Welcome to our final meeting of the year.
Can you believe it, another year has gone by, but we still have tonight, so let’s finish the year with a bang by having our Golden Spoon Honey competition, board elections and of course pizza … which I see most of you are enjoying.
2024 was a great year for WillBees. Our membership bounced to over 100 beekeepers. Those are numbers we haven’t seen since prior to covid. We had some great speakers this year including our very own members who stepped up like Georgia and Mike. I think we all got a real kick out of Dave and his dead out analysis. Outside speakers included Peggy from Hive Hugger, that surely made most of us think twice about ventilating our hives in the winter. The reality is, our club is going strong, and it’s because of every one of you … whether you helped out on a Field Day event, or spent some time at the Will County fair, or came out to each and every monthly meeting… which by the way was stronger than ever … even during the vacation months. We routinely had 30 to 45 members, which tells us … your board … that we are doing things right. A little secret that most members may not realize …after each meeting the board compares notes… did the members seamed engaged, did they get excited about the raffle gifts, did they participate in the q&a… and by golly, based on our notes, it seams like you all did.
Speaking of thank you’s, November is the month to give thanks. This list over my shoulder includes all of you that supported our club over the year. Thank you for your contributions. You all make our club what it is today. How about a big hand for us all? Let’s move on to a few more special acknowledgements.
Thanks,
Patrick