBA to come to the meetings.

For more information about the meetings, contact CCBA President Colleen Kendrick at 919-542-0384.

Meeting Format:

  • 7:00-7:30 pm – business meeting and local calendar (beekeeping tasks for the month)
  • 7:30-8:30 pm – speaker
  • 8:30-9:00 pm – open Q & A

January 17, 2008:

February 21, 2008:

March 20, 2008:

April 2008: Chatham Beekeepers' Field Day

April 17, 2008:

May 15, 2008:

June 19, 2008:

July 17, 2008:

August 2007: Chatham Beekeepers' Field Day

August 21, 2008:

September 19, 2008?????: Potluck Dinner and Cooking with Honey Contest

  • Cooking with Honey Contest

Categories:

  • Main Dish
  • Salad / Vegetable
  • Dessert
  • Breads
  • Beverages - non-alcoholic

Contest Rules:

  1. No more than two entries per person, and each entry must be in a separate category

  2. Recipe must accompany each entry and the recipe becomes the property of the Association

  3. Amount of honey in each entry must be appropriate for the dish prepared

  4. Local honey used should be used if possible

  5. Entrant must be present for his/her entry to be judged

  6. Entries become part of the pot-luck meal

Each entry will be judged on its own merit with the accumulation of points determining a first, second or third place ribbon. Therefore no entry will be in competition against another in its category. A plaque will be awarded to the entry judged to be the best overall.

Note: This system is the same as used at the NC State Fair and the NCSBA for judging entries.

  • October 16, 2008: Work on State Fair display

  • November 20, 2008: Open Question and Answer Session (also elect officers and discuss 2008 calendar)

  • December 12 or 19, 2008: Christmas Party (Friday at 6:30 pm) Potluck Dinner

 

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This page last updated August 17, 2008.

 

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