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Dates to Remember
Aug 9 NWDBA Meeting
Aug 19-20 Fair Entries Accepted
Aug 25-Sep 5 Evergreen State Fair
Oct 28-29: Joint
WSBA and
OSBA meeting in Oregon.
November - testing for Journeyman Level
August Meeting
At our August meeting, Tuesday Aug 9, we
will firm up plans for the Evergreen State Fair. Please come if
you can.
Evergreen State Fair
Volunteers are needed to staff the
fair booth and you don't have to be an NWDBA member to help out, in fact we
appreciate help from other groups!
Please contact Rick Jamsgard at 425-334-5527 to sign up for a spot.
The fair runs from Aug 25th thru Labor Day, Sept 5. Shifts are
usually 10-4
and 4-10. You'll get free admission and a parking pass for helping
out.
Entries are due Friday Aug 19 from 5-8pm or Saturday
Aug 20 from 10am-5pm. You can look at the Honey categories and
rules on pages 4 and 5 of this document:
http://www.evergreenfair.org/Userfiles/Docs/2005_OC_%20Honey.pdf
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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. If not using IPM
techniques, treat all hives for 45
days with Apistan strips and treated medicated patties and Fumidil-B as
needed.
September Beekeeping
You may re-queen your colonies now if you did
not do so in the spring. Unite weak colonies. To winter successfully, each
colony must have the equivalent of ten fully capped frames of honey in the
second hive body plus honey arches in the lower hive body, and two or more deep
brood combs of pollen. If stores are insufficient, colonies should be fed a 2:1
sugar syrup mixture. Use top feeders to prevent robbing. Start feeding early
in the month, because the bees will not store the syrup and cap the cells when
the weather turns cool. Feed one gallon for each deep comb of needed stores.
The last gallon should contain Fumidil-B. Feed pollen supplement as needed.
Extract honey now and give the wet combs back to the bees to lick clean.
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