[ocba] Opportunity to help a fellow beekeeper

GG gggreen at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 30 20:52:25 EST 2008


I can help sometimes in the afternoons especially Mondays.
Thanks
Geneva Green

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http://greenstonegardensnc.com
919-475-7668

Greenstone Gardens
P.O. Box 2837
Durham, NC 27715



On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Jim Hoke wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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