The Beeyard

Queen Rearing Calendar!

June 28, 2009

The Beekeepers of the Susquehanna Valley are pleased to offer the following Queen Rearing Calendar Generator to the beekeeping community.

Your calendar will open in a separate page, suitable for printing.

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At the June meeting of the Beekeepers of the Susquehanna Valley (www.thebeeyard.org), we continued our work into raising queens. As you can see from the photos, we’re making great progress. Tonight we grafted larvae into queen cups and installed about-to-hatch queen cells into nucs.

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Brenda, I owe you a bee.

June 16, 2009

A lone worker bee attached herself to the windshield of my car during tonight’s meeting at Aucker’s Apiaries. She stayed there through 60mph driving for the entire 25 mile drive home. Does this mean I can keep her?

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In the News: “Honeybee population plunges in six months”

June 14, 2009

An article in today’s edition of The Daily Item features several members from our group. Read the full article here.

Dr. William Blodgett, of Danville, who is also a master beekeeper, uses smoke to calm bees in one of his hives Friday as he performs a routine check on the colony. His bees have never been affected by Colony Collapse Disorder, he says, because he has never used pesticides on his 11-acre farm.
Robert Inglis/The Daily Item

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Lilac Swarm

June 14, 2009

I extracted this beautiful swarm from a backyard lilac bush in downtown Danville. This was one of the largest swarms I’ve ever seen. Thanks to Ken and his family for the call.