Join us on Saturday July 11th as we discuss and demonstrate the harvesting of honey. We will be opening and removing boxes supers from the club hive.
August is the time to tell stories of how much honey our bees have gathered for us. It is also the time for our annual potluck, and this year we will be the guests of John and Tracy Sinkler. Join us at their home on Bill Howe Road in Norway for a fun gathering with your fellow bee enthusiasts. Please bring one of your favorite dishes to add to the menu.
The days are still warm but the nights are getting cooler. The bees are frantically preparing for winter and they could use our help. Come out September 12th as we discuss fall management, preparing and medicating bees prior to winter. There will be an open hive, weather permitting. Paul shaking bees
Are you you ready? How about your bees? Find out what the pros and former pros do to protect their investments. There are many things that can be done to increase your honey bee survival rates through the winter. There are even more simple mistakes that can be made to doom your bees to a bitter cold, wet, starving, frozen death. Oh. please throw another log on the fire Come out, ask…
Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club’s meeting, Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 1:00 pm at the Oxford County Extension Center, 9 Olson Road, So Paris, Maine. Club members please bring your beekeeping gizmos and gadgets for demonstration. There will be a brief meeting for nominations and election of officers. Public’s welcome.
Join us this Saturday as we welcome Al Borzelli from WMBA. Nuc photo from thebeeclusterblogspot.com Al will be giving a presentation on how to create and care for nucleus hives.
Tony Bachelder stops by to give us all the advice we need on late winter feeding, nosema, dysentery, mite control and more. Tony is always a pleasure to listen to. He is also always willing to share the most accurate statistics from a professionals perspective concerning our Maine bees. I bet he'll even talk about the nucs he makes and sells. Hot Coffee and Hot Dogs will be waiting. Tony Bachelder at the Oxford Hills Honeybee…
This month Paul Szott will be presenting a method that utilizes two queens in one hive. Learn the benefits of this interesting set up. Paul Szott is a former Maine State Bee Inspector and we are fortunate and proud to have him in our Oxford Hills Club. Paul Szott
Join us on Saturday May 14th as we will be splitting the club hive. Bring your veil and pencil and pad to take notes so that you too can make two out of one.
Ken Record is back and he will be demonstrating splitting bees and adding supers. Ken will also be bringing a frame of queen cells. Please bring your veil.
