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- From: "fee" <fee AT sprintmail.com>
- To: "'Orange County, NC Beekeepers'" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] Minutes of the April Meeting
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:13:14 -0400
David
called the meeting to order and Gayle sent around a get well card for David
Ambrose for everyone to sign. The Golden
Achievement Award was discussed and it was decided that we would not compete
for the award. Clubs doing well in
Golden Achievement have a much larger membership than we do. Please sign up
for the Swarm Patrol list if you are interested. We are also getting requests for bee
talks so please let David know if you are available to do this sometime. Pat Jones
encourages everyone to sign up for the zoo weekends. We have a new and better spot so come
and talk with people about your bees. The
State Meeting was discussed. Virginia Webb is
getting together a petition to define”Honey”
as honey without additives. Please
sign if you are interested. CCD was also
discussed at the state meeting. Signs are: the adult population gone with no dead
bees and perhaps a fistful of young bees and the queen. There are no signs of robbing or wax
moths. Losses range from 30-90%. Varroa
mite counts are high with no tracheal mite infestation. There were no viral problems detected. Uncommon factors
were treatments for varroa mites, etc. or feeding
practices. Unlikely causes
are: poisons, new strain of nosema, or migratory beekeeping practices. PLEASE
take the survey at: www.beesurvey.com They
are trying to get a national database together to help identify what is causing
CCD. For
details about the study go to http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/index.html Some
recommendations were to feed Fumadil B to prevent nosema in the fall.
Be sure to air out old equipment and do not use it if you suspect CCD
and TAKE THE SURVEY! We
then had our four panelists, Will Hicks, Happi
Overton, William McKee, and Randall Austin come to the front and had a great question
and answer session on their experiences with various aspects of beekeeping. |
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[ocba] Minutes of the April Meeting,
fee, 04/12/2007
- Re: [ocba] Minutes of the April Meeting, Gayle Young, 04/12/2007
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