December Meeting – Protecting our Bees – David J. Isenhour, PhD
Moores Hill Senior Center 16610 N Broadway St., Moores Hill, IN, United StatesJoin us in December when David J. Isenhour, PhD presents "Protecting our Bees"
Join us in December when David J. Isenhour, PhD presents "Protecting our Bees"
Jim Orem will be speaking on the topic of swarm catching and swarm traps.
Dwight Wells visits us again. This time, he'll present the about, why and wow of the "48 Hour Queen Cells" in an innovative process to produce and distribute Honey Bee Genetics Locally.
David Hocutt will be joining us to talk about "checkerboarding," a management technique to prevent swarming.
By popular request, Jason Morgan will lead a discussion on mead making using honey harvested from your hives. This is a great winter-time topic and we hope to see you there.
Dave Broxterman and Jason Morgan will demonstrate several methods of making splits for apiary increase and varroa management. Please note we're still meeting at our winter location.
Dwight Wells will visit us again to talk about Swarm traps... and trapping! Always a great topic... and just in time to get things ready to go collect some swarms for the 2018 swarm season!
Karen Ferguson will talk about taking notes and logs for each hive. Paying attention to what's going on in each hive is one thing, writing it down in a way that you can remember it is another. The December, January, February and March meetings will be held at the Moores Hill Senior Center.