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CARROLL COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOC.
THE CARROLL BEE April 2016
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.......................................................... 1
2016 DUES ARE PAST DUE ..................................................... 2
MARCH MEETING MINUTES .................................................. 2
APRIL TO-DO LIST .................................................................. 4
DISNEY'S THE JUNGLE BOOK .................................................. 4
ANNUAL COLONY LOSS SURVEY UNDERWAY ......................... 5
DR. DENNIS VANENGELSDORP ADDRESSES SBA ..................... 6
WHY DID MY HONEY BEES DIE? ............................................. 6
PAINT DRY AND PAINT CURE… ............................................... 7
MEDICINAL USES FOR HONEY ................................................ 8
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN BEE FARM DISTRIBUTOR ....................... 9
PACKAGE BEE ORDER FORM ................................................ 10
NUCLEUS HIVE ORDER FORM .............................................. 11
SNYDER’S APIARIES.............................................................. 12
FOR SALE - CCBA T-SHIRTS ................................................... 13
APIARY MAPPING SITE ......................................................... 13
SAVE THE DATES .................................................................. 14
CHECK OUT THE CCBA WEBSITE........................................... 15
CCBA FACEBOOK PAGE ........................................................ 15
CCBA 2016 OFFICERS ........................................................... 15
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Fred Sypher
I was reading about beekeeping recently and there was a sentence in the article that struck me as one of those things I would not have thought about on my own. The sentence was “If you have honey bees and you are not controlling mites, then you are not a beekeeper, you are a Varroa farmer.” With a little looking I learned that there is a growing opinion that back yard beekeepers who do not treat for mites may be contributing to the increase in Varroa infestations by letting the mites multiply in their hives. All those who are guilty raise your right hands and repeat after me, “We will not allow Varroa mites to prosper in our hives.”
Our club now has a second honey extractor, another set of screen filters, a temperature controlled electric uncapping knife, and food grade lube for the extractors. This enables us to meet our members’ needs at harvest time. We also have a new, nuc-based observation hive that we have to finish and populate.
Four CCBA beekeepers have committed to study for the EAS Master Beekeeper exam. At our initial meeting it became obvious that there is an awful lot of arcane material we have to learn. Luckily, next year’s EAS conference is in nearby Delaware, so we can study for 15 months rather than 15 weeks. All four of us are a might short on short-term memory, so we may stretch it out and keep revisiting the materials until we get it, or as Fred Astaire sang “If you put this in your head then you will have it in a nut shell!”
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Carroll County Beekeepers Association meets at 7:30PM on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Bear Branch Nature Center | 300 John Owings Rd | Westminster, Maryland 21158 | (410) 848-2517
To contact us or to become a member, e-Mail - [email protected] Family membership is still only $15 per year. Lifetime membership is still only $150
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President’s Message Continued from page 1
This is not a closed study group. If you just want to learn more about bees and beekeeping but are not interested in becoming a Master Beekeeper, you can join us Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 at the Carroll Community College Library.
We had 57 enrollees and nearly 100 attendees for the 2016 Basic Beekeeping Short Course at the Community College. A special thanks to all the club members who helped out. The student evaluations reflect the excellence of the effort and knowledge
you brought to the class. Having Cybil Preston, the Chief Apiary Inspector for the State of Maryland, as one of the presenters was a highlight of the course.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the CCBA picnic on Saturday, May 14th at the Bear Branch Nature Center Pavilion. We’re having a picnic instead of a meeting. We will discuss the logistics at the April 20 meeting. See you at the meeting on the 20th!
Fred
2016 DUES ARE PAST DUE
$15 – Family $150 – Life Member
Payments can be made by:
1. Give Jody a check ($15/family) at the Wednesday April 20th meeting.
2. Mail a check payable to CCBA to: Jody King, 1435 Uniontown Rd, Westminster 21158
3. Click on this link and use PayPal to make your payment. The extra 25 cents covers our fee to PayPal.
HTTP://WWW.PAYPAL.ME/CCBA/15.25
If you do not have a PayPal account, click on the link and follow the easy steps to set up an account.
MARCH MEETING MINUTES
By Terri Hemelt, Secretary CCBA
The regular meeting of the Carroll County Bee Association was called to order at 7:30 on March 17, 2016 at Bear Branch Nature Center by Fred Sypher.
Request was made for 2016 dues of $15.00 per family or $150.00 life time membership to be paid.
Reminder of Spring Short Course Field Day to be held on Saturday March 19th at Bear Branch Nature Center
Change of date for May meeting picnic from Saturday May 21, 2016 to Saturday May 14, 2016 to be held at the Hashawa Pavilion from 12:00 PM - until…
Club Extractor for sale $100.00 (SOLD) at meeting.
Club purchase of new equipment: Observation Hive Observation Hive Book Bee Friendly Lubricant for Club Extractor Plastic Strainer for Extracting Honey Electric Uncapping Knife
Total spent $393.00
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March Meeting Minutes Continued from page 2
Spring Short Course was a huge success with around 100 people in attendance.
Thanks to LJ Thomas for organizing the Mentors/Mentees signup. Great Job! 35 Mentees have been assigned Mentors.
CCBA short sleeve and long sleeve Tee Shirts are available. See Anna Prior to place order.
2016 events to be supported by CCBA:
Winfield Elementary School
Carroll County 4H Fair – Carroll County Ag. Center
Farm to Fork – Finksburg Library
Maryland State Fair – Timonium Fair Grounds
Monarch Madness - Bear Branch Nature Center
Westminster Fall Fest – Westminster
Show of hands of who are thinking about taking the “Master Bee Keeping test”
Fred Sypher
Larry Truchon
Gary Pohlner (not present)
Bill Hemelt
Meeting to be held at Panara Bread in Westminster on March 22nd at 7:00 PM
Steve McDaniel was our speaker this month.
Steve talked about how to produce comb honey and different types of comb honey.
He also shared information about the Pollinator Protection Act and the effect readily available products have on our bees.
The meeting finished up with questions, answers and comments. Some of the comments made were:
Check for early swarm cells
Check for high hive beetle count
It was also suggested to remove pollen patties due to hive beetles laying eggs in the patties.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:30 by [Facilitator Name]. The next general meeting will be at 7:30 on Wednesday April 20, 2016, at Bear Branch Nature Center. The agenda is a round-table question/answer session.
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APRIL TO-DO LIST 1. New Nucs and Newly-Installed Packages: Feed 1:1 Sugar Syrup (1 pound sugar dissolved in 1 pint of
water)
2. The dandelions are blooming signaling the start of the nectar flow. Get those honey supers on as soon as the current cold spell ends.
3. Check out George Imirie’s Pink Pages for March. George was an EAS Master Beekeeper who lived in Montgomery County. His Pink Sheets provide a wealth of information. His writing style is unique!!
4. Do a mite check. If treatment is necessary and honey supers are on, only a few products can be used. MAQS and Oxalic are OK. New packages should be checked using the Sticky Board Method.
5. Start regular inspections for swarm cells.
6. Keep on the alert for the presence of Small Hive Beetles.
7. Consider putting bottom boards in until this cold snap is over. When removed, check them for mites.
DISNEY'S THE JUNGLE BOOK (Courtesy of the National Honey Board)
What's better than spending quality time with family? Whether you're enjoying a backyard cookout, movie night, game night or just hanging out together in the kitchen, there's nothing sweeter. The National Honey Board (NHB) is buzzing with excitement over our collaboration with another great organization that understands the importance of family, Disney, for the release of their all-new live-action epic adventure, The Jungle Book, in theaters April 15th. With something for everyone, this truly is a film for the whole family, and we are proud to be a part of it.
Be sure to check out Disney's The Jungle Book, in theaters April 15th.
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ANNUAL COLONY LOSS SURVEY UNDERWAY
Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) Take the Survey Today!
Dear Beekeeper
We need you! We know it is one of the busiest times of the year for beekeepers and we thank you for taking valuable time from your colonies to participate in the National Colony Loss and Management Survey created by the Bee Informed Partnership and sponsored by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Please go to our online survey at http://10.selectsurvey.net/beeinformed/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=BIP2016 and complete the survey there. It will be live on April 1st and close on April 30th. Please do not complete the survey more than once. Information about past Winter Loss and National Management Surveys and the annual reports can be found online at http://beeinformed.org/.
The Colony Loss Survey has evolved from our winter loss survey conducted 10 years ago. Now we monitor summer losses as well. Last year, for the first time in the history of this survey, beekeepers reported higher losses in the summer than in the winter. The National Management Survey is conducted annually in conjunction with the Colony Loss Survey. The two surveys are aimed at looking for relationships between colony losses and colony management (including disease treatment
strategies, supplemental feeding, etc.) and/or other factors that may influence colony health (such as colony location, honey production, and forage type). Your participation in this research is voluntary and your responses will be kept confidential. In any publication or presentation resulting from this research, no personally identifiable information will be disclosed. We are also thrilled to release our Best Management Practices in the next few months. Please check back on our website soon for those exciting results!
Some of you may be contacted independently by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the USDA to participate in their first quarterly colony loss survey. We encourage all beekeepers contacted by NASS to answer both BIP and NASS surveys. But we need your responses!
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at [email protected]. Once again thank you for your participation.
Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp President, Bee Informed Partnership, Inc. University of Maryland
If you would like to take a look at the 2015 – 2016 survey questions before beginning, or to download the survey so that you can take some notes before taking the survey online, click on the link below:
2015 – 2016 National Colony Loss and Management Survey Preview
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DR. DENNIS VANENGELSDORP ADDRESSES SBA
Susquehanna Beekeepers Assoc. (SBA) March Meeting
Much discussion of bee loss trends: increasing summer losses vs winter losses in 2014, the difference in loss rates between backyard (BY) beekeepers and commercial beekeepers (BY beekeepers have higher winter losses). According to BIP surveys main causes of 2014 colony losses: #1 queen loss, #2 varroa, #3 starvation. Unsurprisingly, backyard and commercial beekeepers disagree on causes of colony loss. Data presented was drawn heavily from articles available on the Bee Informed Partnership site (2014-2015 and 2013-2014 data compilations). Key charts showing bee loss rates can be found below.
Causes of losses are complex. In a quote paraphrased from H. L. Mencken, “"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” We can find certain correlations, but they don’t indicate that there is a direct causation.
3 main problems in beekeeping persist: pesticides, varroa, and monoculture crops. In the 1980s 20 mites per 100 bees was the threshold for colony loss, now it is closer to 3 per 100. If your bees get to 5 mites per 100 or greater, the colony will likely suffer damage.
Click here to read more.
WHY DID MY HONEY BEES DIE? LEARNING TO IDENTIFY A COMMON CAUSE OF WINTER DEATH IN NORTHERN CLIMATES By Meghan Milbrath, Michigan State University Extension, March 8, 2016
Beekeepers in northern climates have already lost a lot of colonies this winter. While official counts won’t be recorded for a few months, some trends are starting to emerge. One of these trends is a specific type of colony death. In Michigan, I’ve received so many calls describing the scenario below, that I can describe the deadout before opening the hive, or before the beekeeper describes it over the phone. While I may impress some with these predictive powers, the frequency of these types of losses indicates a real epidemic that is affecting honey bee colonies in northern states.
Characteristics of the common early winter death in northern states:
1. The colony was big and looked healthy in the fall
2. A lot of honey is left in the top supers
3. The cluster is now small, maybe the size of a
softball
4. There are hardly any bees on the bottom board
5. Near or just below the cluster is a patch of spotty
brood – some fully capped, and some with bees
dying on emergence (heads facing out, tongues
sticking out).
6. If you look closely in the cells around the brood,
you will see white crystals stuck to the cell walls,
looking like someone sprinkled coarse salt in the
brood nest.
AND
7. You don’t have records showing that varroa was
under control.
Click here to read the entire article
(Editor’s Note: yet another article damming Varroa Mites. Hopefully we are getting the message!!)
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PAINT DRY AND PAINT CURE… TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS
You finished painting your new hive bodies a couple of weeks ago. After the paint dried, you set them up in your apiary and eagerly awaited the arrival of two packages. At last they came and you went out to install them. Whoa – the hive parts seem to be propolised together and a hive tool was needed to pry everything apart. Doing so pulled off large pieces of paint from where the painted surfaces came in contact. How could this happen – the paint was dry!
Paint can feel DRY to the touch in as little as 1 or 2 hours, however CURE time usually takes 3-4 weeks. This is because PAINT DRY and PAINT CURE are two different things.
Paint “DRY” happens when the solvents evaporate from your paint coating leaving the paint feeling dry to the touch even though it is not 100% dry.
Paint “CURE” happens when your paint coating has reached its maximum hardness and is completely 100% dry.
When reading the label on your paint can, it will tell you the DRY time, not the CURE time, so how long does it take Water Based/Latex paint to dry and cure? Dry Time 1-2 hours – Cure Time 21-30 days
Some factors which impact dry/cure time.
The thickness of the paint
The number of coats applied
The surface it’s painted on
The sheen of the paint; eg., flat / eggshell / satin
/ semi-gloss / high-gloss
The brand and type of paint; eg, oil / latex /
chalk / acrylic / milk paint
The color of the paint and tints used; eg, longer
drying time with dark colors
The overall condition of where it is left to
dry; eg, air flow / humidity / temperature
To check if your paint is dry, touch an inconspicuous area with your finger. If the paint is not tacky and feels dry to the touch, it is dry.
To check if your paint is cured, do the fingernail test. In an inconspicuous area, press your fingernail into the paint. If it leaves an indent your paint is not fully cured. If no indent is visible and the surface is hard, your paint has cured.
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MEDICINAL USES FOR HONEY
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BRUSHY MOUNTAIN BEE FARM DISTRIBUTOR
MARYLAND HONEY COMPANY, Inc.
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN BEE FARM DISTRIBUTOR
FULL SERVICE BEEKEEPING SUPPLIER
WOODENWARE
(TEN FRAME OR EIGHT FRAME)
(UN-ASSEMBLED OR ASSEMBLED)
(ENGLISH GARDEN HIVES)
FOUNDATION PROTECTIVE GEAR
(PLASTIC OR WAX) (BEE SUITS, VEILS, GLOVES)
BEEKEEPER TOOLS FEEDS & MEDICATIONS
(HIVE TOOLS, SMOKERS, ETC.)
EXTRACTING EQUIPMENT
(EXTRACTORS, UNCAPPING TANKS AND TOOLS)
HONEY CONTAINERS
(PLASTIC AND GLASS)
WE DON’T STOCK IT ALL, BUT WE CAN GET IT
STORE LOCATION:
6910 DAMASCUS ROAD
GAITHERSBURG, MD 20882
301-518-9678
Pricing is Brushy Mountain Catalog + 8% mark-up and sales tax
STORE HOURS:
Now:
SUNDAYS 10-4
TUESDAYS 12-5
Starting March 1
SUNDAYS 10-5
TUESDAYS 12-7
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PACKAGE BEE ORDER FORM
2016
PACKAGE BEE ORDER FORM
Mailing Address Only: Shop Address: Maryland Honey Co., Inc. 6910 Damascus Road
Jim Fraser Gaithersburg, MD 20882
24228 Club View Drive [email protected]
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20882 301-518-9678 (mobile)
#3 Pound Package with Italian Queen
#______ 3 Pound Package with Italian Bees and Italian Queen(Queen is not marked);
Buyer will be called to pick up packages at 6910 Damascus Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20882 during the Third week of March 2016. Price $110.00 (tax included) each.
A 100% purchase deposit is required for each package.
A 100% purchase deposit is required on or before March 15, 2016 for a confirmed order. Orders received after
March 15, 2016 may be treated as tentative. The price of $110.00(tax included) per package may change after
March 15, 2016.
Maryland Honey Co., Inc. will have a limited number of packages available. Packages are in big demand this year
and I have a limited number reserved. So order early. If we receive orders for too many packages, we will fill the
first orders received and return the deposits for the remaining orders.
A deposit is required to begin each Order. Orders without 100% deposits will not be filled. Buyer agrees in
advance that the production and transport of package bees is subject to weather, acts of God, and other incidents
outside the control of Maryland Honey Co., Inc. Orders for package bees that, for any reason, can not be filled by
Maryland Honey Co., Inc. will be cancelled and deposits refunded.
Buyers will be notified by e-mail or telephone of the date, time and place for pickup of packages. Packages that
are not picked up within 48 hours of notice to a Buyer may be sold to another Buyer. In such a case, the Buyer
who fails to pick up bees will be entitled to a refund of his deposit(s), minus $20 per package.
TOTAL DEPOSIT ATTACHED $______
Name:________________________________ Enclosed: Check for $_______ or
Address:______________________________ Credit Card # ____________________
_____________________________________ Circle Card (Visa/Master Card/ Discover)
E-Mail Address:________________________ __________________________________
Tel. Numbers:__________________________(home) Name on Credit Card
_________________________ (cell) __________________________________
_________________________ (backup) Signature of Authorized Card User
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NUCLEUS HIVE ORDER FORM
2016
NUCLEUS HIVE ORDER FORM
Mailing Address Only: Shop Address:
Maryland Honey Co., Inc. 6910 Damascus Road
Jim Fraser Gaithersburg, MD 20882
24228 Club View Drive [email protected]
Gaithersburg, MD 20882 301-518-9678 (mobile)
Five Frame Nucleus Hives
Medium Deep (circle one)
#______ Nucleus Hive(s); Italian Bees with Italian or Carniolian Laying, Marked Queen; 4 frames of bees,
brood and honey on drawn comb; 1 frame started foundation; Buyer will be called to pick up
nucleus hive(s) at 6910 Damascus Road, Gaithersburg, MD, in late April or early May.
Nucleus hives will be in non-returnable cardboard nuc boxes. Price $160.00(tax included) each.
A 100% purchase deposit is required for each nucleus hive.
Maryland Honey Co., Inc. has a limited capacity for production of nucleus hives. If we receive orders for too
many nucleus hives, we will fill the first orders received and return the deposits for the remaining orders.
A 100% purchase deposit is required to begin each Order. Orders without 100% deposits will not be filled.
Buyer agrees in advance that the production of nucleus hives is subject to weather, acts of God, and other
incidents outside the control of Maryland Honey Co., Inc. Orders for nucleus hives that, for any reason, can not
be filled by Maryland Honey Co., Inc. will be cancelled and deposits refunded.
Buyers will be notified by e-mail or telephone of the date, time and place for pickup of hives. Hives that are not
picked up within 96 hours of notice to a Buyer may be sold to another Buyer. In such a case, the Buyer who
fails to pick up bees will be entitled to a refund of his deposit(s), minus $20 per hive.
TOTAL DEPOSIT ATTACHED $______
Name: __________________________ Enclosed: Check for $____________ or
Address: _________________________ Credit Card # _____________________
_________________________________ Credit Card (Visa/Master Card/Discover/AmEx)
E-Mail Address: ___________________ ______________________________________
Tel. Numbers: _____________________ (home) Name on Credit Card
_____________________ (cell) ______________________________________
Signature of Authorized User
Maryland Honey Co., Inc. is also a Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Distributor.
Shop located at address listed above.
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SNYDER’S APIARIES
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FOR SALE - CCBA T-SHIRTS
(Navy Blue shown)
Short-sleeved navy blue club t-shirts will still be available at meetings or by arrangement with Anna Prior if you can't make it to the meeting. However, some members have expressed interest in having other colors to choose from. To make these alternate colors available with as little fuss as possible, Anna will have a sign-up sheet where you can choose one of two colors (or both!) and your size. Payment will be in advance. Cost depends on how many shirts are ordered but it should be around $20-22.
Long-sleeved options are also available.
The special order color choices are as follows:
Short-sleeve - Heather Cardinal http://www.customink.com/lab?PK=04661 and Prairie Dust http://www.customink.com/lab?PK=04625
Long-sleeve - Navy (same as our short-sleeve club shirts) and Military Green http://www.customink.com/lab?PK=06133%20 (a darker version of Prairie Dust)
Anna will have samples of the Prairie Dust and Heather Cardinal with the sign-up sheet.
APIARY MAPPING SITE By Larry Truchon
We are building an apiary mapping site for our club members. It will show the appropriate location of participating member's apiaries with one, two and three mile rings. Only participating members will have access. To join please send:
Apiary name (example: Wild Acre Apiary)
Closest cross streets
Number of colonies (not Nucs)
Zip Code
Send above data to [email protected]
If you are a first year member without bees this year, send info with 0 number of colonies.
You will be sent log in info after you are entered into the database.
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SAVE THE DATES
Wednesday, April 20 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center; Round Table Q&A Discussions Saturday, May 14 - 1st Annual CCBA Picnic at Bear Branch Nature Center
Saturday, May 21, 11am-3pm - Winfield Elementary Spring Fair (Larry T & Larry F)
Thursday, June 9 - Eldersburg Elementary School workshop on bees (Fred & Larry F)
Wednesday, June 15 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center Speaker Lloyd Snyder Snyder's Apiaries
Wednesday, July 20 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center Speaker Rachel Fahey Bee Informed Partnership
July 25-29 – EAS Conference held at Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
July 30 – Aug 5 – CCBA booth at Carroll County 4-H Fair
Wednesday, August 17 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center Round Table Discussion, Q&A
Wednesday, September 21 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center Speaker Steve Cook Beltsville Bee Lab
Sept 24, 25 – CCBA booth at Westminster Fall Festival
Wednesday, October 19 - CCBA Monthly Meeting at Bear Branch Nature Center Speaker Bill Sprenkle Log Cabin Bee Farms
Wednesday, November 16 - Pot Luck Dinner (Annual Elections)
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CHECK OUT THE CCBA WEBSITE
www.carrollcountybeekeepers.org/
Send emails to: [email protected]
CCBA FACEBOOK PAGE
Check us out on Facebook by searching for Carroll County Beekeepers Association. Join the page to post photos, articles, ask questions, etc. Anyone can view.
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CCBA 2016 OFFICERS
President Fred Sypher [email protected]
Vice President Larry Truchon [email protected]
Treasurer Jody King [email protected]
Secretary Terri Hemelt [email protected]
The Carroll Bee Editor Larry Fritz [email protected]
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