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Offline Wandering Man

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Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« on: April 13, 2017, 12:18:18 am »
A new beekeepers association has been born!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GCBeeks/

I started calling it Victoria Beekeepers, and folks from other organizations kept telling me we should add the name Texas to it.  I'm glad I back then didn't because we have an Australian logging into our group.

But we did go with a more inclusive name: Golden Crescent Beekeepers Association.  Our area is sometimes referred to The Crossroads, and sometimes as The Golden Crescent.  We went with GCBA so people wouldn't think we were associated with the only television station in town.

Monday night we had 22 beekeepers and one Texas AgriLife agent in attendance.  The logo I created made sense to me.

Here are the counties included in The Golden Crescent:


And here is my logo:



I think we had folk from every county represented Monday night.  We are two hours away from any other beekeeping club:



We are all excited to finally feel like there will be some local resources.

I'm trying to work in "www.worldwidebeekeeping.com" into all of my conversations.

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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2017, 12:03:42 am »
wm, and 3reds.........

very, very cool!!!
i am not a facebook user but did take a peek.......AWESOME!

i like your logo!

good luck and best wishes! 
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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2017, 12:11:15 am »
 :goodjob:
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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2017, 02:05:00 am »
Awesome Wman! Good news here as well. As of 2 months ago we now have a bee association too. Siskiyou County Beekeepers Association. Great group of people.

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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2017, 06:27:59 am »
 :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :goodone:
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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2017, 09:43:35 am »
Yep very cool  8)
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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2017, 10:16:53 am »
:eusa_dance: :eusa_dance: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :goodone:
Can't say it any better than that!  :)
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Re: Hey! Look at what 3Reds and I have started
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2017, 11:01:58 am »
The Texas Beekeeper's Association Map of organizations has gone from this:




to this:



We have drafted by-laws, and should approve them next Monday, along with electing officers.

I am surprised at how many beekeepers have started crawling out of the woodwork.  Like opening a hive in someone's house, where the homeowner swears the bees have only been present for a week, and you find a year's worth of bees and comb.

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