Mailing list for the Person County Beekeepers Association, Roxboro, NC

[Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>]

Following on the tremendous success of the Master Beekeeper Program Study Group that Lynn Wilson spearheaded in 2014, we are forming another one to support folks who are working to progress to the next step in the NCSBA's MBP. The goal is to meet a half dozen or so times, perhaps once a month, between now and the NCSBA's summer meeting, when testing will be conducted. It will be conducted at other times as well; this just gives us a tangible target date. You may participate even if you aren't eligible for this summer's testing session.

We'll use the NCSBA MBP Study Guide as the general curriculum. The group will be given reading assignments prior to each meeting, then we'll meet to review what we've learned.

Each person will develop a personal Action Plan for satisfying the requirements of the next step (knowledge, service credits and demonstration of competency, depending on the level) and the group will help each other, to the extent possible, with fulfilling that plan.

Please note that the discussions will be intermediate to advanced and won't really be appropriate for brand-new beekeepers. That said, we don't have any specific prerequisites for attending other than a desire to progress in the MBP, so if you feel you can keep up, please join us. But we intend to continue this in future, so don't think this will be your one and only chance.

If you would like to participate, send me an e-mail at s.randall.austin AT gmail.com (DO NOT REPLY TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV!!!). Include your name, e-mail, street address and current MBP level. Please make it clear in the e-mail that you are interested in the Person County group so I don't get it confused with one going on at a different club.

Randall Austin