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  • From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
  • To: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] OCBA Needs your help
  • Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:45:04 -0500

OCBA has ~45 hives that we received as a gift from an anonymous donor. We have identified downstream recipients for about 20 hives. Including OCBA’s 2017 Bee School Apprentices. That leaves about 25 hives that need good homes. Before they go to good homes we need to sort through them. We are looking for 5-10 volunteers to help with that sorting. 

This is 10 frame equipment. (see pictures at http://theocba.org/category/club-news/) All equipment was new in May 2016. The boxes are painted - various shades and grades of paint. Each hive consists of the following components:
1 - bottom board 
1 - deep hive body 
10 - plastic frames w/ plastic foundation (some partially drawn) 
1 - wooden framed queen excluder 
1 - top feeder 
1 - telescoping cover - aluminum clad 
1 - Moving/robbing screen 
1 - 1”x 15' ratchet strap 

The Mann Lake catalog prices for this setup exceeds $150. The Exec Committee will offer surplus hives to sorting/cleanup volunteers at $50 per hive. Volunteers will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Contact me at beecd AT icloud.com if you are interested. Timing will be weather dependent. Ideally on a weekend, but possibly during the week. Location will be Carrboro. Any hives remaining after sorting/cleanup day will be made available to 2017 OCBA members at $75 per hive.

John Rintoul
(919) 414-4071 (M)

No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced.



  • [ocba] OCBA Needs your help, John Rintoul, 01/24/2017

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