Please let me know if you ordered bees from Wilbanks through Hayes Wilson and how many so we can figure out who is going to pick up hives. There is no point in everyone traveling to Overton County to pick up hives. If you have not already done so, please be sure your payment is sent to Hayes. FULL Payment needs to be made by the 24th this month. Spoke with Hayes this morning and there are still a few packages left for purchase.
Petra
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The Wilson County Beekeepers Association meets Monday, 5 March 2012 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
The program for March: Native Plants and Wildflowers – Elizabeth Forbes
Note: After you enter the fairgrounds through the main gate, we are in the West Building (2nd building on your left). Look for all the cars.
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WCBA Members and area beekeepers:
Swarm season is upon us. Wouldn’t it be interesting (and informative!) to know when the swarming starts (and ends?) here in Middle Tennessee? In addition to alerting others that swarming has begun in our neck of the woods, over time this information could be used to better plan our early season (spring increase) splits. With adequate input, this is something we can easily track throughout the year, from year to year. And with the WCBA website ( www.wilsoncountybeekeepers.org ) we will have these records to easily refer to every year.
Please send your swarm reports to: cedarbees@gmail.com whenever you see your colonies swarm, or when you receive a call for swarm removal. Be sure to include the actual swarm date if observed, or approximate date if known, along with any other relevant information (time of day, weather conditions, race of bee if known, etc.).
I look forward to receiving your email, to gathering and sharing the data, and to watching the trend over time.
See you all at the next meeting: Monday, 5 March 2012.
Greg Tomerlin
cedarbees@gmail.com
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A listing of all The WCBA library books, CDs, DVDs and videotapes (available to WCBA members) is now online.
https://wilsoncountybeekeepers.org/resources/library/
Thank you Sue Dickhaus for taking the time to type up the list. You will find the list under the Resources tab above. Also note that the list may be downloaded in two formats, Adobe PDF and MS Excel. The Excel spreadsheet includes a description of each book, while the PDF lists only the titles and authors.
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Your 2012 WCBA Membership dues are due. If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2012, download an application, print it, fill it out and either mail it to Petra or bring it to the March meeting. You may also use the following application to renew your TBA membership.
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The Wilson County Beekeepers Association will conduct a workshop on building and maintaining beekeeping equipment on Monday, 20 February 2012 at 7:00 PM at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center on the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon Tennessee.
Note: After you enter the fairgrounds through the main gate, we are in the West Building (2nd building on your left). Look for all the cars.
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