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U.C.B.A. Winter Workshop



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Hello fellow Beekeepers,

Are you suffering from the winter blues?
Are you getting exited for the upcoming beekeeping season? Then we have the event for you.
Come and join us on Saturday, February 25, 2012 for an information packed
Winter Workshop where you can learn more about the wonderful world of bees and their products.

We kick-off this event with registrations and coffee at 9:30 am followed by Q&A on creamed honey making, comb honey production and pollen harvesting at 9:45 am. At 10:30 am we will learn all about making mead (honey wine) with Sean Butler followed by a cold lunch buffet. In the afternoon we feature various speakers on the "A-Zs of Getting Your Bees Ready for the Honey Flow".
Following will be a Q&A on topics submitted on our fall meeting survey.

Cost for this workshop is $20 per person (includes lunch, hall rental and speaker fees).
If there is a large number of people coming prices might be lowered.

Location for this event is KC's Country Inn in Vars:
984 Burton Rd.
Vars, Ontario
K0A 3HO

Please register by Friday, February 17, 2012 at ucba@hotmail.ca or 613-764-2122 .

Other upcoming events:
U.C.B.A. Spring Meeting featuring: OBA Tech Transfer Team speaker on their latest research;
OBA Tech Transfer Courses: Introduction to Beekeeping (June 23) and Integrated Pest Management (June 24);
Details on these 2 events will follow soon !

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Williamstown Fair Honey Competition: Please bring in 2 (500g) jars of honey to enter.
If you don't have the right jars bring your honey in another container and we will re-bottle it for you into the proper jars. Please note, jars are not allowed to have labels on them.
John McCaig will keep the honey until the fair, decrystallize it if needed and enter it at the fair this summer. The results and prizes will be given back to you after the fair.

**Also, U.C.B.A. memberships for 2012 are now due for renewal.
The cost is still $20 per person/couple. Thank you to all those who already renewed.

We are looking forward to seeing you,

The U.C.B.A. Directors
ucba@hotmail.ca
www.ucbabee.com

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ABF: There's Still Time to Register for the 2012 Annual Conference



Hello fellow Beekeepers,
Please find below a forward from the Tech Transfer Team. 
The U.C.B.A. board of directors also wishes you all a Merry Christmas and all the Best for 2012 !!!
The U.C.B.A. Directors
ucba@hotmail.ca









2012 North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow

There’s Still Time to Register for the 2012 Annual Conference


Happy holidays! The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) would like to take a minute to thank you for your continued support of the organization throughout the year. We hope you are enjoying the holiday season with family and friends and resting up for a busy January.

As you know, the 2012 North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, is just three weeks away. Currently, registration is just over 550 attendees and we anticipate another 200 to register onsite (based on attendance at previous conferences). This is shaping up to be an outstanding conference and we are looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas.

It’s not too late to register for the conference if you haven’t done so already! Regular registration has officially closed, but onsite registration is still available. Information regarding registration rates and other conference-related details can be found on the conference Web site at www.nabeekeepingconference.com.

GUEST ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS:

We have been notified that our room block at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino is now full and the group rate will no longer be honored. As such, we have secured a small block of rooms at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino, located within a short walk from the Rio. If you have not yet made your reservations, this may be your best option. The room rate (for single/double occupancy) is $119 Monday-Friday, January 9-13, 2012, and $79 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 (plus tax and resort fee). You can upgrade to a Premium room for an additional $20 per night.

There are two options available to make your reservation at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino:


This rate will only be available until December 30, 2011, so act now to ensure your place at the conference.

We look forward to seeing you in 2012!

   For more info please visit:www.nabeekeepingconference.com
   







For Sale



For Sale: Entire beekeeping operation for health reasons. Single brood chamber colonies with all woodenwares, queen excluders, pallets, wintering boxes. Nucboxes & queen rearing supplies. Cowen 28-frame extracting system. 1985 GMC 20 ft. flatbed equipped with 200kg Easyloader & hydraulic tailgate. Woodworking machinery. Contact François Petit 613-577-6790, brfrank@pilgrimventure.org, complete details on www.pilgrimventure.org

François Petit
3325 Loch Garry Road
Apple Hill, ON K0C 1B0
Cell 613-577-6790
Email: brfrank@pilgrimventure.org
www.pilgrimventure.org



Small Hive Beetle


We have found our first SHB in Eastern Ontario. Jim Anderson and I found a single adult in a bottom board trap and the sample has just been confirmed.

Here are the details on the situation:

•Commercial Beekeeper several colonies
•All yards located in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengary
•Does not sell bees or queens
· Find was just east of Cornwall
•Has other yards in close proximity to other commercial beekeepers in the area, including some that sell bees
•Infested yard is within 10 km of New York State where SHB is resident

So far there are no signs of SHB in any other site in Eastern Ontario, including the other yards that have been trapped.

We will be doing targeted inspections of the operation and surrounding yards to establish the scope of SHB in this region. At this time it is just the one sight that we know of.

The data from field inspections immediately outside of the Quarantine Area supports the fact that SHB is not outside of the Quarantine Area in Southern Ontario.


Paul Kozak
Provincial Apiarist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Foods of Plant Origin
Food Inspection Branch
1 Stone Road West, 5th Floor NW
Guelph ON N1G 4Y2
Tel: 519 826-3595 or 1-888-466-2372 Ext. 63595
Fax: 519 826-4375
Email: Paul.Kozak@ontario.ca

Slow Release Formic Acid Pads


Hello fellow Beekeepers,

Please find instructions from the O.B.A. on how to make your own slow
release formic acid pads to treat your bees for varroa and tracheal mites.

250ml_pamphlet_sm.pdf

The U.C.B.A. Directors
ucba@hotmail.ca

Good Day Local Association Presidents and Contacts for the groups! Please pass this
on to your association members.
Many apologies for the tardiness of this instructional pamphlet! A guideline for
creating a 250ml formic acid pad is attached. If you have already treated your bees
for varroa mites, great work. For the rest of us, yes that includes TTP, please
refer to the guide for preparation and application instructions for the 250ml formic
acid slow release pad.
Here's hoping for some more sunshine!
Melanie

P.S. If you have trouble opening the attachment, you may need a new version of
Adobe Reader, available at http://get.adobe.com/reader --
Ontario Beekeepers' Association
Tech-Transfer Program
http://techtransfer.ontariobee.com
(519) 836-3609


Annual Fall Meeting 2011

United Counties Beekeepers Association


Annual Fall Meeting 2011



Annual Fall Meeting
Casselview Golf and Country Club
844 Aurele Rd.
Casselman, Ont.
K0A 1M0
October 5th 2011 @ 19:00

Attention: All Beekeepers
We are a little late this year organizing our fall meeting, but it will be a great
meeting none the less.

We have guest speaker Mario Mongeon to discuss:
*Disease treatment options
*Parasites
*Feeding for winter
*Wrapping hives and much much more.

This great event kicks-off at 6:30pm with a "Roast Beef Buffet" for $20 per person.
Please reserve your plate by no later than Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 at
ucba@hotmail.ca or call Sonja at 613-764-2122. All payment is to be made at the
door in cash or by cheque.

Also, "early-bird" membership renewal for the 2012 season will be available at $20
per person/couple.



We will be tasting honey again, so please bring a jar of your honey to sample and we
can compare different flavours in different areas.

There will be a raffle (for members only) at the end of the night for many
beekeeping related prizes so please don't delay in reserving and please if
you can make it we would also like to know. As we are setting up this new
e-mail address we want to make sure that we have not missed anybody.

Best regards,

The U.C.B.A. Directors
ucba@hotmail.ca

**Anybody interested in joining our Board of Directors, please forward your name to
one of the current directors or send an e-mail to ucba@hotmail.ca . **



Directions to Casselview Golf and Country Club:
-Hwy 417 to exit 66 (Casselman)
- go south (away from the village of Casselman)
- take the first road on the right hand side (after Restauparc) Ch. Aurele Rd.
-Casselview will be located a bit down the road on the right hand side



Directions to Casselview Golf and Country Club:
-Hwy 417 to exit 66 (Casselman)
- go south (away from the village of Casselman)
- take the first road on the right hand side (after Restauparc) Ch. Aurele Rd.
-Casselview will be located a bit down the road on the right hand side
Address: 844 Aurele Rd.
Casselman, Ont.
K0A 1M0



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We hope to see everyone there, all are welcome, members, guests and other
associations welcome.

Check out our website at www.ucbabee.com




Beekeeping Survey



Beekeepers Wanted to Participate
in Beekeeping-Economics Survey

NSERC-CANPOLIN researchers at the University of Guelph, Department of Food, Agricultural
and Resource Economics and colleagues at the University of British Columbia’s Department
of Food and Resource Economics are conducting a study on how production decisions, pollination,
queen breeding, and preventative practices affect both economic performance of beekeepers
and colony losses. The primary goal of the study will be to provide beekeepers with information
on production portfolios and practices that help increase profits from their operations
while maintaining healthy bees.

We hope that beekeepers will provide us with their invaluable expertise about their industry
whose economic contribution to the Canadian economy is undeniably huge.

If you are a Canadian beekeeper and you wish to participate in the survey, simply click on the link provided below:


http://www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin/Survey/English/honry_beekeeper_survey_2010_en.htm

The survey will be open from June 20th through October 1st, 2011.

You may also request a printed copy of the survey to be mailed to you
(a return self-addressed stamped envelope will be included) by contacting:

Lina Urbisci
Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Guelph
(519)824-4120, ext. 53428
hbsurvey@uoguelph.ca

If you have any questions about the study, please contact:

Almuhanad Melhim, Phd
Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Guelph
(519) 824-4120, ext. 56319


Summer Potluck 2011

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2011 Summer Field Day and Potluck


Hello Ladies and Gents,

The United Counties Beekeepers Association invites you to
the 2011 Summer Field Day and Potluck, July 17 2011.
It will be a large gathering of the three Beekeeping clubs: Eastern Ontario Beekeepers Association, the Lanark Beekeepers Association and the United Counties Beekeepers Association.

It will be hosted by Lynne and Richard Arcand at:
1007 Eadie Rd.
Russell, Ont.
K4R 1A5
Tel.: 613-445-3356
For an online map, please click the link below:
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Dominion and Grimm will kick-off this get together with a presentation about their honey packaging company and what they have to offer.

We have guest speakers that will be discussing and demonstrating:
-The use of refractometers
-Drying Honey
-Pollen traps
-Comb Honey Production
-Solar Wax Melter
-Queen Marking and recognition
-Q & A’s
And much, much more

These are all hands-on demonstrations as we want to make sure that everyone is comfortable with their bees and the equipment, so please bring your protective gear if you want to participate in the "bee" workshops.



It will be a potluck lunch so persons with last names starting with A to M please bring a main meal and those whose last names start with N to Z please bring a salad, starter or dessert . Please also bring your lawn chairs.

Since this is a social, spouses/significant others as well as children are welcome (**please be aware that their is a deep pond on site that could be a hazard to young children**).


2011 Summer Field Day Agenda (July 17 2011)
10:30 a.m. Arrival, food drop-off and coffee
10:45 a.m. Welcome
11:00-11:30 a.m. Presentation by Dominion & Grimm (Honey Packaging Company)
11:30-12:30 p.m. Potluck Lunch
12:30 p.m. Afternoon Workshops
4:00 p.m. Adjourn


This event will take place rain (under tents) or shine. No registration is required. There are lots of door prizes to be given away, so come on out and let’s make this a great summer meeting/workshop.

See you all soon,
The U.C.B.A. Directors
www.ucbabee.com




Zurcher Honey

Local Bee Equipment Supplier

Zurcher Honey



Address:
3710 Sixth Street
Ottawa, K1T 1K4, ON

Phone: 613-808-2135

website: Zurcher Honey
email: beesupplies@zurcherhoney.com



Hi, everyone,

Attached is our latest revision to the price, reflecting product
we have added, such as winter bee cozies and honey processing
equipment.

I have just received my certificate for the pesticide vendor course certification,
and can now apply for the vendor licence, s we can order formic acid,
Apivar, Apistan and Oxalic acid.

In the mean time we will have Thymovar next week.
We will have enough for 600 to 700 colonies, depending
whether they are single or double brood hives.

May I kindly ask all bee keeper association to replace the
price list on their web site. I am so busy getting all this stuff,
that I have not had the time to finish ours.

Thanks,

Jurg Zurcher
Zurcher Honey Ltd.
Bee Supplies
3710-Sixth Street
Ottawa, ON
K1T 1K4
Tel. 613-808-2135
Fax 613-731-2192

Aug 19, 2011 Catalog


Subject: 2011 Treatment Recommendations


Subject: 2011 Treatment Recommendations



Here are the 2011 Treatment recommendations for Ontario. This will be sent out in the mail to all registered beekeepers in Ontario next week.

Paul Kozak
Provincial Apiarist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Foods of Plant Origin
Food Inspection Branch
1 Stone Road West, 5th Floor NW
Guelph ON N1G 4Y2
Tel: 519 826-3595 or 1-888-466-2372 Ext. 63595
Fax: 519 826-4375
Email: Paul.Kozak@ontario.ca

2011_Treatment_Recommendations_Final.pdf



Queen Rearing Workshop

Report from Tech Transfer Queen Rearing Workshop (Click to view pdf)


















































SPRING MEETING 2011

SPRING MEETING 2011


We would like to inform you that on March 30th,2011 we will be holding our Spring
Meeting at Casselview Golf and Country Club in Casselman. We will meet at 6:00pm
with some social time and the Roast Beef Dinner (includes an assortment of 3 salads,
roast beef with house gravy, baked potatoes and sour cream, market vegetables,
condiments, bread and butter, vegetable tray with dip, assortment of desserts,
coffee and tea) will be ready at 6:30pm. The meeting will start at around 7:00pm.



Our line-up of speakers and topics for this meeting are:

  1. Lothar Pettkus who will be talking about his approach
    of splitting and multiplying colonies

  2. a display/demonstration of Dominion & Grimm Inc. (honey packaging supplier)

  3. Mario Mongeon and Pierre Houle who will go over Early Spring Hive Management Practices such as unwrapping colonies, hiving a new nuc, replacing queens, etc.

  4. Miscellaneous: Pegi Holtz who will speak about having a beekeepers' booth at the Russell Fair




The cost for the dinner and meeting is $16 for U.C.B.A. members and $24 for
non-members (please note the U.C.B.A. will be paying the price difference for
registered members). The cost for the meeting only is $7 for non-members and free
for U.C.B.A. members as well as members of the E.O.B.A. and the Lanark Beekeepers
Association . Please note, we will be collecting 2011 Membership Registrations at
the door ($20 per person/couple), so it is not too late to take advantage of our
member discounts. Dinner is by R.S.V.P. only. Please send your "yes" with the number
of people attending the dinner to Sonja Frei, sogerstgrasser@hotmail.com or call
613-764-2122 by no later than Sunday, March 27th. All fees will be collected at the
door (cash or cheque only).
*No reply is required for attending the meeting only.



Directions to Casselview Golf and Country Club:
-Hwy 417 to exit 66 (Casselman)
- go south (away from the village of Casselman)
- take the first road on the right hand side (after Restauparc) Ch. Aurele Rd.
-Casselview will be located a bit down the road on the right hand side
Address: 844 Aurele Rd.
Casselman, Ont.
K0A 1M0



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We hope to see everyone there, all are welcome, members, guests and other
associations welcome.

U.C.B.A. Board of Directors


**Please note that if you are unable to attend the Spring Meeting, but would still
like to renew your membership with the U.C.B.A. for 2011 you can do so by mailing a
cheque ($20 per person/couple) to Sonja Frei, 1085 Route 500 West, Casselman, Ont.,
K0A 1M0 (please include your name, address and e-mail).

Check out our website at www.ucbabee.com




2011 OBA Tech-Transfer Workshops


To All Beekeepers,
I have attached a copy of the information concerning the 3 Beekeeping
courses that will be held on June 11-12-13, 2011.
Several people have shown interest in these courses and we require at
least 20 people per course in order to present each course. If we do not
get a minimum of 20 people per course then that course will need to be
cancelled and those who have paid will be reimbursed. At the same time,
there are limited seats for each course with a maximum of 24 people. We
will use a "first come, first served" basis. So it is very important that
you fill in these forms and return them to the below address, along with
your cheque, as quickly as possible. Please make cheques out to:United
Counties Beekeepers Association.
If you are unable to print these forms or need a paper copy please send me
an email along with your mailing address and I will gladly mail you a
copy.
Deadline for registration is May 29-2011. If a specific course is
cancelled your refund will be mailed back to you on June 1, 2011.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,

Pierre Houle
Khoule Honey
18298 Concession Road 8
Maxville, Ontario
K0C 1T0
Cell phone: 613-883-6717
Email: houle.pierre@yahoo.ca

for more information see:
3 Beekeeping courses that will be held on June 11-12-13, 2011



Winter Workshop


Good Day Fellow Beekeepers,





We would just like to send out a huge thank you to Mario Mongeon for putting on a
fantastic workshop. Mario came to Alfred, ON where close to 40 members enjoyed
demonstrations on creamed honey, soap making and candle making at the Université de
Guelph - Campus d'Alfred. We hope that everyone learned something new that
afternoon and may want to share their attempts at one or all three of the bee
products with the rest of the members. I know Mario said we may have to experiment a
little with some of his recipes, so share your story on how your product turned out
on the UCBA web site: www.ucbabee.com. It was great to see such a great turn out,
we hope even more members will join us at our next workshop/meeting.

Best Wishes and Happy Holidays,

John McCaig
U.C.B.A. Director

514-630-6336 Office
514-693-0220 Fax
514-660-6635 Cell
john@deanmccaig.com
www.deanmccaig.com


Winter Workshop UPDATE (Members Only)

Winter Workshop Update(MEMBERS ONLY)



Hello Everyone,

Thank you for your registrations for the upcoming workshop on November 20th at the college in Alfred. Since the hall that we are renting for this event is bigger than I originally thought, we will all be able to attend as one group on November 20, 2010 from 1pm - 4pm. Also, due to the number of people registered for the workshop we are able to reduce the cost from $ 10 per person to $ 5 per person. Please pay in cash or cheque (made out to the U.C.B.A.) at the event.

As mentioned in the previous e-mail about the event, Mario Mongeon will be demonstrating how to make creamed honey, candles and soap from beeswax and other natural ingredients (please note that we will not each be making candles or soap at the workshop but we will learn the know-how so that we can do it by ourselves at home).

Location of Alfred College:
Alfred Campus, University of Guelph
31 St. Paul Str.
Alfred, Ontario
K0B 1A0
613-679-2218

From Ottawa: - take the 174 East and continue east on Hwy. 17 all the way to Alfred
- once in Alfred Hwy. 17 will be called St. Phillipe Str.
- take a right hand turn (south) onto St. Paul Str. and follow campus directions below

From Montreal: - take Hwy. 40 West and continue on 417 West once in Ontario
- take exit # 9 onto Hwy. 17 west
- stay on Hwy. 17 into Alfred where road will be called St. Phillipe Str.
- take a left hand turn (south) onto St. Paul Str. and follow campus directions below

From 417: - take exit # 51 St. Isidore/Maxville and turn north onto Conc. 9 towards Plantagenet
- at the T in Plantagenet turn right (north) and continue to the intersection of Hwy. 17
- turn right (east) onto Hwy.17 and continue into Alfred
- in town take a right hand turn (south) onto St. Paul Str. and follow campus directions below

Campus Directions: - once you are on St. Paul Street in Alfred, go straight ahead, through the gate and down the hill
- keep to your right (heading west) to the end of this road
- the hall where the workshop is taking place is called "La Cabane a Sucre" (Maple Syrup Production Complex)
and it will be located at the end of the road with parking spaces available there

To view a map please click on the link below:

Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic


Map to Alfred College (click to show large map)

Hope to see you all at the workshop,

Sonja Frei
U.C.B.A. Director
sogerstgrasser@hotmail.com
613-764-2122



Winter Workshop - (MEMBERS ONLY)

Winter Workshop (MEMBERS ONLY)

creamed candle soap

Hello Fellow Beekeepers,


As the beekeeping season is winding down are you left with a bunch of wax
that you don't know what to do with?
Or, do you have leftover honey that is in danger of crystallizing?
Then this workshop is for you.

Mario Mongeon will be covering the following topics:

  • creamed candle soapcreamed honey production
  • creamed candle soapcandle making
  • creamed candle soapsoap making from beeswax and other natural ingredients


When:
Saturday, November 20, 2010
1pm - 4 pm

Where:
Alfred College in Alfred, Ontario

Cost:
$10 per person

This is a great workshop to attend especially with Christmas coming up.
You might be able to make your own handmade gifts for loved ones. Please
note that due to the nature of the workshop and limited space at the
facility we ask you to register by Nov. 1st and we will take people on a
first come first serve basis. If there is a great number of responses we
might consider holding this workshop again on a subsequent weekend.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Sonja Frei
U.C.B.A. Director
sogerstgrasser@hotmail.com
613-764-2122

christmas decorations



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Ontario Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease and Mite Control[
2010 Ontario Recommendations for Honey Bee Disease and Mite Control
Author: Paul Kozak- Apiary Specialist/OMAFRA; Janet Tam - Technology Transfer Specialist/OBA; Melanie Kempers - Technology Transfer Specialist/OBA; Dr. Ernesto Guzman/University of Guelph
Creation Date: 19 April 2010

Last Reviewed: 19 April 2010
Table of Contents

1. American Foulbrood
2. European Foulbrood
3. Honey Bee Trachael Mites
4. Varroa Mites
5. Nosema
6. Chalkbrood
7. Sacbrood
8. Monitoring Methods: Varroa Mites
9. Monitoring Methods: Honey Bee Trachael Mites
10. Monitoring Methods: American Foulbrood
11. Bee Alert

for more information see

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/f ... /bees/recommendations.htm
ALERT! Small hive beetle

Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) has been confirmed in Southern Ontario.

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It was first discovered on Sept 8, 2010 and confirmed this week by Ag
Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been alerted of the find.
Small Hive Beetle is an immediate notifiable disease that must be reported
to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) upon official verification.
The CFIA has made every indication that this is a provincial matter and
the responsibility of the province to address this issue.

At present the Small Hive Beetle confirmed cases are all in Essex County,
close to the Michigan border.
Small Hive Beetle have NOT been confirmed anywhere else in Ontario.

The apiculture program, through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food
and Rural Affairs, is conducting inspection and surveillance for Small
Hive Beetle in Ontario to determine the extent of SHB distribution. An
identification guide will be available in the near future.

Further information regarding Small Hive Beetle will be available in the
next issue of the Ontario Bee Journal.
Summer Workshop Report


Report from the Summer Workshop at Jean Ranger's Apiary.
Time: Sunday,July 11 at 1:30 pm

Location: Jean Ranger’s
3664 County Rd. # 3
St.Isidore, Ontario




Hello Members,
The popular, successful and very educational summer workshop took place
in a beautiful setting in St. Isidore at Jean Ranger’s apiary.
Jean and his brother-in-law, Benoit Latour, and Pierre Houle
demonstrated a close-up view of their operation and their queen rearing techniques.
Explanations were graciously provided in French and English.

The following topics and areas of the operation were looked at:
-Removing honey from the hives
-Dehumidifying system
-Proper temperature
-Hand vs. mechanical uncapping
-Use of a whirl-dry
-Disposing of cappings
-Cold filtration of honey

In the beeyard:
-Use of the Nicot queen rearing system
-Preparation of the cell builder
-Queen cells in a cell builder will be shown


In the yard for an explanation of the queen rearing system.


Removing the queen cells from the hive.


Queen cells in production.


Pierre Houle expains the use of the "Bee Healthy" essential oil treatment.
The formula was distrubuted to make your own and is available here.
BEE HEALTHY.


Explaining the Cloak Board queen rearing system.


Taking the Cloak Board apart.


Pierre Houle demonstrates and explains the use of the Nicot queen rearing system.


Jean Ranger explains methods used to remove bees from the frames for extraction,
including "".


Explanation of the operation of the bee blower.


Benoit Latour demonstrates the operation of the bee blower.


Jean Ranger Apiary - the room and the equipment for drying the honey.




Jean Ranger explains the use of a dryer and de-humidifier system
used to remove water from the honey before extraction.


Spinning the honey from the frames.


The hot knife and commercial spinner used to extract the honey, which is then
pumped and filtered into a storage tank.


A nice commerical spinner manufactured by F.W. Jones in operation,
while fascinated onlookers observe.


Use of an 80 mesh screen used to remove debris from the liquid honey.


All in all this was an outstanding event and excellent way
to learn about commercial honey production
and meet with other bee keepers and just have fun.

Our sincere thanks to all for the great effort put into making this event a resounding success.






Summer Meeting (MEMBERS ONLY)

SUMMER MEETING
EASTERN ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS and
LANARK COUNTIES BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATIONS

DATE: Saturday, June 19, 2010 starting at 10:30 am

WHERE: We have accepted the kind invitation of Pegi Holtz to hold our
2010 Summer Meeting at:

8730 Victoria Street
Metcalfe, Ontario , K0A 2P0
Tel. 613-821-0364

8730 Victoria Street is located about a kilometer east of Benson’s Bee Supplies.
Balloons will be placed on the mailbox at the end of the long driveway. If you
have any questions on how to get there, do not hesitate to call Pegi.

Pot Luck Lunch
Potlucks always have the most delicious dishes. Those whose surnames start
with a letter in the A to M range asked to bring a main course dish and those with
surnames in the range N to Z are asked to bring a salad or dessert.

Things to bring with you
You will need to bring your own chairs and if you have a spare table, please bring
it also. Pegi may have enough cutlery, plates, glasses, cups, napkins etc, but
there is no harm in taking your own. You will need your own protective gear for
the beekeeping portion of the program.

Trading Post
There will be a Notice Board for items either for sale or wanted. Bring your
notices and pin them on the board.

2010 WORKSHOPS

The following 3 Beekeeping Workshops are being planned this year in the
Eastern Ontario Region:

June 26, 2010 - Introductory Beekeeping
June 27, 2010 - Beekeeping and Integrated Pest management (IPM) Workshops
will be held at Hectar Dignard Blueberry Farm in Embrun.
June 28, 2010 - Introductory Queen Rearing course will be held at the Pilgrim
Honey House in Sandringham .

Both places are ideal facilities for the workshops.

We encourage people to register and participate in these interesting workshops
where the Tech Transfer Team from Guelph will share their knowledge and
answer all your questions relating to beekeeping.

2010 SUMMER MEETING AGENDA

10:30 Coffee, meet and greet
10:40 Pegi Holtz - Welcome all
(facilities directions: bathrooms, water, etc)
10:45 Paul Lasalle - Administrative Arrangements
11:00 Brent Halsall - Nuc making demonstration
12:00 Potluck Lunch
1:00 Phil Laflame and Brent Halsall - Hands-on Queen Marking
demonstration
2:00 Smoker lighting contest
2:30 Brent Halsall/Phil Laflame - How to recognize AFB
The floor will be opened to beekeepers to inform or speak on
subject of interest or to ask questions
3:30 Any New Business
4:00 Adjourn


Bee Report June 19, 2010

Report from Joint Eastern Ontario and Lanark County Beekeepers Association's Summer Meeting.


June 19th, 2010
By Peter Prodger
Click Here to Download the Report



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