Comments for Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild http://www.phillybeekeepers.org Promoting Local & Sustainable Apiculture Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Those Robbin’ Italian Bees by <img src='http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> info http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/08/those-robbin-italian-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-68 info Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:49 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=698#comment-68 jajaja great story. Bees have very interesting behaivors and sometimes they can really surprise you. I didn't that about italian bees. I just read this eye opener article about their behavior, check out and maby we can chat about it. <a href="http://www.beekeepingmaster.com/honey-bees-beekeeping/" rel="nofollow">beekeeping and hives</a> jajaja great story. Bees have very interesting behaivors and sometimes they can really surprise you. I didn’t that about italian bees.
I just read this eye opener article about their behavior, check out and maby we can chat about it. beekeeping and hives

]]> Comment on Dedication Ceremony for Historic Marker honoring hive inventor, Philadelphian, L. L. Langstroth in his 200th birthday year by This is going to leave a mark | The Science Friday Blog http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/08/dedication-ceremony-for-historic-marker-honoring-hive-inventor-philadelphian-l-l-langstroth-in-his-200th-birthday-year/comment-page-1/#comment-67 This is going to leave a mark | The Science Friday Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:13:57 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=606#comment-67 [...] am extremely proud and gratified to have played a part in bringing this about. Here’s a link to some of the festivities that will surround the dedication, in this, the year of Lorenzo Langstroth’s 200th [...] [...] am extremely proud and gratified to have played a part in bringing this about. Here’s a link to some of the festivities that will surround the dedication, in this, the year of Lorenzo Langstroth’s 200th [...]

]]> Comment on The Father of American Beekeeping by Bees invading Denver’s Brown Palace? Really, it’s a good thing - Travel - LATimes.com http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/06/father-of-american-beekeeping/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Bees invading Denver’s Brown Palace? Really, it’s a good thing - Travel - LATimes.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=515#comment-54 [...] The Philadelphia Honey Festival from Sept. 10 to 12 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lorenzo L. Langstroth, the man considered to be the U.S. father of modern beekeeping, who popularized the removable frame [...] [...] The Philadelphia Honey Festival from Sept. 10 to 12 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lorenzo L. Langstroth, the man considered to be the U.S. father of modern beekeeping, who popularized the removable frame [...]

]]> Comment on June Meeting – Honey Robbing and Extraction by Venue Change for June Meeting « Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/05/june-meeting-honey-robbing-and-extraction/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Venue Change for June Meeting « Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:23:51 +0000 http://phillybeekeepers.org/?p=449#comment-7 [...] 17, 2010 June Meeting - Honey Robbing and Extraction More [...] [...] 17, 2010 June Meeting – Honey Robbing and Extraction More [...]

]]> Comment on What About Queens? by Adam http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/05/what-about-queens/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Adam Sat, 29 May 2010 01:36:56 +0000 http://phillybeekeepers.org/?p=464#comment-26 While I am not convinced of the need to requeen annually, I do think buying locally bred queens is a great idea if you need a new queen. You can also look at the Northern States Queen Breeders Association (of which Mike Thomas is a member) - http://www.nsqba.com/ While I am not convinced of the need to requeen annually, I do think buying locally bred queens is a great idea if you need a new queen. You can also look at the Northern States Queen Breeders Association (of which Mike Thomas is a member) -

http://www.nsqba.com/

]]> Comment on Notes from May Meeting by Adam Schreiber http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/05/notes-from-may-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Adam Schreiber Mon, 24 May 2010 00:44:44 +0000 http://phillybeekeepers.org/?p=444#comment-9 One other thing you can try which I have not tried but have heard about - if you catch a swarm and place it in a hive put a queen excluder on the bottom of the hive so the queen can't leave - in this case you can consider it a "queen includer". This supposedly will increase chances that the swarm will stay put. Makes a lot of sense to me. Happy Beeing - Adam Schreiber timebeeing.blogspot.com One other thing you can try which I have not tried but have heard about – if you catch a swarm and place it in a hive put a queen excluder on the bottom of the hive so the queen can’t leave – in this case you can consider it a “queen includer”. This supposedly will increase chances that the swarm will stay put. Makes a lot of sense to me.

Happy Beeing -

Adam Schreiber
timebeeing.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Notes from May Meeting by David Dannenburg http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/05/notes-from-may-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-8 David Dannenburg Mon, 24 May 2010 00:44:07 +0000 http://phillybeekeepers.org/?p=444#comment-8 Sounds like it was an excellent meeting. Excellent notes. Thanks, I am learning some new stuff and having old ideas reinforced. I want to add an observation from my experience: Swarming does not necessarily reduce honey production. Among my best producing hives have been ones that have sent out multiple swarms in a single season. Rarely have I had a hive swarm then show diminished production. So don't panic if they swarm; sometimes that is what they do. As to hiving swarms, sometimes the magic works, sometimes it does not. Joe Duffy made a suggestion to me that I suspect works exceptionally well but which I have not had opportunity to try yet: if you capture a swarm and want it to take to a hive body that you have (drawn or not), remove one frame and replace it with a frame of brood from another of your hives; the workers will not want to abandon brood. A bonus is that the new hive will have some new young bees sooner than if they had to wait for the new queen to begin laying. Finally, use bee lures with caution. I tried once, placing the lure in an old hive suitably located (or so I thought). Well, some of the workers from my other hives tried to take up residence or otherwise behaved as if confused, but I never lured in any swarms. Again, thanks for the great notes. I will eventually make it out to a meeting. David Dannenberg Sounds like it was an excellent meeting. Excellent notes. Thanks, I am learning some new stuff and having old ideas reinforced.

I want to add an observation from my experience: Swarming does not necessarily reduce honey production. Among my best producing hives have been ones that have sent out multiple swarms in a single season. Rarely have I had a hive swarm then show diminished production. So don’t panic if they swarm; sometimes that is what they do.

As to hiving swarms, sometimes the magic works, sometimes it does not. Joe Duffy made a suggestion to me that I suspect works exceptionally well but which I have not had opportunity to try yet: if you capture a swarm and want it to take to a hive body that you have (drawn or not), remove one frame and replace it with a frame of brood from another of your hives; the workers will not want to abandon brood. A bonus is that the new hive will have some new young bees sooner than if they had to wait for the new queen to begin laying.

Finally, use bee lures with caution. I tried once, placing the lure in an old hive suitably located (or so I thought). Well, some of the workers from my other hives tried to take up residence or otherwise behaved as if confused, but I never lured in any swarms.

Again, thanks for the great notes. I will eventually make it out to a meeting.

David Dannenberg

]]> Comment on Proposed Guild Constitution by Sam Finney http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/04/proposed-guild-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sam Finney Fri, 21 May 2010 20:10:53 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=306#comment-5 I would like the bylaws to include a requirement that funds be held in a Guild bank account. I would like the bylaws to include a requirement that funds be held in a Guild bank account.

]]> Comment on Proposed Guild Constitution by Sam Finney http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/04/proposed-guild-constitution/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Sam Finney Fri, 21 May 2010 20:01:40 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=306#comment-4 Article V and Article IX are in conflict. Simple or 2/3rds majority to ammend? Article III is labeled Ammendments, but does not address them. What is spouse household? Anyone with a family gets the votes of their entire household? Does that make sense? Life Membership? Does this mean no dues ever? Article V and Article IX are in conflict. Simple or 2/3rds majority to ammend?

Article III is labeled Ammendments, but does not address them.

What is spouse household? Anyone with a family gets the votes of their entire household? Does that make sense?

Life Membership? Does this mean no dues ever?

]]> Comment on Jim Bobb and Scott Bartow offering Beekeeping Workshop by hiveadmin http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/2010/02/jim-bobb-and-scott-bartow-offering-beekeeping-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-3 hiveadmin Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:38:13 +0000 http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/?p=85#comment-3 HI Amy, Please contact Jim Bobb directly. He doesn't seem to have a web site but his address and phone number are listed here: <a href="http://www.localfoodphilly.org/wg_honey_syrup_worcester.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.localfoodphilly.org/wg_honey_syrup_worcester.php</a> HI Amy,
Please contact Jim Bobb directly. He doesn’t seem to have a web site but his address and phone number are listed here: http://www.localfoodphilly.org/wg_honey_syrup_worcester.php

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