Sowega Beekeepers Club

SOWEGA Beekeepers Club Board members Lizz Gold, Erika Antonio and Mike Antonio spent the day at Chehaw Park's Upland Wildlife Festival educating children and adults on beekeeping, importance of pollinators, how to get into beekeeping and how we can help these very important pollinators. Great job team and thank you to all who came out.

Had the opportunity on behalf of SOWEGA Beekeepers Club to present to an extremely wonderful group of ladies at the Albany Woman's Club. The presentation included an overview of SOWEGA Beekeepers Club, introduction to honeybees, the importance of native pollinators and the challenges they face. We also discussed strategies homeowners can implement to provide better resources in their yards and gardens year round for all pollinators.

Join us for our monthly SOWEGA Beekeepers Club meeting Thursday April 9th at 6:30 PM at Chehaw Park Creekside Building. Wendy Courtney will be presenting about how she has worked to bring a Bee Program to Baconton Community Charter School. Wendy is the CTAE Director, Work Based Learning Coordinator, and District Grant Writer at Baconton Community Charter School.

** Mentorship begins at 6:00 PM and we will be discussing different methods of feeding your bees.

GBA is seeking bee/beekeeper-themed art to appear on t-shirts that will be sold at our upcoming September conference. In addition to bragging rights, the producer of the winning graphic will also receive a $250 gift card! The winning design will be screen-printed on the back of the t-shirt; the GBA logo will appear on front of the shirt. Artwork should not include the year (2026) or conference name. Artwork must be bee/beekeeper themed!

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Awesome day sharing knowledge of honeybees and beekeeping with K-12 scholars at Furlow Charter School Ag Day in Americus. All of the classes were amazing and it was impressive how much so many already knew about honeybees. Big shout out to Nick McGhee and Trella Whaley for everything they did to make this another successful SOWEGA Beekeepers Club event.

SOWEGA Beekeepers Club members Kim Bridges along with Erika and Mike Antonio educating students on honey bees and the importance of pollinators and pollinator plants at Crisp Academy in Cordele yesterday. Great job everyone!

Bee Lab/Apiary Day
Sunday March 15th
2:00 PM
Club Apiary Chehaw Park

Join us at our next Monthly Meeting as Master Gardener and backyard beekeeper Emily Heath speaks on preparing a spring bee friendly garden.

Date: 02/12/2026

Time:
- 6:00 - 630 pm Mentorship
- 6:30 pm meeting & speaker

Lication: Creekside Room Park 105 Chehaw Park Rd., Albany, Ga.

Monthly Meeting: Speaker Master Gardener Emily Heath on Bee Friendly Gardening | SOWEGA Beekeepers Speaker Master Gardener & backyard beekeepers Emily Heath discusses bee friendly spring gardening. We will also discuss the upcoming Bee School, and there is mentorship time provided between 6:00 and 6:30pm.

Looking to learn about beekeeping? Join us for our annual Bee School to get all the knowledge you'll need!

Register at www.sowegabeekeepersclub.com to join us March 7th @ 9 am.

Be sure to join us Thursday, January 8th from 6:30 to 8:00 at Chehaw Park & Zoo as John Horne, a licensed honey bee removal specialist, discusses the business of honey bee removal. We will have mentorship from 6-630pm for questions and discussions prior to the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there.