Helen's Colorful Hives

Nice to see young people taking an interest in beekeeping. One of the upsides is that they also like bright fun colors.  Doug Smith has been  bee mentoring one of our new members Helen with her new hives.

Tons of bee swarms call have been coming into the guild. Remember safety first when capturing swarms.

It's Honey Bee Swarm Season 2011

It's honey bee swarm season.  Guild members are getting calls everyday now.  This swarm is from our hive and went over to our neighbor's yard.  It funny that this is one of few living plants they have in their backyard. Most of the yard has been paved over.
This was an easy rescue and the girls will have a new home tonight.

Manuka Honey

At last night's guild meeting there was mention about Manuka honey not being safe to eat.  After some super quick Internet research on the subject (some members of the guild grew up eating Manuka honey) this type of honey is known to have a high level of methylglyoxal (MGO) which if taken in large doses or in concentrated form is not good for the human body. The levels of MGO in Manuka honey varies from very low to  very high.   So I believe (I'm no chemist) that eating manuka honey is fine but not to be confused with the MGO honey made to be used as an ointment.
 Here's the link to the article that Wayne was referring to at the meeting . MGO

Guild Meeting Tonight - Extracting Honey

Remember tonight is the  Bee Guild meeting.  Dr. Bee will be from 6:15 to 6:45.  This is an open forum to ask a panel of bee keepers any questions you may have.
The guild will also have a short survey for you to fill out so, we can better serve our membership.
Please bring a pen or pencil to the meeting. 

CATCH THE BUZZ ™


This Time It’s The Right Time.
Check Out The Site, Take The Surveys.
Help Them Out. Got A Question, email or Call The Team.


Dear Beekeeper,

The Bee informed Partnership, a joint project among numerous universities and laboratories, needs your help and is asking you to please participate in two surveys. Both surveys are open only from 1 April through 18 April 2011. You can learn more about the Bee Informed Partnership at http://beeinformed.org/ . Thank you for your participation.
Please take 20 minutes out of your busy day to complete these two surveys.

1) Winter Loss Survey
Winter Loss Survey
This should take less than 5 minutes.

2) Past Year Management Survey
Past Year Survey
This should take less than 15 minutes.


The purpose of the Bee Informed Partnership is to use beekeepers' real world experiences to help solve beekeepers' real world problems. We will use the data generated from these two surveys to help you decide which management practices are best for beekeepers like you, who live where you do and have operations similar to yours. For this to work, we need as many participants as possible...so please take the time to fill out the questionnaire and SEND THIS EMAIL TO ALL THE BEEKEEPERS YOU KNOW asking them to fill out these questionnaires too.

Should you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us at askbeeinformed@gmail.com or call us at 443.296.2470.

You can learn more about the Bee Informed Partnership at http://beeinformed.org.

BE INVOLVED, BE INCLUDED, BEE INFORMED.
Thank you,
The Bee Informed Partnership Team