FROM THE EDITORS DESK: January 2012
Happy New Year fellow beekeepers. I hope you all had a
wonderful holiday. Are you preparing your hives for the
spring? With the unseasonable weather we are having our
bees may be ready before we know it.
Our Board of Directors met this week and are planning
the activities of the club for the coming year. So far
we have two great speakers planned with several others
contacted and waiting for confirmations. Please mark
your calendars for our meeting dates so you won’t miss
the chance to hear our excellent guests.
I have already received a few checks from members
renewing their dues. Thank you. The sooner we receive
them the better we can plan our budget. We also welcome
new members Margaret Lindner, Jennifer DeFazio, and
Philip Ioco.
Regional Queen and Nuc Production Committee Meeting
- African bees were found in Georgia last year. How long are we going to be able to import southern packages and nucs onto the island?
- There are many who believe that locally raised bees are going to be necessary to continue beekeeping in the northern areas.
- There is evidence from a study in Maine that locally produced bees are better investments than either southern packages or nucs.
- West Virginia has been fostering a locally produced bee program for several years and it is now up and running.
- Larry Connor has been encouraging local clubs to organize local queen production for bees adapted to the local micro-climate.
Several individuals in the northeast have been producing local queens and nucs for several years. We would like to get those interested in participating in such an endeavor to get together to discuss.
The first meeting to discuss this possibility, the possible methods of organizing, investment necessary and the workings will be held at the home of Ray Lackey, 1260 Walnut Avenue, Bohemia, NY 11716-2176, on Saturday February 4, at 7:00 PM. You are requested to RSVP if coming at lackeyray@tianca.com.
March 31 SABA Seminar
Speakers : Maryann Frazier of Penn State University and Randy Oliver of Scientific Beekeeping will enlighten us with 6 consecutive presentations.
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Take A Basic Beekeeping Course and Be Ready to Keep Your Own Bees!
Master Beekeeper Ray Lackey, Long Island Beekeepers Club, is offering a number of beekeeping courses in 2012 for the absolute beginner, novice beekeeper. We are planning a number of different locations and meeting schedules so that you can pick the one that is best for your schedule and/or area. Our instructor has been keeping bees on Long Island for 28 years. He regularly speaks at garden clubs, schools and bee clubs on beekeeping and bees.
We have two different novice class formats:
1) One-day Crash Course, 7.5 hours class-time, 8:15 AM to 4:15 PM on Saturday, February 25.
2) Season-long Class - Monthly evening class of 1.5 hours preceded by an hour in the bee yard over 9-months, February through October, following the bee year.
First year costs for starting a bee hive are approximately $600. Help ensure your success and preserve your investment by taking a class to get you started right! We must have at least 15 at a site to continue with that class so pick a class and tell your friends! If the class is cancelled due to insufficient registration, I will contact you with option of other classes or tear up check. No checks will be deposited until the class is a go.
Crash Course: This is a condensation of the season-long class without any bee yard time. You can take the course to improve your beekeeping, start your bees this year or in preparation for a possible future start. The fee is $100.00, including text book, Pizza lunch and snacks at breaks. If you are taking the season long course but want an up-front summary so that you know what you are getting into, or if you have taken the season-long class and want a review, cost is $50 to attend this class (no book provided).
Season-long Class - The fee is $200.00 for the entire course of approximately 30 hours, including text book. You can take the course to improve your beekeeping, start your bees this year in parallel with the class or in preparation for a possible future start. Pick the session that best fits your schedule and location. Class comments from last year emphasized the benefit of the bee yard time.
For more information on this or other beekeeping classes, or to register for the novice classes, please go to:
http://www.tianca.com/tianca2a1.htm
Or Call Ray Lackey at 631-567-1936
Each class will only go forward if a minimum of 15 are registered by February 7.
Nucleus colonies of Honeybees are also available from Ray. For more information, visit:
http://www.tianca.com/tianca2a2.htm
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: December 2011
Save That Date! Holiday Party Announced!
Long Island Beekeepers 2011 Holiday
Party
Sunday,
December 11, 2011, 2:30 PM
Find
the details here.
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: November 2011
Winning Recipe for Nut and Honey Apple Cake
2011 Results for Honey Judging & More
Congratulations
to all the Winners!
Light Honey
First prize-Jessica James
Light Amber Honey
First prize-David Dew, Second prize- Joan Mahoney,
Third Prize-Jessica James
Amber Honey
First prize-Charlie DiStefano, Second prize-Stephen
McDonough, Third prize- Debra Schramm
Dark Honey
First prize-David Dew, Second prize- Giussepe Caso
Comb Honey
First prize-Charlie DiStefano
Novelty Packaged Honey
First prize-Arthur Nelson
Novelty Beeswax
First Prize-Charlie DiStefano
Frosted Cake
First prize- Charlotte DiStefano
Soft Cookies
First prize- Jessica James
Candy
First prize-Jessica James
Gadget
First prize-Jessica James
Arts & Crafts
First prize- Arthur Nelson, Second Prize- George
Schramm
Photography
First prize- Moira Alexander, Second prize- Conni Still
New Bylaws Proposed
For a guided tour of the proposed Bylaws, see the President's Message for November 2011.
President's Message: A Guided Tour of the Proposed Bylaws
One year ago, in this space, I announced that the Long Island Beekeepers Club had incorporated as a not-for-profit under New York State law, thus making it easier for us to operate in today’s world and assuring the long-term viability of our organization. In conjunction with this announcement, we also started revising the Club’s Bylaws. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: October 2011
President's Message: Come On Over To My Bee House
The design and construction of the perfect bee house has always held a certain fascination for me. A small shed to store beekeeping equipment would certainly free up some room in the garage, and a place to secure the hives and provide some additional protection from the elements wouldn’t be bad. Also, having a single location to keep the bees and the equipment together would be convenient; no more schlepping everything out to the beeyard. Read More...
Some of the World’s Famous Beekeepers
Aristotle: This Greek beekeeper and scientist used simple hives with wooden strip top-bars. Some of his observations about bees were pretty clever, others were dead wrong.
Ben Franklin: With everything from bi-focals, lightning, and the US Constitution in his realm of interests, it is not surprising he is mentioned by Thomas Wildman as a patron for Wildman's 1768 Treatise on the Management of Bees.
Brigham Young : A very famous American beekeeper... His interest in bees led to Utah being called the 'Beehive State' and having skep hives as emblems.
Charles Butler: This naturalist and beekeeper realized the "King Bee" is a "Queen Bee" - he wrote Feminine Monarchie. In 1609, he discovered that drone bees are male bees.
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Catalog Cover Contest
Here are a few things to keep in mind before sending the photo. The catalog cover is a portrait layout. We will need an area with a uniform background where we can put text. The content of the photo should convey beekeeping. The winning entry will be given credit for the photo in the 2012 catalog and a $100 gift certificate to Brushy Mountain Bee Farm.
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm
610 Bethany Church Road
Moravian Falls, N.C. 28654
1-800-BEESWAX (1-800-233-7929)
www.brushymountainbeefarm.com
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: September 2011
First Annual NYC Honey Festival
Concessions building at 96th Street and Shore Front Parkway.
For more information: www.nychoneyfest.com
LIBC will have a booth at this event. To volunteer to be a Club Ambassador at this event, send us an email to let us know what hours you can volunteer.
Members Only
The LIBC has set up a
Yahoo Group to allow members to exchange ideas and
information. Group membership is only available to
members in good standing.
Click to join the Long Island
Beekeepers Club Yahoo Group (Members Only)
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Bee an Ambassador
Every year the Club participates at various events on Long Island where we set up tent, exhibit an observation hive, display sample equipment, hand out information, and answer questions about bees and beekeeping. We need knowledgeable and enthusiastic members, like you, to help the Club at these events.
We're asking our members to volunteer a small amount of their time to be a Club Ambassador. Upcoming events are listed below and on our Special Events web page. You can send us an email or sign up at our next meeting, to let us know which event and what hours you can volunteer.
No one can spread the word about the importance of honey bees and beekeeping better than a beekeeper!
First Annual NYC Honey Festival, Rockaway Boardwalk, Queens, Saturday, September 17th, 10:00 to 5:00.
Long Island Fair, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Thursday – Sunday, September 22-25, 10:00 to 5:00.
We need Ambassadors on each day of the fair. School groups traditionally attend the fair on Thursday and Friday, so if you would like to network with teachers, this is your opportunity.
Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center Fall Wildlife Festival, Jones Beach, Sunday, October 9th, 11:00 to 4:00.
An Appeal to Our Members
Presentations like Dr. Seeley’s help the Club to achieve its objective to further the general knowledge and success of its member beekeepers and to provide a forum for cooperation among beekeepers and those that work to improve the welfare of beekeeping and honeybees.
As a non-profit organization, the Long Island Beekeepers Club is solely dependent on the contributions of its members in order to bring eminent speakers, such as Dr. Seeley, to Long Island. As a beekeeper you’re aware of the beneficial impact bees have in the pollination of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and how important it is that we continue to provide educational programs for the promotion of beekeeping, and bee products and services for beekeepers on Long Island. We can only continue our mission through your financial support.
So please renew your membership today by visiting our Membership page here on the website. We have information on where to send your check, or how to pay your dues quickly and easily online, right now. Thank you for your continued support.
Executive Board
Long Island Beekeepers Club
Beekeepers Lobby For Movement on Honey Bill
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/politics/552910/beekeepers-lobby-for-movement-on-honey-bill/?ap=1&MP4
Empire State Beekeepers are also circulating an online petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-pure-honey-in-new-york-state.html
President’s Message: Communicating Honey Bee Science
As an architect, one of my primary responsibilities is to communicate. Typically, I have two audiences to communicate with: the client and the construction contractor. For the client, I would use renderings and models to communicate the intended appearance of the building. For the contractor, drawings and specifications communicate the knowledge necessary to construct the building appropriately. In both cases the instruments of communication need to be clear, concise, correct, and complete, and convey the intended work results, but the drawings and specifications are more technically oriented and require specialized knowledge, while the renderings and models are intended for a more general audience. But in both cases the goal is the same: to communicate the appropriate understanding of how the building will look when it is complete. Read More...
Top 13 Reasons You Know You're A Beekeeper
13. The windshield of your vehicle has at least two yellow dots on it.
12. You pull over and check the bees on the wildflowers just to see if they are YOUR bees, and you can tell the difference. Read More...
The Garden Column: Things to do in Early August
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Don’t prune or fertilize trees or shrubs now; otherwise unnecessary late growth will be promoted. The new growth will not be hardy this winter...... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: August 2011
Wax Moth Trap Recipe
- One cup of sugar syrup (50/50)
• One cup of white vinegar
• Brown banana peels
Pour mixture into a two liter plastic soda bottle with a one and half inch diameter hole cut out just below the neck of the bottle.
Let bottle with mixture ferment in cool dark place for twenty four hours.
Place bottle with rope for hanging. Replace every two weeks.
I have three bottles hanging in my Apiary and one in my honey barn.
Long Island Farm Bureau One-Day Farmers Market
Long Island Farm Bureau and its agricultural partners are planning a one day Farmers Market event on August 5th from 12:00-5:00 PM at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank. We would like to invite your participation in this event. If you would be interested in being a participant, please let us know and we will happily furnish you with the paperwork to become a vendor. Paperwork is easy and not at all involved.
As time is short, please let us know if you are interested.
Deadline for paperwork is August 2nd.
Newsday has had small blurps about our event. Perhaps you have seen it.
Thanks for your time.
Ceil Carpenter
LI Farm Bureau
104 Edwards Ave-S#3
Calverton, NY 11933
631-727-3777
ccarpenter@lifb.com
www.grownonlongisland.com
LIBC Member Rallies Support for Langstroth Postage Stamp
Since September 2009, Mr. Flatow has been lobbying for a postage stamp honoring Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, a towering figure in the history of beekeeping.
"The guy was an American hero, an icon really," says Mr. Flatow of the reverend, who patented the first movable frame bee hive in the U.S. in 1852.
Mr. Flatow, 60 years old, rallied support from beekeepers across the country, wrote letters and gathered signatures, hoping a stamp would be issued in time for the 200th anniversary of Rev. Langstroth's birth, last December.
Read More at http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903461104576458703778752160.html
#articleTabs=article
The Garden Column: Garden Chores for July
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
- Blossom-end rot on tomatoes is caused by moisture
fluctuations. Regulation of soil moisture and mulch
will help.
2 Be aware of aphids and horn worms causing damage on tomato plants. Use a recommended insecticide for aphids if infestation is severe and remove the hornworms by hand.....
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: July 2011
Credit Cards Accepted Here
The Club now accepts credit cards, so now you can pay your membership dues online, safely and securely.
Just visit our "Membership" page, then click on the "Beecome a Member" button and you will be automatically transfered to a secure PayPal-hosted page where you can complete the payment for your membership using American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa, or if you have a PayPal account, you can use that too.
Your credit card information remains safe and secure with PayPal's encrypted website; the Club does not store, nor have access to, your credit card data.
Still not convinced that becoming a member with your credit card is safe and secure? Then visit our "Membership" page for more information about PayPal, including how to create a secure account of your own.
Top-Bar Hive Forum Added to Website
The Garden Column: Rose Planting Tips
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Plant roses only in places that get at least six hours of sunshine daily – roses love sunlight, especially morning sun.... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: June 2011
President’s Message: Top-bars and Beetours
If you were fortunate enough to be able to attend our meeting in May, you saw a presentation by our guest speaker, Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries, discussing, among other topics, top-bar hives. Read More...
New Postings In Our Classifieds Section
Check our Classifieds page.
Wayne Vitale's Bees Make Life a Little Sweeter
"Wayne Vitale is the Spy Coast Bee Man, a beekeeper whose sale of honey plays second fiddle to his main, expressly stated goal of “bringing bees back to the world.”"
Read More...
Beekeeping Bootcamp at Anarchy Apiaries
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Local Lab Meets on Honey Bee Genome
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
What does it mean for a community that focuses on one organism to have that organism's genome sequenced? Just ask researchers who gathered this week at the Honey Bee Genomics and Biology Meeting at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York. It's the first time such a conference has been held since the honey bee genome was sequenced, and over the course of the past three days it's become abundantly clear that this is a field transformed, greatly expanded and diversified from just four years ago.
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President’s Message: The Lady in the Hive
(With apologies to Raymond Chandler and Philip Marlowe.)
It looked like another dark and stormy night. So I took off my wet sunglasses and squinted at the bright sunshine of a cool spring day. The Kingsley Apiary was, and is, on Olive Street, near Sixth, on the west side. The garden in front of it had a fresh coating of immaculate green sod. A hatless pale man with a face like a halibut was planting dandelions into the sod and looking as if it was breaking his heart. Read More...
New York Registration of Mite-Away Quick Strips
The Garden Column: Garden Chores for May
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Make second and third sowings of beets, carrots, peas, radishes, spinach, lettuce and onions... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: May 2011
Beekeepers in the News
Nosema Workshop, Central New York, June 9th
The Garden Column: Things To Do in Late March/April
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
Most vegetables and ornamental plants thrive in a slightly acid soil with a soil pH reading between 6.0 and 6.9. A proper soil preparation, before planting, is a vital step toward gardening success. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: April 2011
Minutes of Meeting for March 2011
Holbrook Ecology Center Read More...
President’s Message: Raison d’abeille
At the end of this month, on April 30 and May 1, New York State will be hosting a Spring Festival at Heckscher State Park. The Club has been invited to participate by setting up a table at the event to promote the benefits of bees and beekeeping. Since one of the goals of the Club is to educate not just beekeepers but also the general public, this will be a great opportunity (one of many I hope) to fulfill that mission. Read More...
2011 EAS Summer Conference Schedule Posted
http://www.easternapiculture.org/conferences/eas-2011.html
BIP Winter Loss Survey
http://beeinformed.org/participate-now/
President’s Message: Choosing Genes That Fit
On October 11, 2010, a man in Georgia, who was operating a bulldozer, unintentionally aggravated a colony of bees and received over 100 stings and died of cardiac arrest. The Georgia Department of Agriculture collected samples of the bees and submitted them to a laboratory for testing. Nine days later the laboratory confirmed that the bees were Africanized honeybees (AHBs). Fortunately, it appears that this was an isolated incident and AHBs are not established in the state of Georgia at this time. Read More...
SABA 2010 Beekeeping Seminar, Albany, NY
Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association
March 26, 2011 - SABA 2011 Beekeeping Seminar, Albany, NY
More info...
Gotham City Honey Co-Operative
The Garden Column: Gardening Tips for January & February
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Send for those seed and nursery catalogs so you can plan your garden in advance... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: February 2011
President’s Message: Honeybees and Climate Change
If anyone was under the impression that climate change, also known as global warming, was going to be a good thing for honeybees, you need only look outside today (December 27, 2010) at blizzard conditions and below freezing temperatures for a reality check. Read More...
2011 Novice Classes for Beginning Beekeepers Announced
Centereach, Holtsville, Huntington, Riverhead, and Saint James.
For more information: http://www.longislandbeekeepers.org/guide/novice/novice.html
True Source Honey Launches Certified Honey Traceability Program
NPR's Science Friday: The Buzz on Bees
http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201012245
(Thanks to Club member, Carl Flatow, for the link.)
The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook
Read how the mystery was solved at the New York Times online: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30bigcity.html
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: December 2010
President’s Message: Our Bees on the Web
I'm happy to report that our Club's website has been as busy as a, well, you know. From December 1st of 2009 to December 1st of this year we've had 9,179 visitors to the website (that’s right – over 9,000 visitors!). Read More...
A Sweet Holiday Gift
Nov. 28: Honey Bee Day @ Cinema Arts in Huntington
In Colony, several beekeepers around the U.S. cope with colony collapse disorder - the phenomenon that has caused millions of bees to mysteriously disappear, threatening not only the beekeeping industry but our food supply. Film and discussion with Long Island Master Beekeeper Rich Blohm. Apitherapy presentation by Frederique Keller, a licensed acupuncturist who incorporates classical homeopathy and bee venom therapy as well as utilizes honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee bread. It’s a day to celebrate honey bees- our most precious pollinators. Read More...
New York State Budget Slashes Apiary Inspection Program
There should be no surprise that politics and lobbying often effects how public monies are being spent, whether federal, state or local funds. And, in an agricultural state as large as New York, beekeepers and small farmers are often left in the dust of commercial and market driven interests. The current budget crunch adds additional pressure. The NYS Agriculture Budget was one of the first to be finalized by the senate and signed by the governor this summer. The numbers say a lot, but there are hidden messages and deals in the offing. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: November 2010
President’s Message: LIBC, Incorporated
These are challenging times. When the Suffolk County Farm Bureau Bee Club was formed in 1949, composing some bylaws, electing officers, and distributing responsibilities was probably more than sufficient to create a thriving club of local beekeepers who wanted to share ideas and pass down knowledge to the next generation. The current version of the club still works the same way to achieve similar goals, but in today’s world organizations need a form of official recognition just to accomplish seemingly simple tasks like making purchases or even having a bank account. Read More...
American Apitherapy Society 2010 Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference
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The Importance of Bees
The Garden Column: October Shores
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
It’s clean up time! Remember the cleaner and neater your garden is in the fall, the better you will find it in the spring! I’m just filling my sixth bag with old foliage and dead wood (tomorrow is yard waste day), and the sweat is running down my forehead. I have taken out my hearing aids so they will not get wet. This serves a dual purpose, they stay dry and I can’t hear Brigitte. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: October 2010
President's Message: Evolution and Change
In 2006, a piece of amber, which is fossilized tree resin, from an amber mine in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar (Burma) was found containing a bee and four kinds of flowers. The amber has been dated to 100 million years ago; a length of time that tests the limits of human imagination. Read More...
The Garden Column: Gardening Tips For September
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Plant or transplant evergreens (narrow-and broadleaved) this month. Soak immediately after planting. Mulch!
2... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: September 2010
NYS Apiary Program Uncovers True Nosema
Read more at: http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/PI/PIHome.html
Heavenly Honey and Artisanal Cheese
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Vice-president's Message: Wintering Bees
I feel that preparation for wintering bees should begin in June with an assessment of hives for brood, stores and mites.
Winters on Long Island typically last from November to March and we want to strengthen bees so they produce more bees in order to keep the hives strong through winter and into spring. Read More...
The Garden Column: Gardening Tips For August
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
1. Don’t prune or fertilize trees or shrubs now; otherwise unnecessary late growth will be promoted. The new groth will not be hardy this winter.
2... Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: August 2010
The Garden Column: Be Aware of Poison Ivy
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
Poison Ivy can grow almost anywhere; you can find it in almost any garden, roadside, thicket, woods, park or even along sandy beaches. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: July 2010
President's Message: The Honeybee's Accelerometer
If you own one of the new ‘smart phones’, like the iPhone, or had a chance to play with someone else’s, you have probably noticed that the phone responds to gravity. For example, the image on the screen will orient itself automatically in response to the position in which you hold the phone; hold it horizontally and the image will display horizontally; rotate the phone vertically and the image responds appropriately. This occurs because inside the phone there is a microelectromechanical device called an accelerometer. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: June 2010
President's Message: Where Did the Time Go? Spend Time With Your Bees Now
The Garden Column: Love Apples
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
Here we are, its Memorial Day weekend and our garden is partially planted. (Brigitte did the job) The peas are blooming, cucumbers are looking good and we put in pepper and tomato plants. Hopefully, we will not have a repeat of the tomato blight we had last year and will have a great harvest. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: May 2010
President's Message: Honeybees in Wonderland
Demand for Local Honey Increases
Rich Blohm, Master Beekeeper and Radio Star
LIBC member, Carl Flatow, shot and produced the video.
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: April 2010
Minutes of Meeting for March 2010
Holbrook Ecology Center Read More...
Queen Bee Egg Laying Union Set To Strike
At issue is SweetBee’s new mandatory retirement age of two years for queen bees. The policy was announced on March 1, and drew an ominous hum of indignation from egglayers across the company’s 1200-hive operation.
“It’s completely arbitrary – it’s not even a matter of individual ability,” buzzed Myrtle, a 26-month-old queen who declined to give her last name. “They just assume we’re too old and can no longer do the job.”
Read More at: http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2010.04.01.12.27.archive.html
President's Message: Sharing
The Garden Column: Hellebores
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
We just love them in our garden and like to share about them with you. Hellebores bloom from February-May making them the perfect perennial for extending the garden season. Read More...
West Virginia Passes Beekeeper Immunity Law
Beekeeping Now Legal in NYC
Read more at: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/bring-on-the-bees/?ref=earth
President's Message: The Shoulders of Giants
Minutes of Meeting for February 2010
Holbrook Ecology Center Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: March 2010
Also: Recent Letters to the Editor. Read More...
The Garden Column: Care of Christmas Cactus
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
It’s still winter, and the only plants we can care for, admire and decorate the house with, are houseplants. Last month I featured poinsettias, this month I like to talk about the other holiday plant: The Christmas Cactus. Read More...
Holiday Party and 60th Anniversary Celebration Photos
LIBC 60th Anniversary Party Album
President Obama Offers Anniversary Congratulations
Bee Decline Linked to Falling Biodiversity
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
The decline of honeybees seen in many countries may be caused by reduced plant diversity, research suggests.
Bees fed pollen from a range of plants showed signs of having a healthier immune system than those eating pollen from a single type, scientists found.
Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8467746.stm
The Garden Column: Care of Poinsettia Plants
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
The poinsettia, a popular plant at Christmas time, provides effective color in the home during the holiday season. The newer poinsettia cultivars are long-lasting in contrast to previous years. Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: February 2010
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: January 2010
President's Bee-log for December 2009
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FROM THE EDITORS DESK: December 2009
Minutes of Meeting for November 2009
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 31 Rider Ave, Patchogue, NY Read More...
Rev. LL Langstroth’s 200th Birthday Celebration
President's Bee-log for November 2009
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FROM THE EDITORS DESK: November 2009
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The Garden Column: The Low Maintenance Lawn
(Courtesy Cornell Cooperative Extension)
In previous Fall issues of Beeline I discussed watering and maintaining lawns endlessly. To sum it up, unless you hire a lawn service it is a pain in the neck, the back, the knees etc. There is a better way. Read More...
Creamy Pumpkin Soup
NY State Apiary Inspection Program
Call For Nominations
Nominations can be made by any member "in good standing", which means those who paid their 2009 dues in a timely manner. Any member in good standing (same definition) may be nominated for any office.
Our club has grown large enough that a significant number of members do not attend any one meeting for a wide variety of reasons, so it is hoped that those who cannot attend specific meetings to nominate or elect officers will be included.
The deadline for nominations will be Dec 1st, 2009.
A ballot will be included in the December newsletter, and votes can be e-mailed to correspondingsecy@longislandbeekeepers.org or mailed to:
Conni Still, 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705
It is hoped that all ballots can be counted in January, so that the new officers can take office at the February meeting.
Offices In LIBC Include:
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Minutes of Meeting for October 2009
Holbrook Ecology Center Read More...
President's Bee-log for October 2009
I invite you to enter our Club’s Annual Honey Show! It’s not just honey!
Read More...
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: October 2009
Learn the ancient Art & Science of APITHERAPY
Club Photos Needed
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