Our Next Meeting
Well, I'm not sure if we will be driving our automobiles or our boats to the next meeting, I suppose it will depend on whether it stops dripping from the sky or not!
Our plans were to graft at our next meeting and then have those who want to return on the next Thursday in a week and pick up there cells.
NOW! Our plans are for those who want to try their skill out on grafting can, but we will be bringing some cells that we will have available for those who want some. Depending on how many cells we are successful in making and how many of you want some will determine how many each person gets. I think this will be easier and we won't need to make two trips.
So, bee prepared to take some cells home. You need to have a way to keep the cells warm (90 degrees) to transfer them back to your hives.
Other topics to be covered will be: "Which Varroa treatments that can be used now", "How to reduce Swarming", "The quickest way to know if your hive is Queenless", etc. "How to get your bees to draw plastic frames/foundation", and more.
CORRECTION:
At the last meeting I mentioned that Carol would be out of state at this meeting. But it is at the July meeting that she won't be here.
I got a swarm today that was over 20 ft in the air on a limb. I didn't have a bee sucker or a ladder. My feet didn't leave the ground.... I'LL let everybody know how I got it at our next meeting.
See ya Tuesday May 22 @ 7 pm
Our plans were to graft at our next meeting and then have those who want to return on the next Thursday in a week and pick up there cells.
NOW! Our plans are for those who want to try their skill out on grafting can, but we will be bringing some cells that we will have available for those who want some. Depending on how many cells we are successful in making and how many of you want some will determine how many each person gets. I think this will be easier and we won't need to make two trips.
So, bee prepared to take some cells home. You need to have a way to keep the cells warm (90 degrees) to transfer them back to your hives.
Other topics to be covered will be: "Which Varroa treatments that can be used now", "How to reduce Swarming", "The quickest way to know if your hive is Queenless", etc. "How to get your bees to draw plastic frames/foundation", and more.
CORRECTION:
At the last meeting I mentioned that Carol would be out of state at this meeting. But it is at the July meeting that she won't be here.
I got a swarm today that was over 20 ft in the air on a limb. I didn't have a bee sucker or a ladder. My feet didn't leave the ground.... I'LL let everybody know how I got it at our next meeting.
See ya Tuesday May 22 @ 7 pm
posted by Tom Thornton at 9:57 PM
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