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President's MessageI want to encourage everybody who has signed up for our Beginner's class to attend the Feb meeting if at all possible. Our speaker is certainly one good incentive to spend an evening with us...Bob Hooker has served as President of our neighboring Lorain County Beekeepers. He is currently the President of Ohio State Beekeepers and as such, has an eye on the bigger picture of beekeeping in the Buckeye state. Everything from the pending discussion on honey regulations to state level inspection to pesticide enforcement fall under his watchful eye...Be sure and attend and learn from the top guy in Ohio Beekeeping. But new beekeepers attending this meeting will also get a chance to meet and greet a lot of the current members of our group. There's nothing that beats getting to ask someone who has already gone through what you are about to go through and maybe offer some suggestions. Everybody does bees differently, and what I tell you in class may be different that what you hear at the meeting...and that's a good thing. So if possible, come for a couple of hours of entertainment, enlightenment and education...it'll be worth your time. Be sure and check for food for your bees, even if the temp isn't over 50 degrees...this is the time of year that most colonies starve, and if you can get out there soon enough, you can save them. They may have honey but can't get to it...a slab of fondant right over the cluster will do wonders until the weather warms enough to help them out by moving honey....Packages this year are going for right about $75, so $10 worth of food now goes a long way in saving money...and bees. Speaking of bees...small hive beetle is really doing its thing in the southeast again. Packages from there last year brought a bunch, and there's no reason to suspect they'll be any better this year. If you order bees from there, be aware of the problems you will be bringing into your beeyard...and honey house. California packages don't have that problem, but they cost more. New Club shirts this year!Work at the Fair this year and earn a club Polo ShirtBe the best dressed beekeeper on your block in the new Medina County Beekeeper shirt. The Walnut Hill Shop is offering Medina County Beekeepers apparel with the club logo embroidered on the left chest and your name stitched on the right chest (and the American flag stitched on the left sleeve or collar if you wish). This year the association is offering its members a polo shirt with pocket in your choice of color available in time to wear proudly at the fair. The cost of the shirt is $23 but you might be able to get it free! If you work 4 shifts at the fair, you will be reimbursed the entire cost of the shirt. If you work 3 shifts you will get 75% of the cost back, two shifts and you will be refunded half the purchase price. Contact Mary Kanuckel (740) 828-3346 or (800) 660-9707 of THE WALNUT HILL SHOP, 17388 Frampton Road, Frazeysburg, Ohio 43288 or walnuthillsp@earthlink.net to order your shirt today. |
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