Thanks are due to all club members who participated by preparing and contributing entries that garnered a 1st place winning booth. Special thanks are due to Sheyenne Michelizzi, Zivon Price, and Johnny Mills for designing and assembling the booth and for coordinating the delivery and arrangement of all contributors entries. County Display Booth EntriesPlace: 1 County Display Booth (Sheyenne Michelizzi, Zivon …
Author: ACB
Bees wanna swarm!
It’s that time of year again! Honey bee populations are burgeoning in their hives and when that happens, a large part of the colony might separate out and take off. It’s how honey bee colonies reproduce. After leaving the hive, the worker bees, along with their queen, first find a place to hang for a while––in a tree, on a …
Bee Sting Allergy: What You Need to Know
Dr. Mark Anthony Powers, Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine and NC Journeyman Beekeeper, discusses both how to evaluate the seriousness of a bee sting and how to ascertain the most suitable treatment. This presentation is based on his December 2018 American Bee Journal article (Vol. 158, No.12 pp. 1327-1331). Bee Sting Allergy: What You Need to Know
Protecting Beehives During Hurricanes & Spray for Mosquito
Dr. David Tarpy, NCSU Professor and Extension Specialist, has provided this article Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes and makes the following recommendations: Strap down lid and hive components if they’re not propolized. Reduce hive wind profile by removing unnecessary boxes (feeders, for example). Hives should be at ground level or on sturdy stands. Be sure solid bottom boards are …
Healthy Colony Checklist (HCC)
The Bayer Bee Care Healthy Colony Checklist suggests the following approach during your inspection: Use a buddy system. Know how to assess the six conditions of colony health. Take concise notes. Record any general notes and observations of each hive. Visit the Healthy Colony Checklist webpage for more in-depth information, including images, video, and a downloadable inspection checklist.
Pesticide Toxicity to Bees “Traffic Light” List
View the NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ Pesticide Toxicity to Bees “Traffic Light” list (PDF). The pesticides listed are arranged by Highly Toxic (red), Moderately Toxic (yellow), and Relatively Nontoxic (green). Specific pesticide uses are categorized as Microbiocide, Miticide, Insecticide, Fungicide, Herbicide, Growth Regulator, or Repellent.
Instructional Beekeeping Videos
The Honey Bee Research Center at The University of Guelph located in Ontario, Canada produced 32 How-To Videos during 2016. They are excellent. ENJOY! The Honey Bee Research Center maintains populations of a hybrid strain of honey bees known as Buckfast bees. This is a man-made bee race and is a cross of many strains of bees, developed by Karl Kehrle, …
OSU/Bee Lab Varroa Mite Webinar
The Bee Lab at The Ohio State University has made available a Webinar entitled “Mite Check: Using Beekeeper Citizen Science to Transmit Bee Health Information, Not Varroa destructor” by Becky Masterman, University of Minnesota Bee Lab, Bee Squad Associate Director. A PDF handout is also available. Also check out the University of Minnesota Bee Lab’s:
Historical Bee and Beekeeping Literature
If you have noticed, our newsletter’s editor has an inclination for historical bee and beekeeping literature. If your historic interest parallels that of our editor’s, as it does mine, then I have just the links for you. The last page of January 2017 issue of the Alamance County Beekeepers Newsletter featured a copy of the last page of Volume 1 from …
Recent November Happenings
If you attended our last meeting, we were treated to four different presentations. Our President, Ira Poston, initially introduced Mr. Richard French, the coach for FIRST LEGO League team of four kids from Alamance County. The next three presentations, by 1st-year beekeepers Sally Bryan and Darrell Holt and 2nd-year beekeeper Zivon Price, were both informative and entertaining. During the Burlington …