tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59959317533824156862024-02-22T05:02:18.375-05:00Spilling the HoneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995931753382415686.post-6954392926433050492016-04-24T07:27:00.002-04:002016-04-24T07:27:56.342-04:00April 2016 Edition of GBA NewsletterThe April edition of the GBA Newsletter. Editors: Gina Gallucci and Linda Tillman
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The first album contains photos by Linda and by Marybeth. The second contains Ricky's photos.
The first collection runs as a slide show. <br />
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Below please find the September edition of our newsletter. Our articles are submitted by our members. Please continue to contribute and if you are someone who wants to use one of our articles for your own bee newsletter, please let us know!
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We welcome GBA members and nonmembers alike. <a href="https://gba17.wildapricot.org/event-1944453">Register here</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995931753382415686.post-61256659870453259852015-07-11T15:23:00.001-04:002015-07-11T15:23:01.229-04:00July 2015 NewsletterMonthly newsletter of the Georgia Beekeepers Association<br />
Gina Gallucci and Linda Tillman, Editors<br />
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<span class="s1"><span class="s1">According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) honey production in the United States jumped up by 19% last year. These numbers are from honey producers with 5 or more colonies who actually participate in the reporting process. That equates to a total of 178 million pounds from 2.74 million colonies of bees. The average yield per colony was 65.1 pounds which is also up by 15% from 2013. Bulk honey prices rose as well in 2014 by 1% to 216.1 cents per pound. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>These are really some “gee-whizz” numbers to mull about, but I know for a fact that not every beekeeper reports his/her production numbers. After reading the article with those numbers, I decided to call the office collecting the data to try to determine some accuracy. They admitted that this was the best they could do with what they had to work with. I read a report last year that America has a demand for over 500 million pounds of honey for all that we do with it. You can see on the store shelves more and more products containing honey: cereal, breads, peanut butter, etc. Booze too! It seems that a lot of whiskeys and bourbons are adding honey to their joy juice. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>To fill the void, China and other countries are saturating our markets with their “Pure Honey.” And </span>we all know that is not good. Their cheap honey drives down our prices and keeps us from even getting on the store shelves in some cases. Fortunately a lot of businesses are seeking local honey, but they need educating on what it really is. One store commodity guy I spoke with thought that getting honey from Maine or Iowa here in Georgia, was local honey. I tried to educate him, but I don’t think I got through. All of us have to help teach the public. Write articles in your local newspaper, magazines and appear on TV. Craft Fairs and Farmers Markets already attract the folks who are in the know, but we must keep it up.</div>
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<span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>For the past year or so, I have been receiving a request from the USDA inquiring about the status of bees, honey production, etc. I have been sending the inquiries down through the club presidents to send on out to the membership to respond. I don’t think many of you are responding. I hope that you do as those numbers finally wind up in the total. Remember, you are not reporting to the IRS, you are simply reporting to an office that gathers data. (I can’t imagine that two govt offices would actually talk to each other!) So please take the time to send in your report. If the USDA had more accurate numbers, maybe they could restrict/reduce the flow of bad honey into America. Let’s join together to protect our market by participating in these surveys.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> It is with great sadness that I must report that long-time beekeeper </span><span class="s2"><b><i>Billy Engle</i></b></span><span class="s1"> passed away on May 12, 2015. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"> <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Mr. Billy Engle was the owner of Rose Creek Honey Farm in The Rock, Georgia. He began keeping bees with his father as a small child. His father kept bees in gums and he taught Mr. Engle the basics of handling honeybees. Mr. Engle began his commercial beekeeping venture in the late 1980s as an alternative to traditional farming. Engle managed as many as 650 colonies in his beekeeping career and was a honey producer, a commercial pollinator, and a supplier of package honeybees, nucs and queens. Mr. Engle retired from commercial beekeeping in 2014, but still maintained a few colonies for his personal enjoyment up through the time of his passing.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> Mr. Engle regularly made time at bee meetings to speak with and answer questions from fellow beekeepers. Mr. Engle’s keen insight and easy-going nature made him a favorite mentoring resource for </span><span class="s3">generations of new beekeepers. </span><span class="s1">To have spoken with him even once was all it took to understand why he had such an excellent reputation for generosity with his time and wisdom. The list of clubs, schools, community groups, and organizations he has visited and spoken to over the years advocating for the plight of the honeybee is exhaustive. He will be sorely missed by both us beekeepers and his honeybees.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">For club speaker ideas, GBA maintains a speaker list. If you would like to speak to clubs, <a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/gba-speakers-list/"><span class="s2">click here </span></a>to be added to the list. As a speaker, plan to know what your honorarium request will be if you are asked to speak. If you have invited speakers for your club, <a href="http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/p/treat-your-speakers-well.html"><span class="s2">click here to read an article</span></a> first published in <i>Bee Culture</i> about how to treat your speakers well. </span></div>
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<b><i>Chattooga Beekeepers</i></b><span class="s1"><b>:</b></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Certified Beekeeper Level Test - </b></span><span class="s3"><b>(Pre Registration required by June 9th, 2015, Call Randy Rolen 423-304-2714 to register). No registration day of testing.</b></span><span class="s4"><b> </b></span><span class="s3"><b>Requirements: Must have beekeeping experience. Individuals should be familiar with the basic skills and knowledge necessary for the beginning hobby beekeeper.</b></span></div>
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If you attended the Spring Meeting, you may recall hearing that Smith State Prison in Glennville has a program teaching inmates to keep bees. For those who were not aware, here's a quick recap: Back in August my local club (Ogeechee Area Beekeepers) was asked to assist in developing a diploma or certification for the men who completed the program. Shortly thereafter Bear Kelley and Jennifer Berry got involved. The decision was made to allow these men to take the UGA certified beekeeper exam at Smith SP when they were ready.</div>
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Early on a hot clear Monday in May, I took a swarm call from Philip Agnetti, Sr. Safety Manager at the new Atlanta Falcons Stadium construction project. The temperature was rising fast and I live fairly close by, but honestly, I was excited to see this jobsite. My real job is construction recruiting, so although I talk with construction people all day long, I don't get to see projects in person. </div>
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<span class="s1"><i> “If my bees had nosema, I would do nothing.”</i></span></div>
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As wax comb ages, it becomes darker and more brittle. It also can harbor contaminates such as pesticides, fungal and bacterial diseases along with heavy metals which is why we need to replace brood combs every 3-5 years</div>
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We hope you are all enjoying seeing what all the beekeepers and clubs are doing around great state of Georgia. We are loving seeing this sharing evolve. Please keep your info coming and remember that we need your articles and photos before we put the next issue to bed. Deadline for the July issue is Wed. the 24th at midnight.</div>
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If you know someone who is a beekeeper and isn’t a GBA member, share this newsletter with them and<a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/ga-beekeepers-association/"> <span class="s1">encourage them to join ($15 individual, $25 family</span></a>). </div>
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Gina Gallucci and Linda Tillman, Editors<br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Julia Mahood took this photo and wrote: </b><i>I caught a swarm on Sunday--my favorite way to spend a beautiful spring afternoon. The bees were so kind and calm. They were patient as we drove to their new home and patient as they were poured into their new digs. I slid the cover over most of the top, but left an inch or two open so that the still-flying girls could find their way in. I was so relieved to see this line of workers on the edge, tipping their abdomens up high and fanning their wings to distribute the scent from their nasanov glands, telling their sisters “Head this way, our Queen is in here!”</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The President's Message</span>: <b>Let’s all join the Bee Team! </b></h3>
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Illustrated above is a hexagon just as our wonderful Honey Bees would construct. They figured out that the six sides are necessary to create a strong voluminous cell to protect their young and store their very valuable food supplies. My illustration shows that we beekeepers need to be concerned about all six sides as well. <span class="s1">Many beekeepers start with </span><span class="s2"><b><i>local club</i></b></span><span class="s1"> involvement, finding a </span><span class="s2"><b><i>mentor</i></b></span><span class="s1">, and gaining </span><span class="s2"><b><i>personal education</i></b></span><span class="s1"> about bees. Just those three facets of learning can help one become somewhat successful as a beekeeper who endeavors to keep and manage honey bees.</span></div>
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But to create a stronger “knowledge” cell, you need both to continue on to education toward certification levels as well as involvement in state and national organizations. The UGA <span class="s3"><b><i>Young Harris</i></b></span> program <span class="s1">provides classes to allow you to move through levels of certification. </span>In the past, when our grandfathers kept bees, life was so much simpler. Farming chemicals did not exist as they do now; hive beetles and varroa mites weren’t any problem at all; and we were not worried about Africanized bees and all the other stuff that is on our plates today. So going to Young Harris and listening to Jennifer Berry, et al. discuss the current treatment methods and biology of the bees we love so much is what may save you from losing everything you have invested. Whether you keep bees naturally or use treatment chemicals occasionally, at Young Harris you can learn both sides of success. The Young Harris program has also had many naturalists, like Master Beekeepers Linda Tillman and Keith Fielder, speaking on the environment necessary for bees and honey production.</div>
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Being involved with the <span class="s2"><b><i>Georgia Beekeepers Association</i></b></span> and the <span class="s2"><b><i>American Beekeeping Federation</i></b></span> is important as well. At the state level, we have almost 3,000 beekeepers and <span class="s1">through the state organization, you </span>have a chance to meet others who know what problems you are experiencing and <span class="s1">who may</span> have already found a solution. Our state gatherings in the spring and fall bring in nationally known speakers, make available various equipment vendors, and give you a chance to compete in the state honey competition. The American Beekeeping Federation provides much of the same, but multiplies it by 50! They bring speakers from all over the world of beekeeping and their equipment shows are the best in the business. Each of the state and national organizations keeps us apprised of the progress of the Africanized bee movement, the spreading of diseases and status of chemical use that harms bees in our environment. You certainly leave those meetings feeling a bit overwhelmed with new information about the bee world.</div>
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In summary, the six sided cell is necessary to give you strength and provide you with a voluminous education. So, I want to encourage you to expand your education and knowledge by getting involved in all aspects of the Bee Team!</div>
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<span class="s1">For club speaker ideas, GBA maintains a speaker list. If you would like to speak to clubs, <a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/gba-speakers-list/"><span class="s2">click here </span></a>to be added to the list. As a speaker, plan to know what your honorarium request will be if you are asked to speak. If you have invited speakers for your club, <a href="http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/p/treat-your-speakers-well.html"><span class="s2">click here to read an article</span></a> first published in <i>Bee Culture</i> about how to treat your speakers well. </span></div>
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At the March and April meetings, the Lake Country Beekeepers Association in Sparta, Georgia hosted two popular Georgia beekeepers: Mr. Slade Jarrett of Jarrett Bees, and Mrs. Virginia Webb of Mtn Honey. Mr Jarrett presented a program on Spring Buildup and Management. In early spring, the bees consume a lot of honey as they build up the number of worker bees. This is the time of year when bees will starve and it is very common to find dead bees. It is important to feed sugar water (1:1 ratio) and to keep feeders filled until the nectar flow starts. He discussed checking the hives for brood, pollen and potential swarming. It’s a good practice to split hives but make sure the hive is good and strong. Bees are stronger and more effective in number. To be a successful beekeeper “think and plan ahead on bee time.”</div>
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Members who attended the April meeting were treated to a two for one talk as Mrs. Webb shared her enthusiasm for both Apimondia, the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Association and Talking to Kids about Honey Bees. The Apimondia Congress is a world wide beekeeping group that gathers once every other year. Last time Apimondia met in the USA was 1967. The USA is making an Olympics type bid against Canada and possibly Brazil for the location for August 2019 with a proposed meeting site in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference is five full days, like our state meeting on steroids, with 600 programs, hands-on opportunities with 5000 hives, scientific presentations, lectures, the World Honey Show, the Honey Queen and 300-400 trade companies in attendance. Check out Apimondia on Facebook.</div>
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The Lake Country Beekeepers Association is a 60 member club. Beekeepers and folks interested in learning how to keep bees gather monthly to learn and share ideas. The club meets the 3rd Monday of each month at the Hancock County Extension. Visit us on Facebook or contact Bruce Morgan of Morgan Apiaries at 478.357.4029 for further information. Come join us on May 18th at 7:00 p.m. when our guest speaker will be Steve Page of Coweta Honey.</div>
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participated in the Ag Day sponsored by the Chattooga Young Farmers. The event hosted approximately 300 students attending from each of the schools in the county. The beekeepers for this day were Randy and Carolyn Rolen and Sophia Price.</div>
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Got a call from a local farmer, he began to explain he heard what he thought was a plane coming over. As it turns out, it was their first experience with a swarm. The bees landed near their house in a small peach tree.</div>
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They told us that the swarm was about 6 ft. off the ground but by the time we got there the small branch was hanging so low from the weight of the bees they were touching the ground.</div>
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In a tree there is no queen excluder. In the wild, the queen is free to wander in the comb and lay where she’d like. The queen excluder was developed for the convenience of the beekeeper. During honey harvest, the queen excluder ensures the beekeeper that he/she could remove the honey supers without taking the queen. For the commercial beekeeper, this creates an efficient honey harvest.</div>
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The beginner kits I bought when I started beekeeping each came with a queen excluder so I own two queen excluders. Although I don’t use the queen excluder in my hive, I have found several good uses for it in beekeeping.</div>
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When hiving a swarm, putting a queen “includer” under the bottom box of the hive, just above the hive entrance, will keep a swarm from leaving because the queen can’t go with them. Remove the “includer” after a night or two (in case the queen in your swarm is a virgin queen and needs to get out to mate). This suggestion came from Julia Mahood while I was panicking about possibly losing a swarm.</div>
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You will enjoy watching your bees work by having their favorites plants nearby<b>. </b>Bees love native wildflowers, flowering herbs, berries and many flowering fruits and vegetables. Here in Georgia, a few you should consider include varieties of mint, basil, sage, thyme, borage, oregano, lavender, chives, buckwheat, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cucumbers, tomato, squash, pumpkins, melons, crocus, <a href="http://www.beverlybees.com/snowdrops/"><span class="s1">snowdrops</span></a>, jonquils, tulips, sunflowers, asters, dandelions, clovers, lilacs, wisteria, cosmos, black-eyed susans, gaillardia, goldenrod, bachelor’s buttons, anise hyssop, bee balm, sedum, peony and honeysuckle. If you have the space, planting any type of fruit tree is perfect and trees such as maple, willow, black locust and sumac are also good food sources for bees. </div>
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<span class="s1">Adding food coloring to sugar water being fed to bees is a great idea. First, as you noted, you can more easily see when it needs to be refilled. More importantly, if you color the sugar water and that syrup ends up in your honey, the food color will show up as well so use colors like blue or green or purple so that if your honey is tinted blue, green or purple, you will know there is sugar syrup in it.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Feeding your bees during nectar collection pretty much guarantees that your honey will contain sugar syrup. You should mark the boxes that are on the hive when/if you are feeding so that you will not take honey from those boxes. That still does not guarantee that sugar syrup will not be in your honey because the bees move stuff around in the hive all the time.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">If you made a proper nuc from an established hive, you should have given the nuc a couple of frames of brood and eggs, a frame of pollen and a frame of honey. That honey should be enough to give them a start and that nuc should not need feeding here in the early spring. So I would encourage you to stop feeding now, if you haven’t already. My bees have been bringing in some nectar since the middle of March - maybe even earlier where you are, if you are in a warmer part of the state.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Bees that do need feeding in early spring are package installations. Those bees didn’t know to engorge on honey because they didn’t know they were being shaken into a package. Even those bees only need to be fed a week or two because with the nectar flow, they won’t need the syrup. I got two packages this year and only fed them 1 pint of syrup each because they started bringing in nectar and quit taking the syrup. </span></div>
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Yes, it’s been a while since we had a survey. We would love to get more responses on our one question survey. Our most recent survey in January asked: <b><i>Do you remove wax and propolis from your frames and hive boxes for winter storage?</i></b></div>
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Please also know we are accepting your info for honeybee related ads for the our<b><i> Spilling’ the Honey </i></b>newsletter eagerly read throughout the southeast. If you or your company would like to purchase ad space in the GBA Newsletter, <a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/spilling-the-honey-ad-application/"><span class="s1">click here.</span></a><span class="s1"> </span></div>
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<b><i>Spring Meeting 2015 - It was great and if you didn’t come, you were missed and we hope you come to the fall meeting in Milledgeville. Photos by Bill Owens, Gina Gallucci, and Linda Tillman. To see a slide show of these and more photos from the meeting, </i></b><a href="http://spillingthehoney.blogspot.com/2015/03/gba-meeting-in-lake-blackshear-slideshow.html"><span class="s1"><b><i>click here</i></b></span></a><span class="s2"><b><i>.</i></b></span></div>
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I can’t begin to tell you all how pleased I was at the Lake Blackshear Resort with our Spring Meeting in February. We had a record turnout of members and new members. I believe it was in the neighborhood of 260 people. P.N. Williams said that was the most in 30 years. We were originally planning for around 140, but the writing was on the wall a week before with 153 pre-registered. </div>
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The high number means we had a heck of a lot of walk ups. In the future, we plan to keep registration open longer to increase the possibility of preregistration. Everyone who preregisters helps us ensure that we have enough programs, handouts, and lunches for the attendees. While we love welcoming those of you who register at the door, planning for the meeting works out better if you take a moment to preregister. The staff at the Resort handled it well and somehow produced the extra meals at a moment’s notice. I apologize if we had standing room only in some of the breakouts. If you were there, you know we shifted folks around a bit to accommodate the more popular speakers. </div>
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I reported at the Board meeting that as of two years ago, GBA had less than 180 members with 22 affiliated clubs; and as of the board meeting this year (13 Feb 2015) we had more than 425 memberships and 35 affiliated clubs. If my count is correct, we <span class="s1">actually</span> have 563 members (counting family members) now. That’s tremendous! This is your organization and I am so glad you are coming out to give support. Your participation is the reason we can have good speakers, great facilities and a wonderful event. <span class="s1">Thank you from all of your officers and the event committee.</span> We are glad that the work going into these meetings is appreciated.</div>
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At the Board meeting, we presented two new charters to recently established clubs. Those were the Altamaha Beekeepers with Holly Neilsen as president and the Beekeepers of Gilmer County, led by John Tackett. Andy Bailey, our GBA secretary, actually prepared “Charters” printed on parchment paper. They were quite popular and many of the club presidents there expressed their desire to have one for their club. So, if you know your “Charter date,” send an email to Andy: <a href="mailto:baileysbees@gmail.com"><span class="s2">baileysbees@gmail.com</span></a> with the appropriate info and we will prepare them for you and mail them back as we get them.</div>
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We also approved multiple year memberships at the Board meeting. Now when you pay your membership dues, you may pay for one, three or five years at once. There will be no monetary savings (since our dues are so cheap already), but it means that our staff will not have to work as hard in getting everyone to re-up every year, and you will not have to worry about it as well.</div>
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I want to thank the club presidents who attended the Presidential Breakfast. We had a great turnout and I felt that we were able to get to know each other better. Dr. Wimbish discussed the Junior Beekeeping program and Regina Robuck talked up the American Beekeeping Federation. We also discussed how to get bulk sugar, getting bees through the winter stronger and other topics. The local club presidents went away with a list of potential speakers to help them with their program planning.</div>
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We have already started working on the fall meeting to be held in Milledgeville in September. We were so happy to see so many of you at the spring meeting. Now all of you come back in the fall, enter the big honey show and bring a beekeeping friend with you. We want our numbers to keep going up.</div>
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Bill Owens (Georgia Bee Removal): <b>$1500</b></div>
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Ray Civitts (Mountain Sweet Honey): <b>$800</b></div>
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Slade Jarrett (Jarrett Apiaries) <b>$400</b></div>
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<b>GBA offers funds to support youth education programs</b>! If your club is interested in hosting youth activities and are in need of program ideas, games, activities, or planning support please call or e-mail. I look forward to presentations at the Tara, Henry County, and Griffin Clubs!</div>
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The newly invented Flow Hive has been all over the Internet in recent weeks. You’ve seen the photos on Facebook pages. Two Australian developers created a hive box that allows honey to be harvested without opening the hive. The photos often show a hive with an open tube pouring honey into an open jar. While it seems convenient for honey harvesting, using this hive box might prevent people from being good keepers of their bees (not taking the time/effort to inspect these hives).</div>
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<li>"More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce,” according to testing done exclusively for <b>Food Safety News</b>. There is a very thorough article <a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.VONcqPnF9DR"><span class="s1">HERE</span></a> from Food Safety News, November 2011, about testing honey for pollen, and as the first sentence of the article states.</li>
<li><b>Steve Page’s </b><span class="s2"><b><a href="http://www.cowetabeekeepers.org/news/the-coweta-beekeeping-method-sustainable-beekeeping-in-the-south/">Coweta Beekeeping Method</a></b></span></li>
<li><span class="s3"><a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/02/can-mushrooms-save-honeybee/">Can mushrooms save the honeybee</a></span><span class="s1">?</span></li>
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<b><i>Dear Aunt Bee,</i></b></div>
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If bees do not go to the bathroom in the hive and wait to go on a cleansing flight, what does the queen do? Does she go to the bathroom in the hive or does she slip outside?</div>
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Thanks for the help, Aunt Bee.</div>
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<b><i>Potty Breaks</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Dear Potty,</i></b></div>
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The bees who attend the queen take care of her from head to toe. They comb her hair, brush her mandibles and take out her bodily waste. None of the bees can fly during the coldest days and they “hold it” until there is a day when they can fly. Then as quickly as they can, they move the waste out of the hive.</div>
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Sometimes in a winter hive, the bees can develop nosema. You will know this when you see streaks of brown on the exterior of the hive as the bees release in desperation as they exit. </div>
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But in general, the queen’s needs are taken care of by the attendant bees.</div>
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<b><i>Your Aunt Bee</i></b></div>
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5 tablespoons sugar</div>
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2 tablespoons wildflower honey</div>
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3 cups heavy whipping cream</div>
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Prepared honeycomb</div>
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In a large bowl, whip the cream to soft peaks. Stir in the condensed milk and whip again to soft peaks, then whisk in the vodka and salt.</div>
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As I write this in mid February, winter is raging full blown. It is down into the 30s, 20s and occasionally into the teens here in Middle Georgia. I am a second year wanna-beekeeper and have learned a lot. Much without a choice.</div>
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Last year I had a 100% hive loss when what seemed like overnight I went from healthy hives with stores and bees to empty hives. No dead bees, no predators, no reason that I could come up with for 100% healthy-turn dead hives.</div>
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I'm faring better this year with three of my five hives surviving, thriving and doing well. I did experience a repeat of last year and lost two hives. It is frustrating, aggravating, and I took it personally, for a long time.</div>
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During the cold last winter I would wrap the hives in blankets, seal the entrance and worry nightly about the bees getting too cold. The smartest beekeeper I've met, my mentor, Jesse McCurdy, kept telling me (and still does) "<i>you do not have a problem with your bees, your bees have a problem with you!</i>"</div>
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Having listened to my elders about beekeeping, and having put into practice what they taught, I have learned the most important lesson in my two year wanna-beekeeper experience; are you ready, this is important, so read and reread this slowly, let it soak in. </div>
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<b>"Let nature take its course."</b></div>
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There, I've said it. Remember fellow newbies and wanna-beekeepers, we do not control the bees and the hives. Remember, they are insects. Bugs. They are programmed to do things that we cannot understand. We give them encouragement and nurture them to our abilities, but when the sun sets, they are <i>still bugs doing what bugs do</i>.</div>
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Having let go of the fears and over-protectiveness, I am enjoying beekeeping much more. I don't stress when it gets bitterly cold, I just go to the window, look at the hives and say "Girls, it's gonna be cold tonight, bundle up, I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight."</div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Rick Moore</i></b></span></div>
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<b>We really had a great time working on this month’s edition. This was because of all the help we had from all of you sending in contributions. </b></div>
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<b>We have identified a real need for us to have a </b><span class="s2"><b><span style="color: blue;">designated GBA Photographer</span></b></span><b>. We need this person to concentrate on getting photos at GBA meetings and club meetings of both people and bees for use in <i>Spillin’ the Honey</i> and on our GBA website.</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">Online registration for the spring meeting is no longer available, but you are welcome to come and register at the door! Come one, come all!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">February Presidents Message</span></b></h3>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Here we are into February and by now you should have signed up for the Spring Meeting being held at the beautiful Lake Blackshear Resort near Cordele on February 13 and 14. There is still time to pre register. Heck, we will even take you at the door on the day of the event. However, pre-registration helps us in planning meals, seating, programs, etc. It also helps the vendors as they bring so much (or not enough) of their product for you. So immediately after you read the rest of this wonderful newsletter, keep your computer on and <span class="s1"><a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/spring-meeting-registration/">shift over to the GBA web site and sign up</a></span>. </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Last month, our Northeast Director, Slade Jarrett, and I flew out to Anaheim, California to attend the American Bee Federation Conference. As I sat in the various workshops and seminars, I realized the enormity of the honey bee situation in our world. Since there are over a quarter million “known” beekeepers in the United States and untold numbers of labs, PhDs and committees studying the plight of the Honey Bee, I know that we must never stop all the efforts that are on going to save the little critter. As a concerned group, we have to put this in high gear and work to the successful survival of our beloved honey bee. </div>
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Most of the clubs in Georgia have beginner’s beekeeping classes about this time of the year. That’s wonderful because your effort introduces more folks to the bee world. I know that Potato Creek beeks had about 30 and MABA had around 100 in their classes. As the rest of the state clubs present programs, please send me your attendance numbers and I will report on this at the fall meeting. </div>
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We need these kinds of numbers as they do so much for us in the bee world. I realize that not all of these newbees will become beekeepers, but they will have been introduced to the bee world and will help take better bee care for tomorrow. </div>
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In our world, we have hobbyist, sideliners and commercial beeks. Hobbyists turn into sideliners and into commercial beeks over time and continue the work of so many before them. We revised the junior beek program in Georgia last year and I hope that you will consider this as you present programs this year. Please keep up the good work you are doing in and for <span class="s1">your</span> community and especially for the honey bees! In nature, honey bees don’t need humans to survive; but we humans need honey bees to survive! Humans have created most of the problems for bees and humans can fix it.</div>
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I also would like to take a minute and welcome the newest club into the Apiary. Thanks to the work of our Southeast Director, Rhett Kelley and the newest Club President, Holly Nielsen for forming the Altamaha Beekeepers Association. They meet in Lyons, Georgia (near Vidalia) and will be presented at the board meeting at Lake Blackshear. Welcome ya’ll!</div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Bear Kelley,</span></i></b></div>
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President, Georgia Beekeepers Assn.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">Have you ever wondered how you could get a grant to help with a beekeeping project?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">Would you like to put some new swarm catching tricks up your sleeve before the calls start coming this spring?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">Did you know that Georgia Tech isn’t just the home of the yellow jackets, it’s also home to the Urban Beekeeping Project? </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">You’ll learn about all these things–and much more–at the GBA Spring Meeting! This conference has something that will inspire everyone–hobbyists to commercial beekeepers–to gear up for spring beekeeping adventures.</span></i></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Lake Blackshear Resort in Cordele, GA</span></i></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://metroatlantabeekeepers.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ae56fa6dbe123961be37da9d6">Click here</a></span><span class="s3"> </span> to view the program for the meeting</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">The GBA Board will be meeting on Friday the 13th from 7 - 8 at the Lake Blackshear conference center. After that there is a reception for all–not just board members– so plan to come. The reception includes a cash bar and some goodies to munch on and most importantly, an opportunity to talk and chat with your fellow beekeepers.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">To reserve a room at the Lake Blackshear Resort at the special Georgia Beekeepers rate, call 1-<b>800-459-1230</b> and use the code <b>200981</b>. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">To register for the conference, <a href="http://metroatlantabeekeepers.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ae56fa6dbe123961be37da9d6&id=ef0b28f6ed&e=bf26868e35"><span class="s2">click here</span></a><span class="s3">.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">It's Valentine's Day and the hotel has a special Valentine's dinner and dance Saturday night. If you'd like to stay on and celebrate Valentine's with your honey, the hotel will give you the same discounted rate for Saturday night as they will for Friday night. You do need to <b>make reservations for dinner </b>at the hotel that night if you want to enjoy their special Valentine’s dinner.</span></i></div>
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<b>Club meetings throughout the state</b></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>GBA is developing a speaker list</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>We know there are many beekeepers out there with knowledge and skills to share. We are in the process of creating a list of speakers to help local clubs with ideas for their meetings. We plan to keep this list on the GBA website so that club meeting organizers can use it easily.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>If you are someone who would like to be asked to speak to bee clubs, </i><a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/gba-speakers-list/"><span class="s2"><i>please click here </i></span></a><i>to provide us with your information so you can be contacted by local clubs. If you heard a speaker at your own bee meeting and think another club would also enjoy hearing that person, </i><a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/gba-speakers-list/"><span class="s2"><i>please also fill out this form</i></span></a><i>.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Reminders of upcoming beginning beekeeper courses sent in by club presidents:</b></span></div>
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Chattahoochee Valley Beekeepers Spring Beekeeping Course Oxbow Environmental Learning Center six, two hour sessions over six consecutive Saturday afternoons, 3PM to 5PM, beginning February 14, 2015 Call Paul Berry, 706-527-0739</div>
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Cherokee Beekeepers Club presents Beeschool 2015 at First Baptist Church Holly Springs, 2632 Holly Springs Parkway, Holly Springs, GA 30142</div>
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Coastal Empire Beekeepers Association (CEBA) will present a FUNdamentals of Beekeeping at Oatland Island Wildlife Center on Saturday, February 28th from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. <span class="s4"><br />
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Forsyth Beekeepers Club WHAT: Beginning Beekeeping Short Course Day 1 Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor Center, Cumming GA March 7th, registration starts @ 8, classes start @ 9:00 <span class="s7"><a href="http://www.forsythbeekeepersclub.org/">www.forsythbeekeepersclub.org</a></span></div>
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Successful Short Course</div>
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The Lake Country Beekeepers Association conducted a Beekeeping Short Course on Saturday, January 24th at the Central Georgia Technical College in Milledgeville, GA. Over 40 new and experienced beekeepers and their families attended the day long program. </div>
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The event featured well known beekeeping educators and advocates, Mr. Keith Fielder, Georgia Master Beekeeper from the University of Georgia Putnam County Cooperative Extension and Mr. Bruce Morgan of Morgan Apiaries. Their extensive presentations covered topics such as bee biology, equipment, diseases, what happens inside a colony throughout the year, how to purchase bees and where to locate your hives. Beekeepers were reminded to choose site location carefully and to feed their bees. </div>
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President Bruce Morgan commented, “The short course is essential for beginning beekeepers and is an event that builds local club membership.” This was the 3rd annual short course sponsored by the Lake County Beekeepers Association, founded in 2013. </div>
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The LCBA meets the third Monday of each month at the Hancock County Extension Service , 12534 Augusta Hwy 16 in Sparta, GA. To join LCBA, call Bruce Morgan at 478.357.4029 or email <a href="mailto:rbmorgan@hughes.n"><span class="s1">rbmorgan@hughes.net</span></a> or visit morganhoney.com.</div>
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<b>BEEKEEPERS OF GILMER COUNTY CLUB</b></div>
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<i>During this past year, BGCC has been consulting with Janko Bozic, an expert in the management techniques of the AZ hive. Prof. Bozic, entomologist and professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is </i></div>
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<i>The BGCC will again display an AZ hive at this year’s GBA Spring Meeting, Feb. 13th and 14th. Please stop by our table and have a good look at this unique beehive. In response to the many requests by GBA </i></div>
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<i>If you or your club is interested in learning more about the AZ hives please contact BGCC President, John</i><span class="s1"> </span><i>Tackett, at </i><a href="tel:770%20530-8997%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s2"><i>770 530-8997</i></span></a><i>, or Mary Lou Blohm at 706 636-1514.</i></div>
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Alan Hix, charter president of the Chattooga Beekeepers Association, was presented this very special plaque in appreciation for his service from 2012 – 2014. He brings over ten years of experience in beekeeping to the group and it was through his efforts the Chattooga Beekeepers Association was established.</div>
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Now that spring is upon us and we are making splits, getting nucs, packages and generally expanding our apiaries, marking of this year’s queen should be a concern for you. This year’s color for the queen marking is <b>Blue.</b> The table below will help you through the years with queen marking.</div>
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Marking her highness is essential in tracking her age and discovering if you find a markless queen that she has swarmed and they have replaced her. Most of the bee suppliers offer marking pens at reasonable rates. You can probably get one from a vendor at the Lake Blackshear meeting.</div>
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Our beloved honey bee, Apis mellifera, has a tiny charming endangered cousin in the Yucatan, the ‘Mayan Honey Bee’. The ‘stingless bees’ (Meliponini) inhabit the tropics worldwide and are composed of a diverse group of over 500 species. Melipona is found only in the tropics of the New World, from Mexico to Argentina, and includes over 50 reported species.</div>
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<i>Melipona yucatanica </i>& <i>beecheii</i>, the charming little cousins of our own Apis mellifera are about the size of a large red ant and do have rudimentary stingers, but they are ineffectual for defensive purposes, thus they are called the ‘Stingless Mayan Honey Bees’. They were widely cultured by the Maya for thousands of years, valued for their delicate floral tasting honey and revered as sacred. Their Mayan name is <i>xunan kab</i>, “royal or noble lady bee.” </div>
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Mayan honey bees nest in hollow logs or trees and build a small wax/propylis tube at the entrance of the log for entry and exit. They were considered a Mayan family treasure, several log hives were hung around each home and passed down through generations, some hives reported to last over 80 years. Sadly, today these amazing creatures are highly endangered due to massive deforestation, pesticides and new age agricultural practices, specifically the widely adopted practice of mono-crop cultivation. In addition, they are being replaced as honey producers with Africanized honey bees which can yield upwards of 100kg of honey per year per hive and are much hardier and easier to manage. Today there are fewer than 70 Melipona beekeepers in the Mayan lowlands, decreased from thousands in the 1980’s. </div>
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I had the unique pleasure of visiting a Mayan honey producer in the Yucatan this December and was thrilled to see, photograph and be visited by these amazing creatures. Melipona don’t sting, but they like to get into your hair if you approach their hive and can bite producing a small welt smaller than a mosquito bite which fades rapidly. They also store their honey quite differently than Apis in that the brood is concentrated in the center of the log hive and the honey is stored in vertical ‘pots’ at the periphery of the hive. </div>
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The log hives are ‘capped’ at both ends with wood or stone discs for easy removal of the honey and minimal damage to the hive. The traditional alcoholic Mayan drink, balche', is similar to mead as it is made from fermented honey and the nectar, sap and/or bark of the balche' tree. It was used in medicinal and spiritual practices, and reported to have psychotropic properties. I haven’t had the pleasure of drinking authentic balche' but look forward to my next visit to the Yucatan. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1">References: </span><span class="s2"> </span>Ramirez, S.R., et al. <span class="s3">Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution</span>, 56(2010) 519-525.<br />Wikipedia, Stingless bees. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s5">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee</span></a> <span class="s2"><br />
<a href="http://www.uqroo.m/"><span class="s6">http://www.uqroo.mx/libros/maya/diccionario.pdf</span></a></span><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.uqroo.m/"><span class="s6">http://www.uqroo.mx/libros/maya/diccionario.pdf</span></a></span><span class="s2"> <a href="http://www.apimondia.com/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s6">http://www.apimondia.com</span></a></span><span class="s2"> <a href="http://beeworld.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s6">http://beeworld.org/</span></a></span> 2005 Comprehensive Guide – Conservation Efforts</span></h4>
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To Bob Binnie’s surprise, he received a phone call from Carl Chesick, head of the Center for Honey Bee Research in Asheville, NC after the judging of the Black Jar Contest put on by the Center.</div>
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<span class="s1">Carl said, “Bob, you’ve won the Black Jar Contest!” Bob reports that he was waiting for the punch line when Carl said, “We’re sending you a check for $1000, for real!”</span></div>
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<span class="s1">In the Asheville newspaper Bob Binnie’s South Dakota honey was announced as the winner. Bob’s business and reputation are in the state of Georgia. That year Bob had 442 or so hives in South Dakota. Since Bob assumed the Black Jar judges were overwhelmed with sourwood and tulip poplar, he decided to enter his South Dakota honey.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">What is the Black Jar Contest?</span></i></b></div>
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The idea for the Black Jar Contest evolved from a conversation with Bob Binnie during which he mentioned the idea behind Black Jar Tastings. He has been entering every year to support our work - but none of us expected him to win. The jars were all covered in brown paper and given arbitrary four digit numbers indexed in a sealed envelope. We had newspaper reporters and photographers present in the final judging . When the six judge panel's scores were tabulated, I was shocked to hear the grand prize winner's name: Bob Binnie!</div>
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<i>Bob Binnie</i> is now inscribed on a brass plaque on the black jar trophy. (Pictures at <a href="http://chbr.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s2">chbr.org</span></a>) There's room for ten names altogether and we have plans for an 'Invitational Challenge' of the decade’s winners - kinda like the Masters in golf.</div>
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The Center for Honey Bee Research is the logical choice to run such a contest because it's difficult for organizations with changing officers to keep annual events from stumbling.</div>
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We started the Black Jar Contest as a way to bring attention to real beekeepers and to educate the buying public that honey is not the generic product they are used to buying. We want them to know that honey is like a snowflake - no two exactly alike - and that diversity is a reflection of the unique plants, climate and soils of the area in which the honey is produced. We stress the difference between pure honey and high-heat, micro-filtered blends of multi-national 'honey' filling the shelves of supermarkets. By staging a high profile event, we are able to publicize the plight of pollinators in a positive and 'feel good' atmosphere that respects the sacrifice and hard work of beekeepers.</div>
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The Center's goal in offering lucrative cash awards is to encourage the participation of as many beekeepers as possible - from as many places as possible. Entry fees cover those awards, and we hope to increase the Grand Prize every year. In 2015 it will be $1500! The additional two jars accompanying each entry represent a valuable contribution to the Center's work. We hope entrants who don't win feel good about their participation. Not only does the Contest raise awareness (and the price of honey) but it places their product in new markets. Each jar bears the personalized label of the beekeeper who produced it. If a tourist buys the jar that customer gets the satisfaction of supporting the Center, AND they get a unique and delicious liquid they wouldn't find anyplace else - hopefully resulting in phone calls like "Hi, we bought a jar of your honey, and we're wondering how we can get more?"</div>
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Due to the fragile nature of glass jars and the weight of honey, the Center expected the Contest to be local in nature - but it hasn't turned out that way - because beekeepers are proud of their bees the world over. Oddly enough, there isn't another competition like this anywhere and our Black Jar has filled a vacuum to become the means for determining "The World's Best Tasting Honey.”</div>
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We in the Southeast are familiar with varietals like 'Locust' 'Gallberry' 'Tupelo' and 'Sourwood', but folks in Idaho are convinced 'Snowberry' is the dog-diggety. 'Fireweed' is really tasty and I can attest Bob Binnie's 'clover with a hint of sunflower' doesn't taste like Sue Bee to me. What about those cactus honeys from the Southwest? Goldenrod from the Northeast granulates quickly but it makes a wonderful creamed treat. In Turkey, a nation with double the number of colonies found in the US, 'Chestnut' is a category of high refinement. We don't even have that species (Sweet Chestnut) on our side of the Pond. Last year's Grand Prize winner from South Africa keeps Cape honeybees who make honey from plants found nowhere else on the planet. He was able to increase his price five fold and was featured on the cover of his National Beekeeping magazine as a result of his win.</div>
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Of course there's no such thing as the best tasting honey. Not only are they all good, but no two tastebuds are the same. In the many blind tastings we've held, every panel of judges brings a different set of criteria. I've been privy to reviewing their scores and it amazes me how one judge's '9' is another's '2' ! One judge (a chef) on this year's panel made the comparison of cilantro in cooking: pointing out that for everyone who loves it in food, there is another who will disdain to touch it. It no doubt makes a difference what order the samples are presented (arbitrary in our tastings) or even what a particular judge ate earlier. In my mind this makes for a wide open melee where anyone can win.</div>
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Honey Tasting Contests are fun and beekeepers are energized by the competition. I think every club should hold their own blind tastings and crown a champion. They can be as creative or formal as they like, and when all is said and done that club can sponsor their entry in the Center's International Black Jar Contest. Pay the fee on behalf of their member and maybe pay them for the two extra jars? A $40 investment? Think of the bragging rights if they win! I've been discussing the possibilities with many club officers and I think we could have State Winners from Georgia, North and South Carolina, and maybe Tennessee if we get enough participation. I need help promoting this idea, so please talk it up with friends and family.</div>
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It takes time to collect and catalog entries - and remember, honey is being harvested in the Southern Hemisphere right now - so we have already begun accepting entries for 2015. We'll take however many entries we have on Oct. 15, 2015 and pick our Winner - but if an entry arrives late it will automatically be entered in the next year's Contest. The Center for Honeybee Research looks forward to your participation and support. Beekeepers in the Southeast can be proud the eyes of the World are watching when we proclaim a Winner.</div>
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<span class="s1">My hives have screened bottoms. What is the right height from the ground to place the hives, to keep as much cold out in the winter, and still provide ventilation?</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Dear Worried,</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Jennifer says, <i>“There is no ‘right’ height to place a colony. </i></span><i>According to Dr. Seeley's work, feral swarms prefer a cavity 3 meters off the ground. But it would be a bit inconvenient for us to work bees at that height. </i></div>
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<i>Every colony that I have, whether at the lab or at home, is usually around 6-8" off the ground. All colonies are on bottom screens, but by November we have inserted IPM boards (solid sheets of corrugated plastic) to decrease airflow especially during cold, windy days which could wick away the warm air surrounding the cluster. </i></div>
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<i>Also, here in the south we don't need to worry so much about ventilation since we have periodic warm days that the bees are able to fly/move about, therefore condensation doesn't collect as bad or rapidly on the inner covers. </i></div>
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<i>One more point: some folks think that the bees are actually keeping the entire inside of the hive warm. This is a misconception. Actually the external temperature of the cluster is usually around 46 degrees and the internal temperature during broodless times can be as low as 55 but usually in the upper 60s to 70s. When the queen starts building up brood for spring, minimum temperatures around the brood are in the upper 80s to 90s.”</i></div>
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Have fun setting up your own preference for the height of your screened bottom board with the advice we’ve just gotten from Jennifer Berry.</div>
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Hope your bees kept warm this winter,</div>
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1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese</div>
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This is a photo of the new officers of the Altamaha Beekeepers Association. </div>
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They formed on 5 Jan 2015 and meet in Lyons, Ga (near Vidalia)</div>
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Ron Wilkes Sec/Treasurer; Bear Kelley, GBA Pres; Holly Nielsen, President; Monty Usher, VP; Rhett Kelley, SE GA GBA Director; Seated in Front Johnny Jones<br />
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We are all getting ready to start the next beekeeping season with a great GBA spring meeting. Our friends and teachers are what make these meetings so enjoyable. </div>
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Please bring your camera and share your time with all of us in our next newsletter. See you soon<span class="s1">. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Your Editors,</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b><i>Gina and Linda</i></b></span></div>
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Editors: Gina Gallucci and Linda Tillman</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Will we see this in January or February like this hive in December of 2013? (<span class="s1">photo by Linda Tillman)</span></span><br />
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Yes, it’s 2015 already! Lordy, where does time go? I hope that everyone survived the holidays in good health and that your Christmas was happy and that your new year is starting out merry. Our newsletter editors have once again worked through the holidays putting together another fantastic “<i>Spilling the Honey”</i> for us to enjoy. </div>
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Speaking of honey, Marybeth and I journeyed down to the Caribbean<span class="s1">,</span> and sailed throughout the Leeward Islands last month. As we stopped to visit the various islands, I made it a point to acquire (either pay for or get a free sample of) local honey. I was lucky enough to score some from Nevis, Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Bart’s, Puerto Rico, France, and even found some from Russia at an international store on one of the islands. Now<span class="s1">,</span> since I graduated from the Young Harris School as a Welsh honey judge, I know that most honeys have different tastes depending on the flowers, etc, but these are as different as the local cultures of these islands. In one sample I could actually taste the hibiscus nectar. Fantastic! I really wish that I was able to get enough to share with everyone.</div>
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On a local note back here in Georgia, the Heart of Georgia Beekeepers held a People’s Choice Honey Contest (black jar) in September and had 28 entries. Now you would think that most of the flavors would be close to the same since the honey was gathered in and around the heart of Georgia, but they really were not. Twenty-eight entries produced twenty-eight different flavors. I know that many of our clubs also have honey shows and you have probably experienced the same thing with yours.</div>
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Since Georgia Beekeepers Association members have bee hives spread throughout the state, let’s start a <i>Honey Exchange Program</i>. Our next state meeting is in February at the Lake Blackshear Resort. Please bring a 1 pound jar with your label affixed and swap it for another member’s honey. Bring several if you wish, but the exchange will be one for one. It will be informal, so just ask someone there if they have a jar to swap. I think that will be a great way of experiencing the many varieties we have to offer in Georgia. And, of course, if you come from another state we want to try yours as well. Actually I think that we should have been doing this all along. What a wonderful way to interact with each other and meet new friends! I hope to see you all at the Spring Conference. Happy New Year!</div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Bear Kelley</i></b></span><span class="s2">,</span></div>
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“It is a commonly held belief that when bees are dead head-first in the cells, they are starved. All dead hives over winter will have many bees with their heads in cells. That’s how they cluster tightly for warmth. I would read more into whether or not they are in contact with stores.” <span class="s1">THE PRACTICAL BEEKEEPER</span> by Michael Bush</div>
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<b>Virginia Webb</b><i>, well-known Georgia beekeeper and a representative to Apimondia, submitted the article below so we in Georgia might choose to help the effort to host Apimondia in the United States.</i><span class="s1"><br />
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We, here in the USA, have the unparalleled opportunity to bring the worldwide beekeeping community to our country. Winning the bid for the Apimondia Worldwide Beekeeping Congress in 2019 is the perfect way to showcase the USA’s beekeeping industry as never before. Representatives from our chosen host city, Minneapolis, MN will be joining us next September in Daejeon, South Korea to support us in our efforts to acquaint the world with the many advantages of the United States hosting Apimondia 2019.</div>
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The Apimondia is the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Association and related organizations working together for the benefit of apiculture. Beginning in 1949, the Apimondia works to promote scientific, technical, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries. Every two years they organize an International Apimondia Congress where beekeepers, scientist, educators, industry representatives and government representatives come together to learn and share ideas from one another.</div>
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The bid process, which includes site inspection by Apimondia representatives, meetings with the local organizing committee and scientific and beekeeping representatives, and review of technical tours that may be available, is outlined in the official guidelines for hosting an Apimondia Congress. Canada and South Africa have already announced their intentions to vie for the 2019 Apimondia bid.</div>
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Along with the international program of science and technology, there will be the ApiExpo, the largest Beekeeping Tradeshow in North America, the World Honey Show competition and a World Honey Queen contest.</div>
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Every club and organization is important and every donation is needed for us to meet our goal. We ask that you go to our <a href="http://www.apimondiausabidfor2/"><span class="s1">Support Us</span></a> page and help us achieve our goal of bringing the worldwide beekeeping community to the USA for Apimondia XLVI in 2019. Donating is as easy as visiting our website <a href="http://www.apimondiausabidfor2019.org/support-us"><span class="s2">www.apimondiausabidfor2019.org/support-us</span></a>. </div>
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A 501(c)(3) Corporation</div>
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The National Honey Show has taken some very professional videos of their speakers. You can view them from the National Honey Show web page. Some of the speakers include Jamie Ellie, Ann Harman, Michael Palmer, and many other venerable beekeepers. To see their video collection <span class="s1"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nationalhoneyshow">click here.</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Citrus Smoothies from Laurey Masterton’s </span></b><span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">The <i>fresh</i> Honey Cookbook</span></b></span></h2>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Announcement for Committee to Choose Beekeeper of the Year 2015 </span></b></h2>
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<b> </b>According to the by-laws, the current beekeeper of the year serves as the chair of the committee to choose the beekeeper of the following year. In addition, our by-laws also declare that the President of GBA cannot serve on the committee for beekeeper of the year. As a result, Bear Kelley, who is both our Beekeeper of the Year 2014 and the current president of GBA, has recused himself from the committee to choose the beekeeper of the year 2015. </div>
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In his stead, Bear has appointed Julia Mahood to be the chair of the committee to choose the 2015 Beekeeper of the Year. Bear will appoint a couple of additional beekeepers to help her with this job. Julia is a Master Beekeeper and has kept bees in Atlanta for over ten years. She has mentored many beekeepers and has given talks all over the state to bee clubs, garden clubs and children's groups. She is the co-chair of the upcoming February GBA meeting at Lake Blackshear. </div>
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Julia and her committee will be accepting nominations for the 2015 Beekeeper of the year any time between now and June 30, 2015. Send nominations to her: <a href="mailto:julia@mahoodstudio.com"><span class="s1">julia@mahoodstudio.com</span></a><span class="s2"> </span> You will be reminded of this in our newsletters between now and the end of June. </div>
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We are hoping to see everyone at the <b><i>Spring Meeting in Lake Blackshear in Cordele, Ga on February 13 and 14.</i></b> On Friday night the GBA board meets, followed by a reception for anyone coming to the conference as well as the board members. The space at Lake Blackshear is perfect for mingling and talking, and everyone who came had a great time there at the last meeting. Saturday will be filled with opportunities to hear informed speakers and attend breakouts.</div>
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<b>Registration opens on January 1 at this link: </b> <a href="https://gabeekeeping.wufoo.com/forms/spring-meeting-registration/"><span class="s1">CLICK HERE</span></a></div>
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<b>Local Club Beekeepers of the Year for 2014 </b></div>
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Some clubs in Georgia choose a beekeeper of the year and some do not. We wanted to celebrate the Beekeepers of the Year 2014 for the clubs who have let us know that they do make this award.</div>
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<span class="s1">✹</span>2014 Beekeeper of the Year for the <b>Ogeechee Area Beekeepers</b> is Mr. Bobby Colson. Here is a photo of Bobby (R) receiving his award from our club president, Dr. Brent Tharp (L) at our Holiday gathering at George L. Smith State Park in Twin City. </div>
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Bobby's father kept bees, but he started keeping bees himself in 1989. He owns and operates B&G Honey Farm in Register, GA. Bobby was selected for this award because of his tireless service to the club and promotion of the craft. He's a good friend and mentor to many beekeepers in our area. </div>
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<span class="s1">✹</span>2014 Beekeeper of the Year for the <b>Coweta Beekeepers</b> is Marilynn Parker. Marilynn Parker began beekeeping as a youth competing in 4-H to the State level. After marriage, children and college she returned to beekeeping 10 years ago. She is a Master Gardener and an Alabama Master Beekeeper. She is secretary of Coweta Beekeepers Association and the president of the newly formed West Georgia Beekeepers Association. She is Coweta Beekeepers Association Beekeeper of the Year for 2014.</div>
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<span class="s1">✹</span><span class="s2">2014 Beekeeper of the Year for <b>Heart of Georgia Beekeepers</b> is Jesse McCurdy. </span> Jesse has always given so much of his time, experience and materials to so many new and experienced beekeepers alike. He was responsible for getting the Heart of Georgia beekeeping club established and, along with his wife Hazel, has worked hard keeping it going. Jesse has also operated the only honey booth at the Perry Fair for the past 25 years that so many of us have enjoyed. This is a new award for the club and all future recipients will receive the "<span class="s3">Jesse McCurdy Beekeeper of the Year Award</span>.”</div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesse McCurdy (R), of Perry GA, receives an award from President Tim Smith (L), Heart of Georgia Beekeepers, for being the club's 2014 Beekeeper of the Year. </span></span></div>
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To read more about Jesse's award and beekeeping history, <a href="http://hhjonline.com/local-beekeeper-earns-award-named-in-his-honor-p5796-90.htm">click here</a>.</div>
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<b>A few clubs award Lifetime Member status to respected long-time members</b>. </div>
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This year Lifetime Member status was awarded to Henry County Beekeepers members Howard and Judy Emory. The Chattahoochee Valley Beekeepers awarded Lifetime Member status to Jim Harris (a former GBA Beekeeper of the Year) and Betty Beegle (a founding member of the CVBA). </div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Dear Aunt Bee,</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><i>Dear Gourmet</i></b><span class="s1">,</span></span></div>
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If you are going to feed your bees, the ideal way is to leave them enough honey to live through the winter. If you need to supplement because the bees didn’t make enough honey to get through the winter, then consider the issues around sugar syrup.</div>
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<span class="s2"><b>First</b></span>: Sugar syrup is not the same pH as honey and doesn’t have the same nutritional value. Feeding bees sugar syrup alters the microbiology of the hive (reference: <span class="s3">The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beekeeping</span> by Stiglitz) </div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Second</b></span>: If you do make sugar syrup to feed your bees, be sure only to use white sugar to avoid feeding the bees the indigestible waste in brown sugar. </div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Third</b></span>: Often beekeepers say that the sugar syrup does not migrate into the honey because the bees simply use it for food. The beekeeper should mark the boxes that are on a hive when feeding is taking place and not harvest “honey” from those boxes. Ross Conrad in <span class="s1">Natural Beekeeping </span>takes a strong stand about this:</div>
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<i>“Whenever the feeding of hives is taking place, no honey supers that will be harvested should be on the hive. This is simply a matter of integrity. Pure, natural honey is defined as plant nectar that has been collected and transformed by honey bees. The beekeeper who offers “honey” produced from sugar syrup, or any other source, has compromised the integrity of the final product, as well as his or her moral character.”</i></div>
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All of that said, essential oils like those you mentioned are used to attract bees - lemongrass oil rubbed on an empty hive can attract a swarm. I’m not sure that peppermint has any attraction to bees. Neither of those oils have any function of which I am aware in maintaining bee health. </div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Master Beekeeper Jay Parsons</b></span><span class="s3"> says, “</span><i>Unless there is some evidence citing the benefits to developing polyphenols and "bee fat", then I would forgo the efforts and expense of these additives.”</i></div>
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Thymol, the oil found in the leaves of the herb thyme, has shown some ability to deter the varroa mite and is found in some of the miticides widely used by beekeepers. </div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you to Ricky Moore for providing the question and to Jay Parsons for his quick response</span></i></b></div>
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<b>* The clubs listed here represent less than half of the clubs in Georgia. If you don’t see information about your club here, encourage your president to send us your meeting information. You may also find your club information on the </b><span class="s1"><b><a href="http://www.gabeekeeping.com/">GBA Calendar</a></b></span></div>
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We thank all those who helped us prepare this newsletter with their very timely responses to our questions. We, Gina and Linda, otherwise known as Glinda, make arrangements around our own businesses to meet for several hours each month and put together all the submissions and features, and we often <i>then</i> realize we need info ASAP. We really thank RoseAnne Dorn and Jay Parsons who came to our rescue for this edition. </div>
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Merry Christmas, Ho-Ho-Ho, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! As 2014 draws to an end and we prepare for the holidays, let’s reflect on this past year for a minute. The Georgia Beekeepers have been a busy bunch. We’ve had two wonderful state meetings in Columbus and Milledgeville. I again would like to thank Paul Berry’s Chattahoochee Beekeepers and Bruce Morgan’s Lake Country Beekeepers for being such great hosts. As a result our membership numbers are growing again and I hope to see them continue to climb next year. Marybeth and I were able to visit numerous clubs and meet so many wonderful Beeks in our travels. Thank you all for being so cordial and we look forward to seeing more of you at future club meetings. Honors go to Jay Parsons for best in Show at the State meeting in September and to David Tolar who won best in Show at the Perry Fair in October. I am still humbled by your selection of me as the Beekeeper of the Year, but very proud to have received such a tribute.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>We already have a full slate scheduled for 2015 as we start the year with the American Bee Federation Conference in California on January 6. Slade Jarrett and I plan to attend and report back to you on the latest bee stuff happening nationwide. Our Spring Meeting will be at Lake Blackshear on February 13 and 14, chaired by Julia Mahood and Linda Tillman. Please plan to attend as they have been working very hard to make this one a goody! </div>
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Many of you plan public beekeeping programs throughout the spring and will stay busy through Young Harris in May. I want to encourage you all to take advantage of the new Junior Beekeeping program we established. The winners will be Georgia’s youth. We need them to feed the pipeline of beekeepers if we want to see our craft survive. We plan to be at Young Harris representing GBA, so stop by and say hello. Mary Cahill-Roberts will represent us at EAS in Ontario in August. </div>
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Our fall meeting will once again be at the College in Milledgeville. That was a great facility that RoseAnne and Keith Fielder discovered for us and we want to make the event even better this year. We have a little housekeeping still to do as we discovered at the fall meeting with a minor change to the By-laws that I will discuss in the January newsletter. It simply means changing some wording on the voting procedures, but requires a member vote.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Thank you all for your continued support, hard work and dedication to the marvelous Honey Bee. Marybeth and I wish you a wonderful Christmas and holiday season and a prosperous, happy, healthy new year.</div>
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<b>As the newly appointed Southeast Region Director</b>, I want to take a moment and introduce myself. I'm going on my 4th year keeping bees and own a side-line operation we call Kelley Honeybee Farm, near Metter. In addition, I'm now in my 2nd term as vice president of Ogeechee Area Beekeepers (OABeeA) in Statesboro.</div>
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If you go to the GBA club locator map and scan the southeast part of the state, you'll see clubs are rather scarce. I remember 4 years ago looking at that map and being very disappointed. I was really eager to meet other beekeepers and learn, but there just weren't any clubs local to us until OABeeA was formed last year in Statesboro. </div>
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<b>Chattahoochee Valley Beekeepers</b></div>
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WHAT: Spring Beekeeping Course</div>
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WHERE: Oxbow Environmental Learning Center</div>
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WHEN: six, two hour sessions over six consecutive Saturday afternoons, 3PM to 5PM, beginning February 14, 2015</div>
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WHERE: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Road, Savannah, Ga 31410</div>
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WHEN: February 28th, 8 AM Registration Begins; Classes Scheduled 9 AM to 4 PM</div>
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HOW: CEBA has a fully operational apiary for hands on training during the weekend event.</div>
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<b>Coweta Beekeepers Association</b></div>
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WHAT: Introduction to Beekeeping class</div>
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WHERE: 255 Pine Road, Newnan, GA 30263</div>
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WHEN: One day class, January 24, 2015 8:00 am to 4:00 pm</div>
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<span class="s2">HOW:</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">More Information: <a href="http://www.cowetabeekeepers.org/"><span class="s3">www.cowetabeekeepers.org/</span></a></span></div>
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<b>Forsyth Beekeepers Club</b></div>
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WHAT: Beginning Beekeeping Short Course Day 1</div>
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WHERE: Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor Center, Cumming GA</div>
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WHEN: March 7th, registration starts @ 8, classes start @ 9:00</div>
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HOW: <a href="http://www.forsythbeekeepersclub.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s5">www.forsythbeekeepersclub.org</span></a></div>
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<b>Lake Country Beekeepers Association</b><br />
WHAT: Beekeepers Short Course for beginners<br />
WHERE: Central GA Technical College Conference Center, 54 Hwy 22 West, Milledgeville, GA 3<br />
WHEN: January 24, 2015 Registration 8 am Class starts at 8:30am to 5:00pm<br />
HOW: More information contact Bruce Morgan at <a href="tel:478-357-4029%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s1">478-357-4029</span></a> or <a href="mailto:rbmorgan@hughes.net%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s1">rbmorgan@hughes.net</span></a></div>
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<b>Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association</b></div>
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WHAT: Complete Beekeeping Course 2015</div>
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WHERE: Atlanta Botanical Garden</div>
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WHEN: January 17, 2015</div>
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<b>Potato Creek Beekeepers Association</b></div>
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WHAT: Beginning Beekeeping Short Course</div>
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WHERE: SPALDING COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE</div>
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WHEN: 9:00AM, JANUARY 17, 2014</div>
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<span class="s4">HOW: Contact</span><span class="s5"> Brutz English</span> <a href="tel:(770)%20843-2110%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank"><span class="s1">(770) 843-2110</span></a></div>
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<b>Troup County Association of Beekeepers</b>, </div>
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WHAT: Beginning beekeepers course, </div>
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WHERE: AG building Lagrange GA, </div>
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WHEN: Feb 14, 28 Mar 14, 28. 9am to 1pm. </div>
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HOW: Cost $75. Contact Terry Williamson 706-882-2493</div>
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<b>This section of the newsletter is an opportunity for your club to gain visibility, to share events or speakers who are coming to your club and to get ideas from other clubs for activities or speakers. To send information, please have a club member or an officer email details about your meetings to gbanewsletters@gmail.com We’ll make sure your information is shared with the whole of GBA!</b></div>
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<b>GBA February Meeting registration will open soon. We will send a reminder and hope that you will forward it to other friends of the bees who may not be in our membership now. </b><br />
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<b><i>Peachtree City Student Passes Certified Beekeeper Test</i></b></div>
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Allison Spinney passed the Georgia Master Beekeeping Program, Certified Beekeeper test in September. Allison is one of the youngest beekeepers to pass the test in Georgia. She attended the Coweta 4H beekeeping program for a year learning and preparing for the test. She and her mother Denise Spinney are members of the Coweta Beekeepers Association. </div>
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Allison is eleven years old and in the sixth grade at Georgia Cyber Academy and lives in Peachtree City with her parents. She has been beekeeping for two years and enjoys nurturing her colony of honey bees and the sweet honey they produce. The colony increases production of vegetables from the garden. </div>
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Allison and her mother enjoy the time spent together inspecting the colony and learning beekeeping.</div>
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The Coweta Beekeepers Association will offer an Introduction to Beekeeping class on January 24, 2015. More information is available at the association’s web site. <span class="s1">www.cowetabeekeepers.org</span></div>
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Don’t put all your bees in one hive<br />
Don’t count your queens until they lay.<br />
A swarm in the hive is worth two in the bush<br />
A fool and his honey are easily parted<br />
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<span class="s1">Sweet as honey<br />
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The land of milk and honey<br />
Busy as a bee<br />
Bee in one's bonnet<br />
The bee's knees<br />
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Beehive of activity<br />
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Buzz off<br />
Like bees to honey<br />
Hive of activity<br />
What’s the buzz<br />
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<span class="s1">In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!" ~Dave Barry, "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide”</span></div>
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<b>Beekeeping in Ukraine</b></div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Oleg</b>: I have a couple of hives, but as a hobby, because I have little free time. I do not have time to take them to the apiary in the field. There are acacia trees, a meadow and even gardens not far from my house. There are 90 houses in my street of which four have small apiaries (from 10 to 25 hives). I do not think that is so everywhere. My main occupation is the cooperation with beekeepers and honey export.</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Oleg</b>: Corn syrup is not popular in our country and is not used. Retail price for beet sugar is US$2.05/lb and for honey is US$8.53/lb.</span></div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Oleg</b>: Beekeeping is much developed in Ukraine, despite the fact that there are no large companies in Ukraine that breed bees and harvest honey. There are many small apiaries. There are about 400,000 beekeepers in Ukraine, with a total population of about 43 million. These people get about 76,000 tons of honey per year. A variety of honey is produced by bees. Each honey has its own properties, taste and benefits.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Tom</b>: In the USA we struggle with introduced bee diseases: Varroa mite, various viruses and micro-organisms, wax moth and hive beetle. Winter losses have been averaged 30% for the last several years. What pests or predators are of greatest concern in Ukraine? What are your winter losses?</span><span class="s2"><br />
</span><span class="s1"><b>Oleg: </b>Yes, unfortunately, Ukraine has this problem. Our winter losses are up to 10%. Frequent pests are wax moths, ants, death’s head hawkmoths (they got this name because of a "skull" pattern on the top of their thorax), rodents (mice).</span></div>
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</span><span class="s1"><b>Oleg: </b>Carpathian bees and Ukrainian steppe bees are the most popular races in Ukraine. I have Carpathian bees (called “peaceful” bees).</span></div>
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</span><span class="s1"><b>Oleg: </b>Radiological control is obligatory during the quality assessment of the Ukrainian honey. The indices of this analysis meet requirements of EU countries and the United States. Beekeepers do not move their bees to the “dangerous” zone.</span></div>
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</span><span class="s1"><b>Oleg:</b> I wish you success in work, favorable weather for good honey collection, success in the fight with bee pests and close communication with beekeepers from other countries for sharing the experience.</span></div>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s2">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>3/4 cup <b>water</b></li>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s2">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>15 <b>black peppercorns</b></li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s2">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>3 inches <b>cinnamon sticks </b>(for the wine, more sticks, optional for serving)</li>
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Cancer removed by honey bees</div>
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Sustainable solution for corn belt</div>
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We've had a freeze and the flowers have all died, and the pollen and nectar sources have dried up for the winter. I see many, many bees flying , what are they doing? I understand cleansing flights, and orientation flights, but are they still looking for pollen, or what is their winter flight mission?</div>
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May your Holiday Season be Merry and Bright! May your bees come through the winter healthy and you become even a better beekeeper next year. We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new bee friends in February at Lake Blackshear.</div>
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Fall is upon us, the honey has been harvested and you are putting your smoker up for the winter if you are in North Georgia and just letting it cool down if you are in the southern part of the state. Things are slowing down in the apiary, but your clubs are preparing for the Winter/Spring classes that you present to the public every year. </div>
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With that in mind I have asked Dr. Margo Wimbish to Chair the Junior Beekeeping Committee. And she accepted! Her task is to assist us in developing effective junior/youth beekeeping programs or classes that you may want to present this coming year. I know that many of our clubs present a public class for adults and they generally fill up quickly, but a youth program must be developed and presented a little differently to hold their attention and make them excited to learn. Not many kids care about neonicotinoids and such and don’t really care about the politics. Dr. Wimbish presented a couple of breakout sessions, which were very well received at the Fall Meeting in Milledgeville. Her energy level and desire to help is a blessing to us and we should take full advantage of her work. She is a volunteer, as we are all, and we appreciate her energy and help. Her email contact is: <a href="mailto:wimbish.margo@mail.fc.boe.org"><span class="s1">wimbish.margo@mail.fc.boe.org</span></a>. Once the word gets out, I know that her dance card will fill up fast, so don’t delay in getting her scheduled. And don’t forget to have your junior beekeeping activity posted on our GBA website calendar. </div>
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<span class="s1">Dr. Margo Wimbish has been appointed the Chairperson of the new Junior Beekeeping Committee. Thank you very much for stepping up and accepting this position and assisting the Georgia beekeeping clubs in preparing and presenting beekeeping programs to junior beekeepers. Thank you and we all look forward to working with you.</span></div>
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Bear began beekeeping over six years ago after retirement from the Military. He has served as past president of the Heart of Georgia Beekeepers Associationand now is the current President of the Georgia Beekeepers Association (GBA). Since he has taken over as GBA president he has devoted his time and efforts to building membership, promoting beekeeping, and instigating by-law changes for improving the organization. <span class="s2">He has energized the organization through his constant focus on making GBA a better and more active state group. </span></div>
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<li class="li3">He has worked on projects to get bee hives in state parks and in some state prisons </li>
<li class="li3">He represents Georgia at ABF and comes back brimming with more thoughts about how to make our organization even better. </li>
<li class="li3">He has really pushed to get every president of local bee clubs to become a GBA member - that task isn't complete yet, but he is driven to achieve this goal.</li>
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The second annual Georgia National Fair Honey Show took place on October 3, 2014. There were 27 entries in categories ranging from extracted light, amber and dark to black jar. Secretary Slade Jarrett eagerly welcomed each entrant and studiously recorded the participant's contribution to the show. Senior Judge Keith Fielder, with assistance from Judges Brutz English and Bear Kelley evaluated and critiqued each entry. Not an easy task! </div>
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First Place Light Extracted, Kristie Jarrett; </div>
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Second Place Light Extracted, Jay Parsons; </div>
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Third Place Amber Extracted, David Tolar; </div>
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Third Place Dark Extracted, Brutz English; </div>
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Second Place Black Jar, Katrina Papel; </div>
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Best in Show, David Tolar Black Jar. </div>
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<span class="s1">Nov 11 7 PM 116 S Zack Hinton Pkwy, McDonough, GA </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Lake Hartwell</b> <b>Beekeepers </b>Nov 6 7 PM First Baptist Church, Lavonia, GA </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Nov 20 7 PM Spalding County Extension Office, Griffin, GA </span><span class="s2"><br />
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<span class="s1"><b><i>Jerry Edwards:</i></b> <b>How do I Sell this Honey?</b></span></div>
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Walmart has broken the news of a revolutionary breakthrough, Sugarfree Honey.</div>
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<b><i>Medicinal Use of Beehive Air</i></b></div>
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<span class="s1">by Steve Page</span></div>
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We spent the first eleven days of October in the Black Forest region of Germany. Germany is a wonderful country with friendly people. There are many quaint towns surrounded by beautiful farms and forests. The food, beer and wine are excellent. There are many beekeepers too. </div>
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We visited two beekeepers and a beekeeping supply store. We found honey for sale at farmers’ markets and in grocery stores. </div>
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One of the beekeepers uses hives to provide hive air for people to breathe for healing. The hives are in a shed with an opening in the wall to allow outside access. The top of the hive has an opening with a screen and a small fan to pull air out of the hive and blow it into a tube and mask. The beekeeper explained how hive air or ApiAir can help with asthma, bronchitis, croup, COPD and other afflictions. </div>
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I don’t know of any documented positive results of hive air but the next time you’re inspecting a hive take a deep breath and enjoy the possible benefits. Be forewarned: if you breathe the air from a hive in the fall the pleasant aroma of spring wildflower nectar may be replaced with the unpleasant locker room smell caused by goldenrod nectar.</div>
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<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>Your neighbors aren't quite sure what you do</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You have strange trucks visit you at irregular times</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You do your work near or in the woods</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You have strange contraptions and tools</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You work with Mason jars</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You work outdoors</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>Your product is often sold by the quart, and right out of your trunk</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You're very vague about how much product you produce</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You have unwritten secrets and recipes passed down by word of mouth</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>Everyone wants what you produce</li>
<li class="li3"><span class="s1">•<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></span>You buy sugar: lots and lots of sugar</li>
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<b><i>Dear Aunt Bee,</i></b></div>
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All of my hives have screened bottom boards.</div>
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In your opinion should I change all my bottom boards to solid or am I okay to leave screened bottom boards over the winter? Is there an advantage one over the other?</div>
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Thanks for your help to all of us new beekeepers,</div>
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<b><i>Ventilation Vicky</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Dear Vicky,</i></b></div>
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Luckily in Georgia and the deep South, we don’t have severe winters (last February notwithstanding). We can leave our hives on screened bottom boards all year long. The thing is, the bees keep their cluster warm and not the whole hive box. </div>
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Seriously, if you are concerned, closing off the screens in winter will do no harm and perhaps help a little if we have another February Snow Catastrophe. Some beekeepers slide the plastic insert for varroa counting under the screen for the cold months.</div>
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1/2 cup honey<br />
1/2 cup Dijon mustard<br />
1-1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed<br />
1 teaspoon onion powder<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder<br />
1/4 teaspoon pepper</li>
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1/2 cup butter, cubed<br />
2 cups chopped onion<br />
1-1/2 cups chopped celery<br />
12 cups unseasoned stuffing cubes <i>or</i> dry bread cubes<br />
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning<br />
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules<br />
1 teaspoon pepper<br />
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed<br />
1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning<br />
3/4 teaspoon salt<br />
3-1/4 to 3-3/4 cups boiling water</li>
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<b>Wine: </b>Medium-Bodied White Wine: Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as <b>Riesling</b> or <b>Gewürtztraminer</b> </div>
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<span class="s1"><b><i>The Final Buzz</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="s2"> </span>We have much for which to be grateful this Thanksgiving. We are thankful for the bees, honey, good friendships at GBA, all our newsletter contributors and our own Beekeeper of the Year & GBA President, Bear Kelley. We acknowledge all these gifts and more. Happy Thanksgiving to all! </div>
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Winning Queen Bee Photo in First Annual Queen Photo Contest. The entries were judged at the Fall meeting by members of the Board of Directors. This photo was taken by Deborah Sasser of the Sasserfrass Hill Bee Farm in Augusta, Georgia in May, 2013. Deborah won this featured spot for her photo, an award certificate, and one year of GBA membership for this blue ribbon photo. </div>
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I want to thank everyone again so much for your confidence in me and the work we are doing with the GBA while keeping me on for another year as your President. Once again, I also want to thank those who have stood with me and have worked so hard to keep us rolling ahead: Mary Cahill Roberts, RoseAnne Fielder, Andy Bailey, Slade Jarrett, Brutz English, Steve Prince, Steve Cobb, Linda Tillman, Gina Gallucci, and Bill Owens. We have our work cut out for us as we move into the coming year.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>It was great seeing so many of you at the fall meeting and getting your positive comments to the wonderful speakers we had. We will continue to work on the speakers/topics list that was generated with your input. Congrats also to Jay Parsons for winning “Best in Show” for his Honey beer entry. Lake Country once again had the best attendance for any club, and we want to thank all the Lake Country members for stepping up and hosting this meeting.</div>
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During the meeting of the members I gave a “State of the Colony” kind of report to let you know what we actually did this past year. If you were not in attendance, here it is…..</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>As we finish 2014 and move on with Father Time into 2015 I would like to inform you of the things that we have accomplished this year. </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>We sponsored and conducted the first annual Honey Show at the Georgia National Fair with Cindy Hodges winning “Best in Show” in October 2013. Although we had less than 20 entrants and we limited the show to extracted honey only, we feel that it was a success and are trying it again this year. October 3rd is the show date.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>I appointed a fourth Director (Slade Jarrett) to help cover the northeast side of the state. This increase in our Directors was necessary since our numbers are growing and the actual number of clubs in that area of Georgia continues to increase. At the fall meeting in Milledgeville, we voted to make that a permanent position giving us four Directors with two year overlaps.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>I appointed Mary Cahill-Roberts, our Vice President, to fill the seat on the Board of Directors of EAS. Her position there is a 4 year term. I know that she plans to share with you the EAS happenings and her experience at the EAS meeting in Kentucky this past June.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Brutz English got the Facebook page up and running right away after the September meeting last year. We continue to have a lot of hits on it and new folks are constantly showing up.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>We created the Georgia Beekeepers Ambassadors program. The purpose of this is to recognize folks who have worked so hard with the Georgia Beekeepers Association, either as an officer, administrator or public representative. To be selected for this honor, you must have dedicated much time and personal sacrifice to the public education of the importance of Honey Bees and mentored beekeepers throughout Georgia. There are no official duties with this position, just continue to be the "Ambassador" you have always been by representing Georgia Beekeepers with professionalism, pride and enthusiasm. I want to congratulate once again the following Plank Holders: Fred Rossman, Keith Fielder, Bob Binnie, Jesse McCurdy, Evelyn Williams and P.N. Williams.</div>
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Early on the morning of November 3, 2013, a semi-truck loaded with honeybees overturned at exit #185 on I-75 in the City of Forsyth, GA. Several hundred colonies of honeybees came off of the truck and were strewn for hundreds of feet along the southbound lanes of I-75. As many as three southbound lanes of traffic had to be shut down as hundreds of thousands of unhappy and confused bees clouded the sky. Local fire and police were ill equipped to handle this type of situation. GBA Northern District Director, Brutz English, of nearby Barnesville, GA, was among the first beekeepers contacted by the Forsyth Police Department for assistance. Brutz got the call for assistance out to a number of local beekeepers in the area, and responders from the GBA and the Henry County Beekeepers Club were soon on the scene helping to sort out and clean up the mess. The salvage and clean-up took over 14 hours. I am currently working with state officials to establish a “Bee HAZMAT” policy for the state so that local fire departments won’t just hose the bees down the drain. I will discuss this further as we develop the program.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Marybeth and I attended the American Bee Federation meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January. I was overwhelmed by the information flow and reported on that in the February Newsletter.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>We as members of the GBA represented you at numerous meetings throughout the year; such as ABF, EAS, Young Harris, 4-H Banquet, FFA, GA Ag day at the Capitol, meetings with State Representatives, State Beehive inspectors, State Pollinators meeting, Former President Carter, and more that I am sure to inadvertently omit. We know that there are in excess of 2,500 beekeepers in Georgia and we have only 300+ members in the GBA, but when we attend these meetings, we represent the interest of “all” Georgia beekeepers throughout our state and will continue to do so. Professionalism, Representation and Recognition are not just buzz words that we are using these days, but it is what we are striving to accomplish.</div>
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I really didn't want to put the full suit on so I donned the bee jacket with hood and veil, and of course being a novice, I wore my gloves. I know, I know what you're thinking, “Rookie, sooner or later you will get use to working with bees barehanded,” and while that very well may be true, I'm not there. They may be clumsy, but I'll wear my gloves, for now, thank you very much.</div>
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The Heart of Georgia Beekeepers held their regular monthly meeting on the third Tuesday of the month at Camp John Hope dining room located between Marshallville, Fort Valley, and Perry. Supper of ranch chicken, wild rice, green beans, roll, dessert, and beverages was served. More than 25 preregistered and enjoyed the meal. </div>
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Our President, Tim Smith opened the meeting by asking new first time attendance to raise their hands. A number of hands went up. Newcomers were welcomed. Then the Treasurer, Kelly Hillis presented our current fiscal status with over $4,200. Tim described the GBA Buzz fund and recommended we send $200 the Buzz Fund. A motion was made and passed to do so without objection. </div>
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The speakers were varied and educational. I learned a lot. The reviews and evaluations from our group are helpful to us that plan the meetings and were good overall. The noise level was an issue that we will address when we go back to the college. I think moving the coffee and snack area will help some of that. There was plenty of space to put the vendors and we will look at moving them, since a lot of noise came from people asking them questions. </div>
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We enjoyed seeing so many of you in Milledgeville at the Fall Meeting. Our spring meeting this year is on February 14 (and 13th if you come for the Board meeting and reception). Make your plans now to be there for an exciting conference. Our own Cindy Bee is returning to Georgia to talk to us as well as several other speakers we think you will enjoy. </div>
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Here it is September already and the active bee season is drawing to a close. Now<br />
it’s “Honey Time!” I hope everyone has had a productive season and the Golden Flow has<br />
started. The photo above is some of the wildflower honey we were able to extract this<br />
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While you are bottling your sweet success, save some for the two big honey shows<br />
that we have on the horizon. The first one will be at the Fall GBA meeting in Milledgeville<br />
the 19th and 20th of this month. The rules and categories are posted on the GBA website<br />
for all to see. This show is really for the state title. With the Best in Show award, you’ll<br />
have bragging rights for the coming year. Just think what that can do for your marketing<br />
program! The next show will soon follow at the Georgia National Fair in Perry on the 4th<br />
of October. This will be our second annual event there and we look forward to many of<br />
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I have to say here that Cindy Hodges won both titles last year and I know<br />
improved her sales and spirit quite a bit. Slade Jarrett won best tasting (the Black Jar<br />
category) and has sure had fun boasting about that one. A little birdie told me that Cindy<br />
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your shortcomings and then you learn how to do better next time. As members of GBA,<br />
there is no entry fee, so what do you have to lose? If you need help in preparing for the<br />
show, Virginia Webb has posted a number of You Tube videos to help you prepare Honey<br />
Show entries for competition. And we all know that Virginia is certainly well qualified to<br />
teach you how to win.<br />
<br />
In addition to these two shows, many of our clubs will be having contests as well.<br />
Feel free to check out the calendar of events on our website. And Club Presidents, if you<br />
haven’t sent in the notices to be posted, please do so. We will advertise your events free<br />
for you. I look forward to seeing everyone at the fall meeting and checking out the honey<br />
shows.<br />
<br />
Bear Kelley,<br />
President, Georgia beekeepers Association<br />
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<b><i>Georgia Beekeepers Association Fall Meeting</i></b></h3>
Sept 19 -20 at the Hampton Inn in Milledgeville, GA. To register for the fall<br />
meeting, click here. The schedule for the meeting is below - should be great -<br />
everyone come and rub shoulders with your fellow beekeepers!<br />
<br />
<b>Friday, September 19th:</b> (Wifi is available)<br />
<br />
09:00 Opening Remarks by the President and<br />
Introduction of the Association Officers<br />
09:30 Main speaker Kelli Williams; Georgia Grown<br />
Program<br />
10:15 am Main speaker Katie Evans; Africanized<br />
Honey Bees<br />
10:00am -2:00pm, includes lunch<br />
11:00-11:40 am Honey Queen Speaker<br />
11:45-12:15 Break outs List A<br />
12:25-12:50 Break outs repeat list A<br />
1:00 – 1:45pm Lunch<br />
12:30 pm Honey show entries due - Honey Judges<br />
report for duty<br />
1:45 pm Main Speaker Carl Chesick<br />
2:30 pm Main Speaker Tim Tucker, ABF<br />
3:15 pm break out List B<br />
3:45pm Repeat break out List B<br />
4:30 Announcements<br />
Steak Dinner; (Reservations Only) Starts at 545pm<br />
at the college. Room to be announced.<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Friday night </b><br />
7:00pm: Awards program for the Beekeeper of the<br />
Year and Honey show winners<br />
<br />
<b>Saturday, September 20th:</b><br />
<br />
08:30 am President Message and open the<br />
meeting of the members<br />
Business meeting / Election of New officers<br />
10:00 am David Williams State Beehive<br />
inspector<br />
10am -2pm Children’s Program:<br />
11-11:45 break out List C<br />
11:45- 12:30 Repeat break out List C<br />
12:30 -1:30pm lunch<br />
1:30-2:15 pm break out List D<br />
2:15-3:00 pm break out Repeat List D<br />
3:15 pm Speaker Panel open for questions<br />
from members<br />
4:00pm Closing Remarks by President<br />
<br />
<b>List A</b>: Virginia Webb, Mary Cahill-Roberts,<br />
Jim Ewing, Tim Tucker<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>List B</b>: Cindy Hodges, Newsletter Editors,<br />
Katie Evans, Steve Page<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>List C</b>: Bill Owens, Bruce Morgan, Carl<br />
Chesick, Keith Fielder<br />
<br />
<b>List D</b>: Bear Kelley, Linda Tillman, Rafeal<br />
Cabrera, The Wimbish family<br />
<br />
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE - great food, great friends, great knowledge exchange, time in the bee yard, favorite vendors.<br />
<br />
Note: Reservations for Friday dinner are made when you sign up for the meeting. You can also<br />
register onsite<br />
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<o:p> </o:p>TRUE CONFESSIONS </div>
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by Ricky Moore</div>
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My first experience at doing a cutout as a new beekeeper was less than stellar. Oh, it was </div>
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memorable; in fact let me tell you about it.</div>
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My next door neighbor, Jarrod Murphy, an even newer beekeeper than myself, had gotten a phone </div>
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call from a farmer friend of his who was tearing down an old house on his farm. When he pulled </div>
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the wood off of one corner, a swarm of bees let the farmer know immediately that house was theirs </div>
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and they were willing to defend it. After being stung a couple times, he called Jarrod and invited </div>
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him to come get the bees before the farmer set fire </div>
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to the house. Jarrod and I loaded up the truck with our bee suits, smoker and a nuc. Seriously, </div>
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we didn't know any better.</div>
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The house was out in the country, turn at the church, go to the old abandoned grocery store, </div>
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turn left and literally go to the end of the paved road, and turn left on the dirt road. When we </div>
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arrived, unhappy bees were flying all around the house. Thank goodness for the full bee suit as </div>
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these girls were spoiling for a fight.</div>
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Much of the comb on the ground was dark and looked very old. The cells were full of capped </div>
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brood, drone cells and lots of honey, both capped and not. There were larvae mashed and torn </div>
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throughout the comb. The smoker was of little value as the bees were mostly in flight. </div>
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It didn't take long to realize that you don't bring a nuc to a cutout. Jarrod loaded the nuc, retrieved a </div>
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five gallon bucket from the truck, and we filled it with as many bees as we could. We were scooping </div>
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up bees with our goatskin gloved hands and watching them land on our suits and face netting, </div>
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trying to get to our faces. Neither of us were stung on this adventure.</div>
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Now we had a nuc crammed full of comb and bees and a five gallon bucket with more. Now what do </div>
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we do with them? How do we get this mess into an orderly fashion and make this hive survive? Here </div>
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at The Heart of Georgia Beekeepers Association we are very fortunate to have Jesse McCurdy, our go to answer man. Jesse asked what trouble had I gotten into this time. He offered to show us </div>
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what to do with the lot, bring it by. We did, he did, and home we went as happy as clams.</div>
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Two weeks later when examining the nuc, we discovered those larvae we thought were bees, </div>
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turns out to be a massive infestation of hive beetles. The entire nuc was lost and destroyed. </div>
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Though we were told wild hives like this were infested with hive beetles and we put traps in </div>
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the nuc, it was too little against the invasion and the war was over. We had lost before we </div>
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brought them home.</div>
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All in all this was a quite a learning experience. We learned what to take to a cutout, and as </div>
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importantly, what to do with the recovered bees and comb. We learned wild bees are a risk and </div>
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to quarantine them away from your domestic hives for a period of time to determine if the </div>
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new bees are safe or sick. Thankfully we did quarantine them away from our bee field.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I hope this is the first of many cutouts and recoveries, but with any future cutouts having a </div>
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much better outcome!</div>
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Reminder that we are voting on two by-law changes at the Fall Meeting.</div>
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To see the original by-laws, click here. The changes were sent out in an email to the </div>
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membership on August 15 from gbanewsletters@gmail.com</div>
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Please read and be familiar with these changes before the meeting.</div>
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GBA is getting more and more<br />
technology-oriented every day.<br />
You can sign up for the Fall Meeting<br />
on Wufoo; we have a Facebook<br />
page; and we are now on Twitter<br />
(@GaBeekeepers)!<br />
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<b>You Might Be a Beekeeper If...</b></h3>
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<li>The wallpaper on your smartphone is a photo of your hives</li>
<li>You check on your hives more than you check on your children</li>
<li>Your car sits outside the garage because inside the garage is your beehive building workshop</li>
<li>You own four epi pens and you are not allergic to bee stings</li>
<li>You think bee stings are a part of the business</li>
<li>You carry your bee suit in the truck at all times, just in case</li>
<li>You can explain how bees have a grandfather and no father (you can, can't you?)</li>
<li>You get your back feathers riled when someone in Michigan is selling local Tupelo honey, because you know that ain't possible</li>
<li>You have an old family recipe for making Creamed Honey</li>
<li>You talk to your bees</li>
<li>The words Dadant, Mann Lake, Dixie Bee Supply and Kelly have a special place in your heart</li>
<li>You spend more on bees than you do on groceries</li>
<li>You think nothing about driving a hundred miles and spending hours to rescue a swarm or to do a cutout</li>
<li>Your idea of a perfect Saturday morning is spending it in the bee field</li>
<li>When you hear someone mentioning hives, you do not think of raised, often itchy, red welts on the surface of the skin</li>
<li>You own a refractometer</li>
<li>You've named all of your bees...individually</li>
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Sadly we note the death of Master Beekeeper Howard Reagan. A life long beekeeper, Howard lived in Dawsonville and was a member of both the Forsyth and Amicalola Bee Clubs. He was from a beekeeping family: his father, grandfather, and great grandfather all were beekeepers.<br />
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<b>VARROA MITES - </b></h3>
Latest recommendations from Jennifer Berry, Director of University of<br />
Georgia Bee Lab<br />
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Checking For Mites The Easy Way:<br />
· insert a framed sticky board into the entrance or plastic corrugated<br />
sheet covered in Crisco under the screen bottom board (making sure bees<br />
can't get to the sticky portion)<br />
· leave in for 3 days & remove<br />
· count total number of mites on each sheet; divide total by 3 to get<br />
natural mite drop in 24 hours<br />
· mite loads of 12 in a small colony and 38 in a very large colony have<br />
reached the economic threshold<br />
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In addition to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) options, possible Varroa treatments include ApiLife Var, Hop Guard, Mite Away Quick Strips (formic acid), oxalic acid drip and ApiVar. Choosing the right treatment depends mostly on the time of year, with temperature and amount of brood being the deciding factor! However, if colonies have reached the economic threshold, the beekeeper must do something to reduce mite populations or that colony will be lost. Mites enhance the virus loads, which slowly kills the bees, dwindling the population down, till nothing is left.<br />
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<b><i>Dear Aunt Bee,</i></b></h3>
When hives are placed close together, do honey bees ever get confused and go into the wrong<br />
hive?<br />
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Dazed (and with possibly confused honey bees)<br />
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<b><i>Dear Dazed and Confused,</i></b><br />
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Bees may drift into the wrong hive when blown by the wind to a different hive entrance (see <a href="http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/drifting.html">Dave</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/drifting.html">Cushman’s website</a>) or when the hives all look alike and are in a row.<br />
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Ted Hooper in <i>A Guide to Bees and Honey </i>describes the guard bee’s encounter with a forager<br />
who has mistakenly drifted into a hive:<br />
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<i><b>“a drifting bee entering the colony by mistake, perhaps because it has been blown down to the</b></i><br />
<i><b>hive by a cross wind, or misled by a similarity of the approach picture, will be challenged. In this</b></i><br />
<i><b>case the guard will press the challenge because the smell of this bee is not the right one. The</b></i><br />
<i><b>drifter, because its instinct says it is in the right place, will not try to fight the guard but will</b></i><br />
<i><b>submit. If the drifter is facing the guard it will offer food, which the guard will usually ignore. If</b></i><br />
<i><b>the guard is attacking from the side [...] the drifter will tuck its tail in and stand quiet, with its</b></i><br />
<i><b>head tucked down, or it may rear on to its two back pairs of legs, extending its tongue and strop</b></i><br />
<i><b>this with its front legs. These patterns of behaviour denote submission and the guard [...]</b></i><br />
<i><b>will do no real harm and certainly not attempt to sting. As with all bees, the guard’s concentration</b></i><br />
<i><b>period is short, and in a few seconds it gets tired of the whole affair and lets the drifter proceed.”</b></i><br />
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Drifting results in the spread of disease and parasites and can cause an imbalance in hive<br />
populations between your hives, increasing the chance for robbery by the strong against the weak.<br />
To minimize drifting, paint your colonies different colors, use stencils or stickers to make designs to<br />
distinguish the hives from each other, keep your colonies not in a straight line.<br />
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<i><b>Your Aunt Bee</b></i><br />
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<i style="color: #b45f06;">Question contributed by Chris Pahl. Answer from Linda Tillman and various sources.</i><br />
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This crossword was created by Linda Tillman. You can either print it out and work it or you can <a href="http://www.cmfcapp.com/puzzles/solve.php?objectId=E68zxYM1w7">click here</a> to work it online. If you'd like to see the answers, email us at gbanewsletters@gmail.com with Sept Crossword answers in the subject line and we'll send you a filled out version.<br />
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Presidential Memorandum on Honey Bees</h3>
On June 20, 2014, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum to create a<br />
federal strategy for promoting the health of honey bees and other pollinators.<br />
His memorandum includes the establishment of a Pollinator Health Task Force<br />
chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the EPA. The<br />
task force will draw from many departments such as the Department of the<br />
Interior, the Department of Energy, the Council on Environmental Quality,<br />
among many others. The task force is charged within the next six month to<br />
develop a strategy to include an action plan to address understanding, preventing<br />
and recovering from pollinator losses. Also within six months, the task force is to<br />
address increasing and improving pollinator habitat.<br />
If you’d like to read the memorandum in full, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/20/presidential-memorandum-creating-federal-strategy-promote-health-honey-b">you can find it here.</a><br />
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Honey Parfait<br />from Honey from Hive to Honeypot</h3>
by Sue Style<br />
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3 egg yolks<br />
1 egg<br />
1/2 cup honey<br />
1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream<br />
3 T chopped walnuts<br />
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Beat together the yolks, egg and honey with an electric mixer until thoroughly light and fluffy in top of double boiler over hot water. Keep this up for 3 - 5 minutes until it has thickened. Remove from heat and allow to cool.<br />
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Beat the whipping cream to soft peaks and then fold it into the egg mixture. Stir in walnuts, if using, and freeze the parfait in chosen container. This is nice if frozen in a bread pan lined with plastic wrap. When frozen, cut it into slices and serve. Or you can freeze it in individual ramekins. A fruit coulis goes well with it.<br />
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The Final Buzz</h3>
We hope to see everyone in Milledgeville for GBA Fall 2014 meeting. Many thanks to you for all of<br />
your contributions and especially getting us started sharing your “True Confessions.” You are<br />
welcome to write anonymously, if you’d feel more comfortable. Sharing mistakes is a great way to<br />
teach others.<br />
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We are looking forward to making new friends and learning new tricks. See you in Milledgeville!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the year draws to an end and we approach the annual meeting of the membership, a lot is being done to make this meeting a great success. Most of you know that the Lake County Beekeepers led by Bruce Morgan is hosting the meeting in Milledgeville, Ga. And since it is in their neighborhood, Keith and RoseAnne Fielder are kicking in a lot of effort as well. Mary Cahill-Roberts has arranged some great speakers from all over the United States and Georgia to wow and educate us. We will also have an actual bee yard set up for our youth to explore and enjoy. You will be able to view the agenda on our web site, and right now you can sign up using our new registration program. I’m confident that we will have many positive comments from you about this meeting, and look forward to your input. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>First, our Association is growing rapidly with our club numbers approaching 30 affiliated clubs scattered throughout the state. To reach and represent those clubs we have our normal officers consisting of your President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer and three Directors. At the beginning of my term of office, I appointed one additional Director (Slade Jarrett) to help cover the northeast side of Georgia. Slade has done a remarkable job being there when we have needed him. Now I believe that we need to change the by-laws in Article VII, paragraph A from 3 to 4 Directors with two year terms staggered instead of 3 year terms. (That is two directors overlapping for two years). This last year has proven that this change is essential. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>The next area of interest is the new Junior Beekeeping policy that we just passed and for which we have already written some checks. Some of you may have been wondering how we were going to fund this program. Well, “Old Bear” has been working that issue already. Article VIII of our by-laws outlines the standing committees. Paragraph E is for the Research and Education Fund. In that section, two gentlemen, Troy Fore and Reg Wilbanks, have been charged with managing a chunk of money granted to us from American Beekeeping Federation that was earmarked as education funds back in 1982. That money has been in “lock down” for a number of years as we were only allowed to use ½ of the interest gained while the other half was rolled back over into it. In real numbers, we were getting 1.25% annually (or about $10) and only using $5.00. I have obtained the approval of release of the these funds from both of these gentlemen in writing to have it placed in the general fund for use in support of our new Junior Beekeeping policy. It is currently more than $16K. That along with reinstating the $1.00 per membership dues to go to the Junior Beekeeping program should keep this program going for quite some time. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">One of these things for me is a back door. Which provides a nice shortcut to the water spigot when feeding in the fall and in the spring allows the cool breeze to waft its way through as I paint supers, scrape propolis and prepare for nectar flow. And in the summer..... well, I’m not actually sure what good a back door is for, except maybe for a stray bee to find its way in......and tell ALL its co-workers!!! Which is exactly what happened to me not too long ago.</span></div>
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I am surprised how many times I hear people ask, “Have you ever been stung?" To me that's like asking if the Pope is Catholic, or do bears live in the woods? Of course beekeepers get stung!</div>
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When I got my first hive almost two years ago, all I had for protective gear was a veil and gloves. I thought I was invincible. It didn't take too long before the bees showed me otherwise. They are resourceful, tricky little devils who can find the smallest chink in your armor and get into the soft areas. You know what I mean, right? I think my first sting was through my jeans. That hurt! But I'm a beekeeper, I'm tough, that was my badge of courage, right? Happen to you also?</div>
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Early this Spring I was wearing the same gear (before I acquired a complete bee suit), was opening the hives and managed to royally piss off a bunch of guard bees. When they came to have an up close and personal meeting with me, I was not concerned, I had a veil on. Well, this veil was the hood and veil kind that has draw strings that cross over your chest, come around your back and tie in the front. You probably have one just like it. Now I'm not saying I was negligent. I prefer to think of the bees as educated, resourceful, determined, very intelligent, and persistent... One of the girls found a way inside and wanted to share the interior of the veil with me, but she wasn't happy.</div>
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Again, a bee sting hurts, and if it's on your arm or leg, that's one thing, but I really have no desire to get stung on the face, and I told the pretty young bee I meant her no harm and I thought we could peacefully work out our differences. Apparently this Italian girl did not understand English and swearing.</div>
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The more she buzzed around inside the veil, the more mental images I had of not being happy at the outcome. Now I ask you, what would you do in a situation like this? Go on, think for a moment and answer to yourself before you read what I did. I'll wait, go on.</div>
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I decided immediately there was not enough room in the veil for the both of us, so I proceeded to come out of it as fast as humanly possible! Of course the strings were tied tight and did not want to release me. I struggled, which upset my little friend even more, and finally I got the veil off. Problem solved, right? Not even close.</div>
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Instinct took over, not intelligence, just the will to survive. I swatted, and flailed my arms and tried to shoo the bees away. After all I'm a big strong man who could squash them all. But not at the same time. Arms flying and bees zeroing in, I made my next tactical mistake. I ran.</div>
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When you quit laughing at me and wipe the tears from your eyes, you know that was not the best thing I could have done. I was being stung. Left leg, right arm, back, right leg, left arm, what was 12 bees felt like a thousand. I could not swat and run fast enough.</div>
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If you've been keeping bees for at least a year, you've probably had a situation where you've needed to house a queen temporarily with only a few frames of honey, brood, and pollen until you had more resources to make an additional colony. Or, while doing an early spring inspection, perhaps you saw many swarm cells in your hive, and realized the lost opportunity of not being able to segregate those swarm cell frames from each other. Remember, the queen in the colony is like that 1986 Hollywood film, <i>Highlander</i>: "There can be only one." Normally swarm cells in a hive eventually whittle down to one mated queen. </div>
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Brushy Mountain Bee Farm has sold the deep-frame Queen Castle, a hive body compartmented into four distinct chambers, each able to house a colony of bees with their own queen. Now they also offer a medium-sized castle. The medium castle has three compartments to accommodate three medium frames each. Both retail for around $37. Kelley Beekeeping sells a three compartment deep queen mating box, and Dadant sells a four compartment deep box very similar to BM's queen castle, called the "Queen Rearing Hotel" both retailing around $40-$42.</div>
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The part I like best about these partitioned boxes, especially if the dividers of each compartment are removable, is the overall versatility. With a compartmented box like a queen castle, I can make four two-frame nucs or two five-frame nucs. As the colony outgrows its two-frame compartment, I can move these frames into a separate box with frames of foundation or comb. Or, if I don't have available woodenware, I can remove a partition between two compartments while de-queening one of the compartments until I'm able to transfer those four frames into a separate box. Or I can leave those frames and bees in the queen castle. </div>
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I'm in a bit of a pickle--my hive is queenless and I don't have another hive to supply it with eggs for a new queen. Fortunately, I know a friendly beekeeper who's willing to provide me with some eggs, but his apiary is kind of far from where I live--how should I transport the frames?</div>
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<span class="s1">Of course you want to get the eggs and open brood to the queenless hive as quickly as possible, but do be a safe driver! One way to preserve warmth for the frame is to wrap the frame in a warm, damp towel and put the whole thing in a cooler (no ice, mind you, we are keeping it WARM this way). </span></div>
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<span class="s1">If you have a nuc hive available to you, another way is a little more involved. Go to the hive from which you want to take the frame of brood and eggs; shake all the bees off of the frame and remove the frame. Put that bee-less frame in an empty hive box and place the hive box on the top of a queen excluder on the top of the hive (under the inner cover as if it is a part of the hive). Leave the hive for about an hour and when you come back, the frame will be covered with nurse bees. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The nurse bees will keep the eggs and brood warm. They will rarely be killed by the queenless hive when you transfer the frame. Put the nurse bee covered frame into a nuc box with four empty frames to keep it from sliding around and drive to the queenless hive.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Good luck,</span></div>
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<i>Question and answer supplied by Noah Macey; second part of the answer from Mark, aka IndyPartridge on Beemaster forum. Thanks to both.</i></div>
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<b><i>Honey Lavender Ice Cream</i></b></div>
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Makes about 1 qt of ice cream</div>
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Great served in homemade profiteroles (also found on Epicurious.com)</div>
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2 cups heavy cream</div>
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Whisk together eggs and salt in a large bowl, then add 1 cup hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking. Pour into remaining hot cream mixture in saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on thermometer, about 5 minutes (do not let boil).</div>
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<i>“We lived for honey. We swallowed a spoonful in the morning to wake us up and one at night to put us to sleep. We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. We swabbed ourselves in it to disinfect cuts or heal chapped lips. It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. Nothing was safe from honey...honey was the ambrosia of the gods and the shampoo of the goddesses.” </i></div>
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“These are a few photos of a trap out I have in progress in Newnan. If you look close you can see the blue porter bee escape. This is day two and you can see the bulk of the bees locked out of the home. This is a recently established swarm that entered approximately a month ago through a bathroom exhaust fan vent and set up house keeping in the ceiling/floor joist bay.<br />
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<span class="s1"><b><i>In June the Henry County Beekeepers held their club picnic. </i></b></span><b><i>It was a great success. We had 139 in attendance with several of those being new beekeepers. I was especially pleased many of these new beeks were accompanied by their children, the future of our pursuit. I would also like to extend a special thank you to our vice president Brutz English of Liberty Hill Honey who gladly allowed us the free use of his property and facilities, including full access to all his hives, to host the picnic.</i></b></div>
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<b>Beginner's Beekeeping Course (Morgan County Extension) <br />
August 7, 2014 </b>Cost: Free Held at Morgan County Extension Office, 440 Hancock St., Madison GA 30650<b> </b>Registration:</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association</b> is hosting the Florida State Beekeepers Association Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida at the Embassy Suites. Dates: <b>Oct. 2, 3, 4, 2014</b>. <a href="http://www.beekeepingconference.com/"><span class="s2">Updated information here</span></a>.</span></div>
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