Mailing list for the Person County Beekeepers Association, Roxboro, NC

[Lynn S Wilson <wilsonls AT esinc.net>]

Person County Beekeepers meet on Thursday, July 18 at 7 PM in Room 165 at the Cooperative Extension Building, 304 South Morgan Street.  Todd Walker and Lewis Cauble will talk about Raising Queens in Your Apiary, then follow up with an egg grafting demonstration at Saturday's field day at Todd's house, beginning at 10 AM.  Then, if you like, join us for lunch at noon at the nearby Flat River Cafe.  

Remember Lewis's challenge at our April meeting?  Know Your Mite Load!  This is the meeting to report the results of your latest varroa mite test when you sign in.  Do your sugar shake!

On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Inge Kautzmann wrote:

“We need to start planning for the State Fair Booth so please bring your ideas to the meeting so that we can vote on a theme. If you are not able to make the meeting this month, send your ideas to Inge Kautzmann (ibk AT imageray.net) so they can be included in the discussion.”

Here are some other items that may need our attention:  

NCBA Meeting-GAP award results

PCBA extractor and candle molds use policy

Ribbon exhibit case

Are we ready for Personality booth?

Results of T-shirt fundraiser (how much money was raised?)

Adding pollinator-friendly plants to the Farmers' Market garden

Bees as livestock data available from Don Hopkins

Honey of the month raffle tickets

Upcoming refreshment providers...

July 18 -- Mike, Kate and Nicki Lagaly

August 15 -- Tim Gentry

September 19 -- Amanda and Mac Blanks

October 17 -- Mary Dietz

Any refreshment volunteers for November?

On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Mary Deitz wrote:

Please remind members the reason for my absence. I sure miss seeing everyone and participating in the workshops/field days. My work schedule has been tough this year.

YOUR NEXT ACTIONS:  

• Review minutes
• Come to meeting and field day
• Do your sugar shake
• Let me know at wilsonls AT esinc.net if you do NOT want to receive monthly meeting notices.  This e-mail is going to BOTH listserve subscribers AND PCBA membership list.  Sorry for the duplicate postings.  I am testing the theory that if you do NOT subscribe to the listserve (by going to the PCBA website), you do NOT want to receive meeting notices!  

Person County Beekeepers Association

Minutes

Date:  June 20, 2013

Location: Person County Office Building, Room 165 

MINUTES.  In Mary’s absence, Inge opened the meeting and May minutes were approved.  

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT.  Inge reported that extractor and presentation materials have been purchased.   She recommended, and the group agreed, to reimburse Cecil White in the amount of $40 for candle molds and wicks.

FINANCIAL REPORT.  Amanda’s report shows a beginning balance of $2346.27 (which does not include petty cash) and an ending balance of $2386.27, but does not reflect recent expenditures.  Todd noted that PCBA is not tax exempt so additional monies are due to one vendor.

Person County Beekeepers  Association
Financial Report
June 20, 2013
Beginning Balance:			$2,346.27
Income Total:		$30.00
	PCBA Dues		$15.00
	T-Shirt Sales		$15.00
Expense Total:		$40.00
	Personality Booth		$35.00
	Reinbursement		$5.00
Bank Balance			$2,336.27
Petty Cash			$50.00
Ending Balance			$2,386.27
Submitted by:     Amanda T. Blanks, PCBA Treasurer
	June 20, 2013

UPCOMING FIELD DAY.   HONEY EXTRACTION demo, followed by potluck, begins at 2 pm at the home of  Tom and Linda Savage, 609 Whitmore Road, on Saturday, June 22.  

HIVE OBSERVATIONS.    Bees are building comb between frames.  What to do?  Todd recommends cleaning it off.   Should brood chambers be reversed now if brood is mostly in upper chamber?   Todd says, worry about that when prepping the hive for the winter.   Best time to go in the hive?   Mid-day when the sun shines.  

LISTSERVE.  Save this address if you want to send mail to participants in the list serve for Person County Beekeepers <person_county_beekeepers_association AT lists.ibiblio.org>.  (Go to http://www.personcountybeekeepers.org/ to subscribe.)

PRESENTATIONS ANYONE?   Todd took “beekeeping” to summer campers at Pleasant Green Church today.  If your church offers a summer camp, consider doing a presentation on bees.   Bring out the observation hive last because it takes all of their attention!

HEALING WITH HONEY (GUEST SPEAKER:  INGE KAUTZMANN)    Inge reported that early writings, such as The Holy Vedas, the Koran and the Bible prescribed honey for various ailments.  History’s healers from Hippocrates, Cornelius Celsius, Li Shizhan, Charles Butler,  Alfred Vogel, and Peter Molan, to contemporary Dr. Frank Steele, a wound specialist near Asheville NC have understood honey’s antibacterial qualities and advocated the use of honey for everything from burns to upper respiratory disease, eye care, hangovers and insomnia.

While Americans are increasingly concerned about antibiotic-resistant bacteria, honey as medicine is still largely treated as folklore in the US.  Some doctors and hospitals are using honey for wound care, especially in other countries, like Britain, with a longer history with honeybees.   Since 25% of medicines are derived from plants, why is it hard to accept bees as the perfect delivery system (reducing the moisture content, lowering the pH, and adding enzymes) for a product that comes from pollen and nectar?   Pharmaceutical companies spend $7000 per doctor to convince them to prescribe their synthetic drugs.   Who advocates for honey? 

How does honey work?   For wound healing, it works by osmotic debridement... pulling damaged tissue from the base of the wound, providing a moist environment AND antibacterial protection.  It reduces odors and is anti-inflammatory.  When honey is used for a wound dressing, antibacterial hydrogen peroxide is produced.  

All honey is not equal for medical purposes.  Manuka honey has been most researched and some manuka honey sold for medical purposes has been measured for its Unique Manuka Factor.   A factor of 15+ is best for medical uses.   Tualang and buckwheat honeys also have medical uses.  Medihoney is the most available brand.   

At home uses of honey have included treatment for acne, as a hair conditioner with olive oil (1:1) or for a bath (1 cup milk:1/2 cup honey).   Inge’s recipe for a “cold-buster” is: 1 T apple cider vinegar + 1 T honey + 1 cup warm water + a dash of cayenne pepper.

MEETING ADJOURNED.  Inge adjourned the meeting so members could taste three cold-buster recipes she’d made and for refreshments provided by Tokso Pak.

NEXT PCBA MEETING

July 18, 2013, 7 PM, Room 165, Person Co. Office Bldg.

ACTION:  Refreshments by Mike, Kate and Nicki Lagaly

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

Lynn S. Wilson    

POST-MEETING NOTES:

ACTION:  Inge will route the proposed Extractor Use Policy by e-mail.  

ACTION:  Carol requests that we keep Alma Allen who is sick in our thoughts.