Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. I hope everyone had a wonderful and Merry Christmas. May there be peace and joy throughout the new year. May there be many blessings come your way in the New Year. I wish good health to all, including your bees. For me, I continue to need more time. […]
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SWARMING Problems from swarming Reduces the worker force Hive that swarms may not make any surplus honey Sometimes the swarm is not recovered Valuable queens can be lost There may be after-swarms which further reduces the worker force Factors that may lead to swarming (“Suggested”) Overcrowded hive Congestion of the brood area or lack of
If you think of your hive as having three parts, swarm control will involve separating one of these three parts from the other two. The three parts are: 1) Queen 2) Brood and Nurse Bees 3) Flying Force To separate the Queen: Make a nucleus to separate the Queen from the parent colony which has
Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year! Hopefully this year we can reflect on gratitude. Those that have gratitude seem to be happier. Instead of “What did you get?” Bob Purcell prefers to ask others “What did you give?” It doesn’t have
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. Our next meeting is going to be held on March 28, 2016 at 7:00 pm. Dewey Caron is going to speak on “What to do with your new livestock.” He is also going too have some information on how
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. Our next meeting is coming up on the 22nd of February at 7:00 pm. We have planned a you tube presentation from Randy Oliver. Randy talks about rotation of mite treatments, using acids, and using synthetic pesticides sparingly. We will also have a presentation on spring management of
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. May everyone have a wonderful and healthy New Year! I know many acquaintances who have health problems. There is an old saying “You are what you eat.” I wonder how safe this country’s food supply is. Anyway I hope it’s a
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May all of you have a Wonderful Thanksgiving! We certainly live in a great country. I hope all of us may feel thankful for all we have. I know situations come up that makes if feel difficult if not impossible to feel thankful, however if one can look beyond the situation one can find thankfulness.
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) Established in 1967. Our October and November meetings will be held in Building 9, Room 115 at Chemeketa Community College. Our speaker for October will be presenting on the subject of mead. The 2015 Oregon State Fair was a big hit. The booth was visited by thousands of fair goers.
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) Established in 1967. Our next meeting on Monday the 24th of August at 7 p.m. will be in Building 9, Room 111 at Chemeketa. Plan to bring your questions for a round table session. Todd and Trevor are going to show the 18 minute video that is going to play
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