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Greetings Hello,
Our May BeeGroup meeting is Tuesday (5/20) starting at 5:45PM. We will continue our summer tradition of hands-on meetings in member's apiaries. This month we will be meeting at Keith and Karen's, 549 State Route 214, Chichester, NY 12416
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Bring your bee jacket, Veil, gloves, etc. I will have extra protective gear for those who don't have any yet.
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Queen 16 Days, Worker 21 Days, Drone 24 Days...Capped at 9th Day...
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Please check the Resources section below...
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If you have any topics, ideas, selling bee equipment, or questions, feel free to contact us at BeeGroup@HVHiives.com.
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Trinity of Soil, Plants, & Bees
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For those that missed last month's meeting, the recording of Tom Sotoridy's talk on Trinity of Soil, Plants, & Bees can be viewed here.
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A Teachable Moment:
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I pulled into the first bee yard this morning about 8:30am to one of the hives having heavy bearding on the front. I was kind of worried about this yard as it had been 10 days since I had been there and I knew they had some brood bombs coming. I proceeded to open they hive to find it jammed packed with bees. Started pulling frames and found queen cells that where about to be capped within the next day or two. Did not see any eggs, but did see larvae that had just hatched. I figured they hadn't swarmed yet, but had my doubts about finding the queen. I got down to the last couple frames and found a queen. She was much smaller than I would have expected for a hive that had such a population boom. My immediate thought was a virgin, she was making her way across the frame, but not runny like a virgin. I did not see any spent queen cells, only uncapped, so I then postulated that she was the queen but they had slimmed her down for the swarm flight. Since virgins lack pheromones and are ignored by the hive I decided to cage her and set it on the top bars to see how the bees reacted. Within a minute the cage was covered with workers, so I knew she wasn't a virgin. She is now in a nuc and I'll check in a day or so to see if she is laying to confirm my assumption.
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The honey from a hidden Turkish valley that costs £1,000 a vial
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More than a mile up in the remote Kaçkar mountains of northeastern Turkey, a beekeeper stops at a clearing where the land drops away into two steep valleys, shrouded in fog.
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Each valley has its own ecosystem of endemic plants and creatures, Mehmet Can explains, and both burst with chestnut and fruit trees, wild flowers and herbs.
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What is it about bees? Three experts on why they’re fascinating, why they’re dying, what can save them
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In 1945, there were 4.5 million hives of bees in the United States. Today, there are just about 2 million. It’s been a subtle decline over time, but one that has dramatically accelerated over the past seven years. And this should be extremely alarming, given that bees pollinate one-third of the world’s crops.
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Bee Humor...
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Photos of the Month...
We are always looking for photos to share in the newsletter. Please email your photos to beegroup@hvhives.com.
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Resources:
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Critical Thinking Beekeeping
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Rob Overton presentation to Wake County Beekeepers
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Commercial Queens-Nosema and Low Sperm Count
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Constructive Beekeeping - Ed Clark, 1918
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SABA (Southern Adirondack Beekeepers)
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Lots of great information from this Club's website, many articles, and many lectures and seminars by various people in the worlds of beekeeping. Lot's of knowledge to be had here and worth your while.
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A SAD DAY IN THE BEE YARD...
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Beltsville Lab: If your bees die, God Forbid!, please send a sample to the Beltsville Lab in Maryland. The analysis is free and they will email you the results. They check for Nosema and Mites. Please share results with Rob, Tom and the BeeGroup so we can help keep tabs on what is happening in the 'hood. Thanks! CLICK HERE for details on how to submit a sample.
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Talks about nutrition for your bees. This will impact how your bees can fight off disease and ultimately survive.
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For Honeybee information, videos, podcasts and workshops please visit the links below. Workshops are being updated as we speak!
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Dave Cushman Beekeeping Website maintained by Roger Patterson.
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NOSEMA: Treatment Procedure. Don't forget to treat for Nosema! Click Here for procedure.
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HONEYBEE LIFE CYCLE - Very Important to know. This is the building block of understanding your hives.
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Queen 16 Days, Worker 21 Days, Drone 24 Days...
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These are a Few Videos that You May Find of Interest (I particularly like the Skep video!
NY Bee Wellness - Diagnostics
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