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Shown left is a snapshot of a typical meeting of the Sand Mountain Beekeepers Association. This picture was taken at the February 2009 meeting. Our current officers are:
President: Lyle Greenwood EMAIL: lgwood@otelco.net Phone: 256 586 2206
Secretary/Treasurer: Susi Freese EMAIL: fandsfreese@otelco.net Phone: 256 498 3324 |
The Sand Mountain Beekeepers Association meets at the Guntersville Public Library on the third Thursday of every even numbered month at 6:30 pm. The library is located at 1240 O'Brig Ave. Guntersville Al 35976.
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Driving directions On 431 coming from Huntsville, turn on right on highway 69, as going to Arab. 1st light turn right 1 block turn left library is on the corner on your right. Park behind the library. |
All beekeepers in the Decalb and Martial counties and the in north east Alabama, are welcome to come by and visit the next meeting are invited to join our group.
The only requirement to join is that you have an interest in honeybees and or beekeeping.
If you would like to be added to our EMAIL distribution list to be notified of future SMBA beekeeping news and program schedule
The SMBA publishes a bi-monthly newsletter "The Sand Mountain Buzz" Click here for the latest issue.
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We owe a great debt of thanks to Mr. T. (Thomas) Euclid Raines who was the founder of our organization and a significant contributor to the advancement of beekeeping in north Alabama. Euclid Rains was a third generation Alabama beekeeper and a remarkable man. He lost his sight in both eyes in an accident as a young boy yet he went on to work his way through college, operate a very successful manufacturing business and become a member of Alabama state house of representatives where he represented the 26th District from 1979 to 1991. We lost Euclid an automobile accident, when the car in which he was a passenger went off a bridge in heavy rain, near Geraldine, Marshall County, Ala., August 27, 2000. After retiring from the House of Representatives Euclid became concerned about the relative lack of honey bees and beekeepers in the NE Alabama areas so he set out to rectify that situation. He started by organizing the Sand Mountain Beekeepers Association in 1998. Within one year, the SMBA had grown under his direction to become high among the top beekeeping organizations in the state of Alabama. Euclid was also concerned that the art and craft of beekeeping in general had dropped to a point of relative insignificance in the area so he set out to rectify that situation. To that end he and the SMBA started a drive to stock the NE Alabama regional public libraries with a complete set of books and videos on beekeeping. After Euclid's death in 2000 the SMBA completed this program by successfully stocking 7 libraries with a complete section on honeybees and beekeeping. THANKS EUCLID - WE STILL MISS YOU!
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