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Dates to Remember
June 8: June NWDBA Meeting
July 11: NWDBA Picnic
Oct 14-16: WSBA Fall Conference (Spokane)
June
Program
At the June meeting we will talk about swarm prevention and
control and get updates on various committees. There will not be a
regular meeting in July but we may have a 'field trip' in addition to
the picnic. Stay tuned for details.
July 11th Picnic
We will have our annual picnic on Sunday July 11th at
at the Flowing Lake
County Park starting at high noon for setup with dinner by 1:00-1:30.
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. We will
also feature an auction so bring something to donate to the cause. For those
of you with web access,
click here
to get a map.
WSBA Survey
By now you should have received your WSBA Beekeeping survey in
the mail. If you haven't received one you can fill it out from at
link at the lower left of the
www.wasba.org home page or you can contact Paul Lundy at
425-527-4250. Please take a
minute to fill out the survey!
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WSU Picnic June 4-5
How did it go? Did everyone have a good time? If you're like
me and had other family activities that weekend (baseball!) come to the meeting
Tuesday and find out from someone who went!
June Beekeeping
Blueberries
are in bloom the first week; Blackberries in bloom the second week; Black Locust
the last week. Remove the queen excluder when there is one box (deep or
western) mostly full of honey over the brood nest. Continue to monitor
brood nest crowding. Bees sometimes store honey close to and in the brood
nest causing crowding. There should be one or two empty brood combs for
the queen to lay in.
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.
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