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Next Saturday
Workshop...September 20th 1PM
Be sure to attend the next workshop.
A good time is always had at Keown Orchards!
The topic is Keeping Bees without treatments and without foundation.
Final winter preparations.
Dean and Ramona will share their
experience, philosophy, and management practices. Key topics
include not using foundation (foundationless frames as in Langstroth's
original design), making foundation, the history of cell sizes,
top entrances, making strong splits, Housel positioning, no treatments
whatsoever, breeding from survivor stock, microbial systems within the
hive, unlimited brood-nest, leaving plenty of honey with the bees and
not feeding sugar syrup. Weather permitting, we will open a few of
their hives for inspection, and have an open discussion of specific
benefits, drawbacks, concerns, misconceptions and mistakes.
There will also be a hive opening by Ken
Warchol, who will demonstrate what final preparations are needed in
closing up your hive for the winter. Artie Keown III will give us
hay wagon rides through the orchard. Bring the family and do some apple
picking.
for directions click here
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Article at green living about "Bee Sting
Savvy"
Here's a link to a nice article about preventing bee stings and what to
do if stung.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/bee-sting-prevention-and-treatment.html
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HELP WCBA BY
LOSING A POUND!
Bring one jar
of honey to the next membership meeting and get a "Lost a Pound" raffle
ticket.
Each meeting a
bee prize will be drawn for this special raffle. The only
way to enter is to donate one jar of honey. The purpose of this
raffle is to help build up the clubs supply of honey for the Spencer
Fair.
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ATTENTION:
WCBA member Tom Dalton
has sugar to sell for .25 cents per pound. If interested, contact
him at 401-658-1000.
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For Fall feeding of your bees!
Use a two to one ratio of Sugar to Water to
feed bees in the Fall.
Example 24 cups of sugar to 12 cups of water.
Bring water to a boil, remove from heat. Stir in sugar until it is
dissolved. Let cool before pouring into quart jars. Do NOT boil
sugar and water together. The sugar will caramelize which is NOT
good for the bees.
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Link to Fumagilin-B concentration tables
Fumagilin-B is
a treatment for nosema.
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What
age is your queen?
Years ending
in 1 or 6 white
Years ending in 2 or 7 yellow
years ending in 3 or 8 red
years ending in 5 or 0 blue
So this years,
queens should be marked in red.
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WCBA COOKBOOK
A WCBA Cookbook
committee is forming. If you are interested in
helping to design the lastest edition of the WCBA
cookbook, please contact Sara Gammell at
gammells@comcast.net
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Honey -
nature's
infection-fighter
- making a
medical comeback
Metrowest Daily
News Article
TRENTON,
N.J. —
Amid
growing concern over drug-resistant
superbugs and nonhealing wounds that
endanger diabetes patients, nature's
original antibiotic - honey - is making
a comeback.
More than
4,000 years after Egyptians began
applying honey to wounds, Derma Sciences
Inc., a West Windsor company that makes
medicated and other advanced wound care
products, began selling the first
honey-based dressing this fall after it
was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration.
click here to read more....
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