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SIBA Booth at 2017 Aurora Farmers Fair

SIBA Booth at 2017 Aurora Farmers Fair
We're preparing early this year for the second time SIBA will set up at Aurora Farmers Fair. Garry Reeves blazed the trail for us last year... manning the booth mostly by himself just to see what it would take to run the booth so that he could report back to the club in hopes of…
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Alcohol wash to get a mite count in a beehive

Alcohol wash to get a mite count in a beehive
Originally submitted by J. Morgan in 2013Revised Jun. 17, 2017 by Karen Ferguson to provide the latest info on alcohol washes blessed by SIBA. When I lost what I considered my best hive over the winter of 2013, I sent a sample of these bees to the Beltsville bee lab. It came back with a…
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Take the Bee Informed Survey to help the bees

Take the Bee Informed Survey to help the bees
Dear Beekeeper, Warm up your keyboard, grab a cup of coffee and take the Bee Informed Partnership National Colony Loss and Management Surveys! 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…
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Support the honeybees by presenting them to others!

Support the honeybees by presenting them to others!
SIBA Members Tyson Hermes and Jason Morgan did a presentation about bees and beekeeping at the Northern Kentucky Montessori Academy (NKMA). The City of Erlanger posted this photo on their Facebook page. "Pushing a beekeeping education is not only about securing the future for the bees, but also for those who will be keeping them."…
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