The Bee Buzzer
The NEKBA provides the ‘Bee Buzzer’ monthly newsletter to it’s members that is informational, educational, and fun!
The newsletter is how we announce our meetings, topics, locations, and timely advice, some cooking recipes, and other information.
August 27, 2025– Sunflower (unknown variety), Berryton, KS – C. Burkhead
About the Bee Buzzer Newsletter
Become a NEKBA member to receive your copy of Bee Buzzer newsletter
The Bee Buzzer Marks
The markers 'Good Fellowship' and 'Good Beekeeping' first appeared on the April 1981 issue.
The queen bees first appeared on the September 1981 issue. "Since 1948" first appeared on the January 1980 issue.
The Bee Buzzer needs your help!
Celebrate the honey season by sending chocolate to the editor: Not really!—he doesn’t need it. However, he does need your pictures and stories of success to share with readers, along with pictures and stories of what went terribly wrong to help us all better keep bees.
If you have a submission to include in our next newsletter, please send it to Nick Bretz via email. Entries must be received no later than three (3) days before the end of the month for inclusion on that month's newsletter.
Old Newsletters
Sometimes it is good to spend a little time reading the old newsletters. It shows a window in time, and gives us a glimpse of how some things change and other things remain the same. Enjoy having a peak at some of the 'old' newsletters.
Fully archive available to members.
HOW THE “BUZZER” IS MADE
Not only does it take a lot of paper to mail a hard-copy of the newsletter, but it takes us a few volunteer hours to fold, tape, label, and put stamps on the newsletters."
At our peak during COVID, December 2021, we have e-mailed 8,879 newsletters. For 2023, we realized an approximate postage savings of $3,888 for the year budget. Emailing the newsletter also saves wear & tear on our copier: drum, toner, paper, staples....
For 2023, 1,009 newsletters were printed and mailed. Thank you for helping our volunteers. Thank you for the effort and savings!! More members are taking the newsletter via e-mail than ever before.
In total, the association produced over 7,431 newsletters for 2025. Thank you! On an annual basis, 8% or 596 were in hard-copy print and 92% or 6,835 were delivered electronically for 2025.
THANK YOU immensely for helping us with resources and to improve in environmental sustainability.
