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  • From: vbateman AT aol.com
  • To: daganawiga AT gmail.com, ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] OCBA Swarm Patrol 2017
  • Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 20:51:46 -0500

how can i know if I'm paid up?

and 

put me on the list if I am!!

Valerie Bateman
209 Ridgecrest Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC  27514


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris' Correspondence <daganawiga AT gmail.com>
To: ocba <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 5:54 pm
Subject: [ocba] OCBA Swarm Patrol 2017


Do ya want to add your name to this year's OCBA Swarm Patrol?

Of course you do, free bees!


How it works:

When the OCBA receives word of a swarm, I will contact the folks who are within their desired radius of the swarm. I'll pass on the location to the 1st responder; remember there's usually no telling how long the swarm has been in a particular location or how long they'll be there. Therefore, rapid response (having your swarm gear at the ready [even with you]) is key to finding the swarm where it was last noticed. Bear in mind, some swarms are a lot easier to hive than others. (Some are a foot off the ground, others are higher....Are you comfortable on a ladder?) (One of the trickiest I've encountered, was in a mailbox!)

As the season progresses, I'll try to see that everyone on the list gets a shot at hiving a swarm.

Here's what I need from folks interested in swarms:
1) Make sure you've paid your 2015 OCBA membership dues ($5). [You're encouraged to join the NCSBA ($15). That's a cool twenty dollar bill for a colony of honeybees; a bargain.]
2) email me, include: your name
- phone #
- Area/distance your willing to travel to get a swarm
- Maximum height your comfortable dealing with a swarm
- Days &/or times of day you can realistically breakaway to catch a swarm


Spring is coming,
- Chris Richmond
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