[ocba] ButterFly Bash OCBA Booth - April 18th

Lewis Cauble lewis at hivebody.com
Mon Apr 13 19:58:37 EDT 2009


David,
Geneva and I would like to hang from 12 to 4.

I picked up the OCBA banner from the cabinet at the extension office  
today.  Let's figure out how I can get that to you for set up.

Cheers,

Lewis


On Apr 13, 2009, at 7:13 AM, David Langham wrote:

> Hi!
> It looks like Saturday is going to be b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l (75 and  
> sunny)!  What a great day to be at the Museum of Life and Science in  
> Durham.  The following people have signed up to help.
>
> Lewis Cauble
> Geneva Green
> Jane Flannelly
> John Harrell
> Angie Frizzell
> Pat Jones
> John Wallace
> Chris Laudeman (Sara, Lisa?)
> The Broaddus clan (Scott, Kathleen and Lizzy)
>
> If you did not sign up but want to come, you are more than welcome  
> to join in the fun.
>
> What I need from you are the times that you are available to come to  
> the museum so that
> 1). We are sure to have good coverage of the booth.
> 2). We have plenty of help for peak hours and cleanup.  My guess is  
> that peak hours are 11:00 - 4:00.  If you want to stay for the whole  
> day, please feel free to.
> 3).  I would like to give the museum a list of who is coming and  
> when so that you can get in free.
>
> Please reply to this email with the times that you can come so that  
> everyone can see where we need coverage :).
>
> On Friday afternoon, I will get the gazebo, lots of things to show  
> and the bees and take them over to the museum.  Daniel Vogel and  
> John Harrell have volunteered to help with this.  (I will be getting  
> with you guys later)
>
> Does anyone know where the OCBA felt banner that we use at the State  
> Fair is?
>
> If you have fun things to 'Show and Tell' please bring them with  
> you.  Connie suggested that I bring some equipment that needs to be  
> assembled so we can show that there are may aspects to beekeeping.   
> I will bring some frames and foundation.
>
> Beekeeping tip for the day: to prepare the bees, on Thursday  
> morning, I will pick a smallish hive (so that it is easy to find the  
> queen) and pull a good a couple of example frames of brood nest,  
> honey/pollen and the queen.  I will put these frames into a nuc and  
> put it in a new location.  Thursday and Friday morning, many of the  
> workers will fly back to their home hive leaving the queen, nurse  
> bees and a small number of workers and drones in the nuc.  This will  
> make the hive very gentle.  Thanks to Charles Fleckenstein for this   
> beekeeping tip.  I did this last year and the bees were great.
>
> If you have any questions, please email or give me a call,
> David
> h - 382-3220
> c - 943-0589
>
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