NEWS & NOTES
Beekeepers to meet Nov. 14
INDEPENDENCE — The Montgomery County Beekeepers Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, at Independence Community College West, 2615 W. Main, in Independence.
This will be the group’s annual pot luck dinner so please bring your families, food to share and your own table service. The group also plans a silent auction and honey tasting event and officer elections. Please bring something for the silent auction if possible. Examples of items can be anything relating to beekeeping, but also items such as baked or canned goods, crafts, books or anything you think someone would purchase.
The auction benefits the group’s scholarship program that enables a new beekeeper to begin an adventure with honeybees. The group will also be awarding the Bait Hive Challenge trophy winner.
Beekeepers are asked to bring their honey in a squeezable container, such as a honey bear, so each person’s honey can be dispensed into small containers for sampling. A door prize related to beekeeping will be given at the meeting. This will be the last meeting of the year as the group does not meet in December. Meetings are open to the public and all beekeepers and anyone interested in honeybees to our meetings.
Tea party at PRC
The Parsons Recreation Commission is hosting a princess tea party from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Arvon Phillips Community Center, Broadway and Heacock.
The cost is $15 and includes a princess craft, princess-in-training lessons, treats, games and dancing. RSVP by Nov. 22.
