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"What does a coffee pot have to do with beekeeping?Are you a beekeeper who wants to join forces with others? Are you a ""newbee"" who wants to learn more about beekeeping? Or maybe you want to learn how to set up a non-profit club? In this guide you will find everything from: How to set up a simple club charter How to get volunteers to pitch in How to find funds for your club Suggested monthly club programs Plus much more! This guide is approved for use with Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program Journeyman level classes on starting, and running, a bee club."

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"""Charlotte Ekker Wiggins, author of two books about beekeeping and beekeepers, is our guest today. Her first book, Bee Club Basics, Or How To Start A Bee Club, dealt with managing teachers mentors, students, classes and the basics of organizing a start-up beekeeping organization. Her second book...A Beekeeper's Diary: Self Guide To Keeping Bees. [Late breaking news! ""A Beekeeper's Diary"" just won a Bronze Award in the Home & Garden Category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards! Congratulations Charlotte!]....Check out both of Charlotte's books. They are different enough from what you have that it will be worth your time."" - Kim Flotum, Beekeeping Today Podcast, June 14, 2021 ""What a game changer, all of my questions about how to start a bee club were in this book. Not to mention saving me a first trip to the lawyer's office to get started. Thank you, this is a great help. I owe you one or a dozen!"" - Joe K. April 2, 2021 ""This is one of the most organized and detailed reference books I have come across....With easy-to-read pages and over 30 pages of references and resources, her book covers all the basics needed to feel confident starting a local club."" - Carol Hrusovszky, American Bee Journal, June 2020 Wonderful Book - Great Info - Not just for Bee Clubs""This book gives you useful information in an easy to understand entertaining format. Charlotte is a wonderful teacher. The structure of the information would work for any club that wants to get off to a good start and avoid some of the pitfalls of starting from scratch. It includes sample agendas, checklists, surveys, class certificates, useful resources with website links, and 28 pages of pullouts that we are allowed to copy for use with our own clubs. Interspersed throughout are conversation bubbles of interesting facts about bees. There is also a glossary of beekeeping and other terms that help the beginner understand some of the referenced activities or topics."" -Amazon Verified Purchaser Review March 1, 2020"

Charlotte Ekker Wiggins, author of two books about beekeeping and beekeepers, is our guest today. Her first book, Bee Club Basics, Or How To Start A Bee Club, dealt with managing teachers mentors, students, classes and the basics of organizing a start-up beekeeping organization. Her second book...A Beekeeper's Diary: Self Guide To Keeping Bees. [Late breaking news! A Beekeeper's Diary just won a Bronze Award in the Home & Garden Category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards! Congratulations Charlotte!]....Check out both of Charlotte's books. They are different enough from what you have that it will be worth your time. - Kim Flotum, Beekeeping Today Podcast, June 14, 2021 What a game changer, all of my questions about how to start a bee club were in this book. Not to mention saving me a first trip to the lawyer's office to get started. Thank you, this is a great help. I owe you one or a dozen! - Joe K. April 2, 2021 This is one of the most organized and detailed reference books I have come across....With easy-to-read pages and over 30 pages of references and resources, her book covers all the basics needed to feel confident starting a local club. - Carol Hrusovszky, American Bee Journal, June 2020 Wonderful Book - Great Info - Not just for Bee Clubs This book gives you useful information in an easy to understand entertaining format. Charlotte is a wonderful teacher. The structure of the information would work for any club that wants to get off to a good start and avoid some of the pitfalls of starting from scratch. It includes sample agendas, checklists, surveys, class certificates, useful resources with website links, and 28 pages of pullouts that we are allowed to copy for use with our own clubs. Interspersed throughout are conversation bubbles of interesting facts about bees. There is also a glossary of beekeeping and other terms that help the beginner understand some of the referenced activities or topics. -Amazon Verified Purchaser Review March 1, 2020

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"Charlotte Ekker Wiggins has started a dozen nonprofits beginning in 1979 with a county humane society. She has also been elected to public office and worked on making legislative changes. In 2014, she established a nonprofit educational bee club that continues to support her beekeeping students. She has a Master's Degree in Management from Webster University. Charlotte continues to lecture on a variety of beekeeping-related topics including ""Why Bugs Matter"" at an April 2019 TEDx."

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