[ocba] Opportunity to help a fellow beekeeper
Jim Hoke
jhoke at nc.rr.com
Tue Jan 29 20:16:20 EST 2008
Jack Tapp is undergoing rotator cuff (shoulder) surgery this week and
will probably be incapacitated for a considerable period of time. I've
asked him to consider providing a list of things that fellow beekeeper
friends can do to help him during the upcoming busy spring season. He
won't be able to do much lifting for some time. Maybe we can provide
some needed muscle and mobility to help him out.
If anyone is interested in helping for a day or partial day from time to
time, please get in touch with us. We'll pass it along to Jack. This
would be a great opportunity to learn a lot from a very knowledgeable
beekeeper, and one who has helped many of us get a good start.
Jim and Eva Hoke
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From: ocba-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:ocba-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Langham
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:31 PM
To: ocba listserv
Subject: [ocba] FW: Buterfly Bash
OCBA,
The Museum of Life and Sciences in Durham has asked if we could do a
live beekeeing display for April 12 (see below). I would love to do
this but my family from Alaska will be here so I can not really commit
to this. I checked and the gazebo is in the Orange County storage. It
would need to be taken out, setup and checked for repairs before this
date. Several folks and a nuc of bees would need to be available for
the day. It would be a lot of fun. Is this something that the OCBA
would like to do? Maybe this could be discussed at the next OCBA
meeting.
Thanks,
David
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Subject: Buterfly Bash
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:34:04 -0500
From: Ulrich.Hartmond at ncmls.org
To: David_Langham at hotmail.com
David,
Ok, here is the promised email to explain: Apr. 12 (Saturday), we
celebrate the butterfly house anniversary and awakening spring. A bit
like bugfest in Raleigh, we try to bring out our bugs to play with and
more.
We hopefully will have BASF and BAYER scientists staffing a booth
demonstrating their research on bugs and pest control, plan to have EPA
do a booth and have asked USDA and the entomology society to set up a
display. Music, some local (yard) art vendors and photographers, and
some games related to 'bugs' (like dungbeetle roll, roach races,
leafcutterant 'schlepp' and "pop the aphid') are part of it too. A
family event for our guests (about 1600 or so we had the last few years
we did this) that is fun, but with a science angle.
I also asked the Extension Service to advertise their role and resources
to our guests. Please let me know if you or some other members are open
to the idea to show off some bee keeping skilsl (a real hive?, maybe
demonstrate handling of bees etc by redoing our demonstration hive -
maybe?!)
Thank you for your consideration.
Uli Hartmond
Director Magic Wings Butterfly House and Insectarium
Museum Of Life and Science
433 Murray Ave
Durham, NC 27705
919-220-5429x363
www.lifeandscience.org <http://www.lifeandscience.org/>
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