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  • From: vbateman AT aol.com
  • To: NC Beekeepers Orange County <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] bees out in 40 degrees
  • Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 15:03:02 -0500

Should I be worried about swarming this early?

On Jan 29, 2013, at 5:17 PM, Geneva <gggreen AT mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone
> I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful day as much as the bees.
> As we move into bee season, I have been hearing lots of ideas both
> from longtime members and new beekeepers and I wanted to mention a few
> before our February meeting so we could discuss them then.
>
> One was the idea of having a page on the website that had links to
> people who sold bee related things. [We cannot sell anything on our
> website but we can send people in the right direction. ] I know most
> of us have no trouble in getting rid of our honey but we definitely
> get a fair number of requests on the listserve of people looking for
> honey or pollen or queens etc... I think one logistical issue would be
> that we could only update this once a year. It would be a lot of work
> to put someone's name and contact up and then take it down a month
> later when they were out of honey. So is this something that would be
> helpful or is it away from our club's purpose?
>
> The second is on a similar line. Someone is bee school was asking if
> we had a honey co-op and they said that Whole Foods or Weaverstreet
> only bought their honey from co-op because they needed a larger supply
> than a single hobbyist could supply. So is there a group of people
> interested in pooling their honey stores and selling them together? I
> personally love having our own little production and bottling, but
> would love to see truly local honey in some of our grocery stores.
>
> The third is coming out of a lot of conversations about treating for
> Varroa Mites. Both Formic acid and Thymol are acceptable treatments
> in CNG for mites but both need cautionary measures when applying,
> Formic especially. Since a respirator is needed to apply Formic,
> should the club invest in one that individuals can rent out?
>
> So that is a lot to think about, please bring your thoughts and your
> valentine to February's meeting on Thursday the 14th.
> thanks
> Geneva
>
> Geneva Green
> 919 475 7668
> 7211 Wilkerson Road
> Cedar Grove, NC 27231
> gggreen AT mindspring.com
>
>
>
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