October we hosted Dorothey Morgan from the Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders Association and Chasing Feral Honey Bees Association. She spoke about Winter and Spring Management of your colony and gave a nice presentation giving you options. Lots of information here in the video below!
Read MoreHive Inspections and Splits
We went out to Lara’s apiary in Fairdale and split a hive there using the OTS method. We will also hung a swarm trap to show you how to do this.
Read MoreOur March education session included information from Tim Hollins, KBA VP, on swarms and swarm traps. If you are interested in obtaining bees without purchasing them, here is your chance to learn how to do so.
Read MoreClaude Nutt, experienced beekeeper, went over late Winter and early Spring management of your honeybees with the club.
Read MoreKaren Shade, VP of the KBA, went over performing oxalic acid treatments using two different types of club-owned Oxalic Acid Vaporizers.
Read MoreWe met with Mike Hofelich and he walked us through how he does cut-outs for customers who have the unfortunate circumstances of bees making hives in their homes.
Read MoreA great informational meeting with Tammy Potter, Kentucky State Apiarist.
Read MoreIn May and June you and the bees are rewarded, or disappointed, by how well you prepared for the honey flow. You may also be busy keeping up with your bees. Serious beekeepers do not take long vacations in May.
Read MoreWe are happy to bring you part 2 of the OTS Field day, where we go in our KBA club hives and look for the queen cells we initiated in part 1.
Read MoreBy April, the bees have made it over the hump. The problems they faced in March have not completely disappeared, but a healthy hive needs only a little nurturing now. Brood rearing should really increase through this month. If it does not, your hive has serious problems. As the warmer weather comes, look for many bees returning with pollen loads. The stronger hives will have a significant amount of drone brood in preparation for the mating season.
Read MoreMarch is a critical time for the bees. The bees will thrive or suffer depending on weather and your management. Tracheal mites, starvation, and nosema disease are the main enemies at this time.
Read MoreAll the information you need from John Benham’s presentation on Catching Swarms with Bait Hives in order to build your own boxes and get free bees!
Read MoreBeekeeping is addictive. Bee fever is contagious. I have known so many budding beekeepers who jump into this hobby with little planning or consideration because of the craft’s ability to capture its practitioners. There is a lot more to beekeeping than simply having a hive of bees from which you can harvest honey any time you want. One must have skill, knowledge, persistence, and a little luck to succeed at this craft.
Read MoreThe bees keep their winter cluster intact, except on the occasional sunny days in the 50’s and above when the bees can fly. The queen begins to lay eggs, and brood rearing begins in the largest, healthiest hives.
Read MoreIt was really nice to be able to show everyone our club hives for the first time at the Louisville Nature Center. They are doing very well and we were able to pull some honey from them to show how to extract in beautifully capped frames.
Read MoreWe met for a field day at Hope Community Farms in the Iroquois neighborhood and went over hive inspections.
Read MoreSwarms were installed on the KBA hives at the Louisville Nature Center.
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