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Update from the Indiana State Fair

Update from the Indiana State Fair
John Miller and a group of SIBA friends manned The Beekeepers Of Indiana booth at the Indiana State Fair this last Saturday. They brought an observation hive and sold bee-related products including honey ice cream. Seventeen people worked through a fast-paced fun-filled day in the air conditioned Ag. building. Gross sales were $6032, a third…
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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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