President’s message (June 2024)
Well, swarm season is definitely upon us, with regular calls to the swarm line. Check your hives no less than weekly but, at this time of year, it would be …
President’s message (May 2024)
After a spring of warmish days and chilly nights, the temperatures are going up, and all h*ll is going to break out in our hives! (This is also known as …
President’s message (April 2024)
Well, this year is already shaping up to be very atypical!! I’ve heard many people swearing that their hives had brood all winter, and I’m positive I had some right …
President’s message (March 2024)
March, as they say, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Less than a week ago we had snow flurries, and today as I write it’s …
President’s message (February 2024)
What an unusual winter – if you can even call it winter! Bees foraging – and bringing back pollen – well into November. Despite oxalic treatments, mite counts persisting right …
President’s message (January 2024)
A Happy New Year to everyone, and best wishes for an excellent beekeeping season this coming year! I have resolved that I won’t make the same mistakes this year; instead, …
President’s message (December 2023)
If there is ever an ‘off season’ part of beekeeping, we’re now entering it. But I haven’t found that there IS an ‘off season’; it’s more like ‘more busy’ and …
President’s message (November 2023)
I think we deserve a rest!! It has been a season of packages and nucs, splitting and swarming, mite counting and treating, prepping the hives for winter, extracting and bottling, …
President’s message (October 2023)
Well, the inevitable has happened – the delightful early fall weather has collapsed, and we are experiencing the harbinger of things to come this winter. And winter will be the …
President’s message (September 2023)
The days are getting shorter, the temperatures a lot cooler, and it’s time to start preparing to overwinter our hives. While the good weather may continue for a good while …