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Dates to Remember
July 8: July NWDBA Meeting
July 13: NWDBA Picnic and Auction
Aug 12-16: Western Apiculture Society Conf
Oct 25: Regional Beekeepers Meeting, 5:30PM
Nov 6-8: Hood River, Oregon Tri-state Convention.
Meeting Agenda
At our July meeting Ron Babcock will give a
demonstration on techniques for lighting smokers. Hopefully this
portion of the meeting will be outdoors! We will also be doing
a tracheal mite dissection under a microscope and will be doing a bit of
honey sampling. Please bring any unusual or interesting honey to
sample.
NWDBA
PICNIC
The NWDBA
Picnic will be held Sunday July 13 at the Flowing Lake County Park at
the "Large Shelter" between the parking lot and the lake starting at
high noon. We have the site reserved all afternoon to dusk so
bring the kids and sunscreen.
This will be a potluck so pick one of main
dish, salad, or desert and extra to share. The club will provide a
variety of soda as well as plates and eating utensils. For those
of you with web access,
click here
to get a map.
From the Machias Road, take Dubuque Road
3 miles east to a 4 way stop. Turn right on 171st Ave SE and take
a left on 48th Street. The park is at the end of the street.
Parking is to the right and costs $5.
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July Beekeeping
If
brood nest crowding occurs consider adding another brood
nest (western). Only remove combs of honey when they are 2/3
capped (nectar won’t shake from combs). Early morning or evenings
are the best times for removing comb to discourage robbing.
Note: Do not use brood nest combs in the
honey supers to prevent contaminating honey with miticide residues. Identify
brood nest combs and boxes (westerns and deeps) with colored paint so that combs
are not interchanged.
AUGUST BEEKEEPING
In mid-August remove and store any surplus honey that is at
least two thirds capped over in a warm bee-proof, ant-proof place. To do so,
take off the honey supers early in the morning or in the evening so as to
prevent robbing of the hive by other colonies of bees. Treat all hives for 45
days with Apistan strips and treated with medicated patties and Fumidil-B as
needed.
Regional Beekeepers Meeting
The regional beekeepers meeting has been
scheduled for October 25th
at the
Cottontree Inn/Best Western in Mt Vernon. A no host bar will be
open at 5:30 for the social hour with dinner following at 6:30 or 7:00
PM. More detailed location instructions will be in a future
newsletter. Reports from last years meeting indicated that
everyone involved had a great time. See you there!
Questions
Have a question about beekeeping you'd like to see
answered in the newsletter? Just send an email to
newsletter@nwdba.org.
See you at the Meeting!
Glenn |
