Month: November 2016

In order to better explain effective wintering of bees, Lynwood Sweyt presented an example of his latest hive set up. If experience counts, and it does, Lynwood has the numbers on his side. It was immediately evident that Mr. Sweyt’s hive was meticulously built. Carefully placed entrance holes drilled and sanded to specification  were able to accept plugs when not in use. The metal entrance reducer tightly fit beneath the smooth paint job…

The club hive was checked for food (honey) stored for the upcoming winter months. It was found to have inadequate stores of the honey necessary for winter survival. Being early October, it was not too late to get some syrup (2 parts sugar one part water) fed to the bees. They will pack the empty comb in the upper boxes with this and any other food they can scavenge prior…

The Oxford Hills Honeybee club made a supporting monetary contribution to the “Gardeners Growing Healthy Communities” 2016 season. GGHC is a non-profit community based organization dedicated to  growing and distributing fresh, healthy food to the needy in the surrounding community. With the help of many volunteers and donations, GGHC  distributes, from it’s South Paris location, approximately 1000 lbs. of fresh vegetables to 60 families (130 people) each week throughout the…