Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 23 July 2012| Leave a Comment »
Heads up, Wilson County Beekeepers!!! The Wilson County Fair is August 17-25.
If you can help with the WCBA booth at the fair, please contact Petra at the email address or telephone number below. We still have many slots unfilled.
Also, we need honey for the Association’s honey sale at the Fair booth. If you need honey bears for your contribution, contact Petra at:
petrabee@hotmail.com or 615-286-2529
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED on 5 July 2012| 1 Comment »
Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 25th in the West Building where we will review plans for the Association’s booth and details on the Honey Show at the Fair.
If you need honey bears for your contribution to the Association’s honey sale at the Fair, contact Petra or pick them up at this meeting. The Wilson County Fair is August 17-25. We need honey.
Also, if you have not picked up your T-shirt, you can do so July 23 at the Fair Review.
Posted in Announcements, tagged 2012, T-shirts, WCBA on 1 July 2012| Leave a Comment »
Shirts are here and they look great!! You may pick up your order tomorrow (July 2nd) before/after the meeting or at the July 23rd meeting. If unable to get to either of these meetings, then make arrangements with Petra.
For those who have already paid, there will be a separate line just for picking up orders.
For those who still need to pay for orders, please have EXACT CASH ($15 per shirt) or make checks out to WCBA. We will try to have 2 lines available for those who still need to pay before picking up an order.
Thanks to everyone, especially Kim Walter, for making this a successful endeavor!
Bee happy,
Melissa
Posted in Announcements on 28 June 2012| Leave a Comment »
Please use caution when lighting and using your smoker during dry conditions like we’re experiencing here in Middle Tennessee. It only takes a spark to start a grass fire… or worse!
Posted in Announcements on 27 June 2012| Leave a Comment »
ADVISORY: Triple digit temperatures beginning Thursday and continuing through the weekend and no significant rain in sight.
A rapid warm up is forecast for the latter half of the week. A large dome of high pressure is forecast to build eastward out of the plains across the Tennessee Valley and put Middle Tennessee into the pressure cooker.
High temperatures west of the Cumberland Plateau, including the Nashville area, will warm from the mid 90s on Wednesday to between 101 and 103 degrees by Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, high temperatures along the Cumberland Plateau will climb from the upper 80s Wednesday to the middle 90s by Friday afternoon.
Triple digit temperatures expected late this week will be near the record. The high at Nashville on Thursday is expected to be 100 degrees which is just 4 degrees short of the record of 104 degrees set back in 1952. This will be the first triple digit heat in Nashville since August 3rd of last year when the temperature hit 102 degrees. Friday and Saturday a high of 102 degrees is forecast which will be near the record high of 103 degrees on Friday set back in 1952… However the record high for Saturday June 30th is 106 degrees set also in 1952. The 106 degrees on June 30th 1952 is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the month of June. Triple digit heat will continue on Sunday July 1st but back off a little from triple digits Monday and Tuesday.
Even folks along the normally cooler Cumberland Plateau will not escape the heat this week. The high at Crossville on Friday is expected to hit 95 degrees, which, if it occurs, would break the old record for that date of 92 degrees set back in 1988.
Hot weather safety will be very important this week. Avoid long term exposure to the heat by remaining indoors during the hottest part of the day. If you have to be outside in the heat slow down, drink plenty of non alcoholic fluids, and wear light weight, loose fitting clothes.
Rainfall across Middle Tennessee continues well below normal with many areas now in a moderate to severe drought. Farmers and gardners are in much need of rain. Area lakes are below normal levels. The driest areas have been across northwest Middle Tennessee and in the southeast. There is no significant rain in sight through July 4th.
From: Wilson Emergency Management Agency
http://local.nixle.com/wilson-county-ema/
Posted in Announcements, EXPIRED, Resources on 25 June 2012| Leave a Comment »
The outline and notes from Carey Mitchells’ 25 June workshop on extracting are now online and available for download here: wcba_extracting_workshop-20120625.pdf
This file is also available for download from the Resources page accessed by clicking the Resources tab above.
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