Club Meeting January 22: Guest Speaker Carl Flatow
Sunday, January 22.
When retired commercial photographer Carl Flatow was at a Montgomery County Beekeepers' gathering seven years ago he got to see a terrific photo presentation by Pennsylvania beekeeper Jim Bob. Carl immediately knew that was something he wanted to do.
Jim had dozens of photographs of honey bees on various flowers. Carl set out to create a collection of his own photographs of honey bees on as many different flowers as he could find. To date, Carl has photos of honey bees on about 30 different Long Island flowers in a broad variety of angles and lighting situations. But while he was at it, Carl couldn't ignore all the other insects he found visiting those flowering plants.
Carl will take you on a visual tour of the flowers in his back yard and other locations, which attract a variety of bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, dragon flies, spiders and more.
How many insects and flowers do you think you can identify?
Our meeting will be at the Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
From the Editor's Desk: December 2016
The last meeting was another full house, lots of very positive comments on the excellent speaker. Thanks to Phyllis Stein for taking some great pictures to show how much we all enjoyed the meeting. We received new memberships at that meeting Timothy McQuade, John Thiele,Michael Kaufman, and Thomas Santorelli. Welcome to the club!
Our Holiday Party was a festive success. Thanks to Joseph Matza for making the arrangements, sorry you were sick Joe, we missed you. Thanks also to Moira for the fun door prizes and arranging the grab bag gifting. Everyone went home with neat bee stuff! Anna Bischoff and Moira also led us in our annual sing-a-long of the Twelve Hives of Christmas, much to the amusement of the other diners in the restaurant.
I wish you all a very Happy Holiday and Healthy New Year. Looking forward to a terrific year of beekeeping and friendly meetings. Please remember your dues are due in January, and to prevent long lines at that meeting a check in the mail or PAYPAL ahead of time is GREATLY appreciated.
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
2017 Bees for Sale
Rich Blohm: 631-271-7812, beebiz44gmail.com
The package price is $147
Pick up at 30 Cherry Lane Huntington NY
Tentative pickup date is April 8th
3 pound package from California (ohbees.com).
Queens are mated and marked.
Choice between Italian or Carniolian bees
Checks made out to Rich Blohm, send to address above
PLEASE include name, address, and email information for updates.
Orders being taken now...
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Watch for updates as you get closer to delivery via your email
Pete Bizzoso: 631-874-4750, Bees4u@optimum.net
4 pound package with young Italian Queen
Price $140
Marked queen an additional $5
Clipped wing an additional $5
Orders must be received NO LATER than MARCH 15, 2017
Orders being taken now
Delivery will be either April 1 or April 8th
Make your check payable to South Paws Farm Inc.
Address is 505 Wading River Road Manorville NY 11949
*PLEASE include your name, address, phone and cell number in your order.
Nucleus Hives (Nucs)
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5 frame over wintered nucs from Spy Coast Bee Farm
Approximate pickup date April 15th
Please contact by phone by January 1st to order
Price $310 each
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5 frame nuc
April pickup
Pricing and availability, please call or email
Club Meeting November 27: Guest Speaker Samuel Ramsey
He will be discussing Varroa destructor and Hemolymph.
Samuel Ramsey is a PhD student at Dr. Dennis vaEngelsdorp's lab at the University of Maryland. He studied entomology at Cornell University focusing on predatory/parasitic insect behavior. His current work focuses on the effects of honey bee parasites on individual and colony level survivorship specifically targeting Varroa destructor and Nosema ceranae.
Our meeting will be at the Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
From the Editor's Desk: October 2016
Have we all recovered from our very successful conference? Thanks to our Program Director Moira Alexander, Treasurer Joan Mahoney and all the members of the Board for the excellent program. Sitting at the Registration Desk, Debra and I received many compliments from the members as they walked back and forth on how much they were enjoying the speakers, the vendors, the venue, the lunch, an all round pleased crowd. A few glitches will be discussed at the next board meeting to make sure next year will be perfect, even though we can’t control the rain!
As we have every month, two new members to welcome to the club, Chris Gerdes and Sandra Tytel. And a few members renewed their membership. Thanks also to Phyllis Stein for taking the great photographs. We can only post a few in the newsletter.
A few members asked at the last meeting if we could video the speakers’ presentations at the meetings. I discussed this with the board and since many of the speakers have material that is copyrighted it is not permitted for us to video unless they give us permission.
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
From the Editor's Desk: November 2016
This unseasonable fall weather has really caused my bees to be a little testy. I had treated for mites last month and when it was time to remove the treatment I just used Nitrile gloves instead of my usual full length ones. THAT WAS A MISTAKE! The bees were so nasty, they went right up my sleeve and I suffered seven stings, the most I have ever had in over 30 years of beekeeping. Needless to say I finished my job as fast as possible, went into the house, got a Benadryl, an ice pack and put my EpiPen next to me just in case and sat down to prepare for a Benadryl induced nap. When I went in to feed fondant a few days later they were still riled up, maybe because there is just no forage out there for them. I checked the fondant several days ago and they are working it vigorously. I will have to give them some more next week to fill up those bee bellies!
We welcome more new members to our club, Walter Golschmidts, Shamma Murphy, Brian Breault, Christine Haines, Fermin Ortiz, Kathryn Moravick, James Lauffer,Carissa Herb, Anne Hansen-Crowley, Michael Kaufman, & Diane Katz.
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Sunday, September 25: Honey Judging and Honey Tasting Contests
Long Island Beekeepers Annual
Honey, Wax, and Mead Judging Contest
Honey Cookery and Gadget Contest
Bring your best Extracted Honey, Comb Honey, Creamed Honey, Beeswax, Mead, Baked Goods, Honey Spreads, Arts and Crafts, Photographs, and Gadgets to this year's contest and you might win a ribbon!
Contest rules can be found here.
All entrants must be paid-up members in good standing as of October of the current calendar year. Section 6 of the Bylaws states that “only members in good standing and members of their immediate families who are present can enter contests if a member is absent, a member of his family may represent him in case of extenuating circumstances can enter items for him.”
Honey Tasting Contest
All club member are invited to bring an unlabeled sample of their bees finest to the meeting.
Remember, everyone can enter as long as they are a club member and you have honey to share in an unmarked jar.
Our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
From the Editor's Desk: September 2016
Thanks so much for the wonderful beekeepers John, Joe and Lorraine who came to help me take the honey supers off my hives. Joan and David came to check out the whole process and we had a great time. John was able to extract almost 20 pounds of honey from his hive and I got about 80 pounds from my three hives. That was two new nukes and one swarm hive all on new frames. The big mistake I made was not using a queen excluder since I did not have drawn comb. The girls don’t like going up through the excluder when there is new frames. So the queen had free rein and she traveled up all over the place and I found brood in the honey supers I had been planning for. That was disappointing.
We welcome more new beekeepers to the club this month, Jennifer Butts, Jeffrey Hemphill, Bob Smullen, Dominick Costanza, J.Craig White, Claudia Ortmann, Benjamin Pardo, Althea Travis, Bob Reilly, and Michael Yacubich. If all the members of the club showed up at a meeting we would be standing outdoors, wouldn’t that be amazing. I hope all of you will come to the conference on October 9th, plenty of room, good food and excellent speakers to give you a great overview of being a beekeeper! Bring your checkbooks to the September meeting or pay via PAYPAL or mail checks to Joan Mahoney. We’ve moved the location East to make it easier for our members to attend, let’s fill the hall. 
John, Joe, Lorraine, Joan and David, my great helpers
Another excellent meeting, full room, thanks to Phyllis Stein we have some more terrific pictures.
Conni checks memberships, Deb shows the club library
Moira has a group ready for beekeeping 101
Moira knows how much fun we beekeepers have!
Moira, George and speaker Virgina Webb, some of her prize winning honey and medals.
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Club Meeting August 28: Guest Speaker Virginia Webb
She will be explaining how to prepare your submissions for a honey show.
Virginia and Carl Webb are full-time commercial beekeepers and queen producers. Virginia and Carl have received more than 100 First Place Awards including Best of Show Awards for honey and beeswax entries. And, for each of the last 10 years, they have won First Place at the National Honey Show sponsored by the American Beekeeping Federation. They have also been awarded four gold medals at the World Honey Show for Best Honey in the World.
Our meeting will be at the Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
From the Editor's Desk: August 2016
Everyone knows it is getting to be harvest time. Where ever I go I am asked “Do you have honey yet”. I already have a list of potential customers and am just hoping that the filled supers that I saw at last examination will be as full next week when I begin my extraction process. I ordered some fancy jars for gift giving and tomorrow I start to get the honey area of the garage prepared.
I am really looking forward to this month’s meeting and seeing Virginia Webb again. I met her at Apimondia Dublin in 2005 and was so impressed with her wonderful exhibit of honey and honey products. She will have a lot to teach us about preparing for a honey show!
There was no meeting last month, but we still had some new members sign up. Welcome Matthew Daley, Brendan Upton, Lesley Sondey, and Debra Cardone
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Letter to the Editor:
Dear Editor: I wanted to reach out to show my appreciation to the Long Island Beekeeper’s Club for allowing me to come speak on the topic of the “importance of Liability Insurance” last December. Since that meeting I have received calls from members both with follow up questions and with requests for Liability Insurance!. The topics presented during the meeting were both educational and fun as it showed me “the their side of the business”. Far too often I get stuck behind my desk and don’t get to experience the real life stories of what I am insuring. So for that I am grateful!
I also wanted to share with the club an offer that I make to all my current clients. The opportunity for a free cup of coffee! If anyone has questions concerning any aspect of insurance (both including bees or otherwise), AI invite you to bring your questions to me and we can answer the over a cup of coffee! I am available to meet with members of the club either at my office or at their homes, whichever is easiest, and the best part is, the coffee is on me!
Thanks again for allowing me to be a small part of such a great organization and I look forward to attending future meetings as a member.
All the best,
Matthew Daley
Farm Family Insurance Agent
From the Editor's Desk: July 2016
This heat is making it hard for beekeepers to work the hives. Fortunately Thursday was a cooler day so I was able to go into the hives with my friend Meredith and see how things were progressing. WE could not lift the honey filled supers to check the brood chambers, but there is lots of honey and I added another super to each hive. This will be the best harvest that I have had in a long time.
I am really looking forward to the August meeting and seeing our speaker Virginia Webb. I met her at Apimondia in Dublin, 2005 and was completely amazed with her exhibit. We will be in for an interesting meeting and hope to learn alot on preparing for honey judging.
We welcome new members to the club, Claudia Vogel, Christopher Peterson, Brian Heenan, Susan Kristensen, Craig Incandela, Robert Martinez, Jennifer Brown, and Keith Kebe.
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PAYPAL, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
NYS Issues Pollinator Protection Plan
"Wild pollinators and managed bees, typically honeybees and bumblebees kept by beekeepers, are critically important to the health of New York’s environment, as well as the strength of the state’s agricultural economy. New York has more than seven million acres in agricultural production, and many of the state’s leading crops, such as apples, cabbage, berries, pumpkins and several other fruits, rely heavily on insect pollination. New York State is also home to more than 450 wild pollinator species, a native population that is important not only to the pollination of commercial crops, but also to biodiversity in our environment…"
Download and read the entire plan.
Club Meeting June 26: Guest Speaker Dr. Jamie Ellis
He will be discussing The Beehive as a Superorganism and the Sustainability of Keeping Bees.
Dr. Ellis joined the Entomology and Nematology department at the University of Florida in August, 2006. His broad research interests include pollination ecology of honey bees and native bees, varroa mite control, honey bee pathology/parasitology, honey bee nutrition, honey bee chemical ecology, sublethal effects of chemicals on bees, and general honey bee behavior/ecology. Dr. Ellis was promoted to an Associate Professor of Entomology in 2012.
Our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
From the Editor's Desk: June 2016
The new bees and swarm hive are so busy. I added supers and since I bought some new equipment I had to add my traditional screen door handles for ease in lifting. They were all very mild and happy to be examined, lots of brood, pollen and honey going in. I think it is going to be a productive year.
My church held a Spring Fair and I had a table to sell my wares of lotion bars and lip balm and some new soaps. I didn’t sell as much as I had hoped, but did a lot of education to the people who stopped by. More and more people are interested in beekeeping, as evidenced by our recent meetings. There were 100 people at our last meeting and new members joined. Welcome to these new beekeepers: James Wipper, David Faverio,Domenico Grella, George Berotti, David Guzzetta, Heather Littlefield, Abby Link, Mica Marder, Frederick Foelsch, Davis Crowley, Henry Piechucki.
This picture was sent to me by my friend Jan North of Blue Point.Thanks Jan for such an interesting piece of history of beekeeping.
This photo was taken of bee boles in an old drystone wall made hundreds of years ago to fence in an orchard on a small farm near Burford,
Oxfordshire, England.. This side of the wall faces east.
Farmers made straw skeps and placed them in the niches. That helped to keep out wind and rain.
The wall is close to the farmhouse. Honey and beeswax were prized commodities.
Such walls are now registered landmarks.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Do you have a beekeeping story to tell or information or pictures you would like to share with fellow beekeepers? Please send text and pictures to the editor of Beeline at this email address: Connistill@aol.com
Suffolk County Vector Control (SCVC) and Honey Bees
SCVC uses an Integrated mosquito control program, where we start with a study the lifecycles of the target organism. Here in Suffolk County we have 50 species of mosquitoes with a wide variety of ecological niches and each species can vary in its importance and our need for control.
One non-pesticide mosquito control method we are employing is modification to the habitat that can decrease mosquito numbers without adverse impacts to the environment. SCVC has worked with the USFWS and other governmental agencies and environmental groups in looking at such alternatives to pesticides through wetlands restoration and enhancement techniques (fish access) that also target mosquito breeding sites. A pilot project at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge showed that using Integrated Marsh Management techniques we were able to practically eliminate the need for pesticides in the project area compared to the control sections. Control of saltmarsh mosquitoes is important as most saltmarsh species emerge by the millions and can travel several miles and impact adjoining communities that then demand mosquito control spraying. SCVC is actively undertaking several grant funded projects to continue this wetland restoration program into other coastal wetlands throughout Suffolk.
If habitat modifications or access by predators (fish being the only true control organisms that can impact mosquito numbers) cannot control mosquito production, our next step is the use of larval control products. I should mention here bats, birds and dragonflies barely put a dent in the mosquito population, as their main prey is larger insects such as beetles, moths and dragonflies (which are cannibalistic). The larvicides we use are pesticide materials considered biorational products by the EPA and are low risk products to non-targets and humans. They include Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) and BSph (Bacillus sphaericus), both bacterial products with toxins specific to mosquitoes, some blackflies and midges. We use the mosquito growth regulator methoprene if the bacterial products would not be effective on the mosquito due to species or larval stage. All three materials have been extensively studied and have not been shown to cause impacts to bees, and are EPA and NYS DEC approved for mosquito control in NY.
If larval control fails, usually due to weather conditions or if mosquito-borne virus is found, adult mosquito control may be undertaken. SCVC utilizes several synthetic pyrethroid products with the active ingredients of resmethrin and sumithrin. While adult control products are broad spectrum and can impact many insect species, we employ the following techniques to mitigate these risks to bees:
1. Materials are only applied when warranted, through trapping results and testing for viruses;
2. Pesticides are applied according to the products label and are registered for use by EPA and NYSDEC;
3. The material is applied at low dose rates to reduce impacts to non-targets (~0.6 FL/Acre);
4. Material is applied using ULV techniques where droplets are under 50 microns and most are under 20 microns – sub-lethal to most larger insects;
5. Applications are timed for evening/night hours when bees are not out foraging;
6. The materials we use degrade rapidly in the environment and do not persist through morning when bees are active once again.
7. ULV droplets do not coat vegetation/flowers, unlike coarse soaking sprays used for other insects.
We also encourage beekeepers to register their hive locations with us using this form: http://suffolkcountyny.gov/Portals/0/publicworks/PDF/DNS%20request%20form%2020xx.pdf a copy is also attached. Beekeeper hive locations on the list will be avoided when possible while trucks are spraying, and are notified the day before a spray event in case they wish to take any additional precautions to protect their hives. If aerial application is necessary, beekeepers within the spray zone will also be notified the day before in case they wish to take any precautions.
Copies of the pesticide labels we use can be found at: http://suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/PublicWorks/VectorMosquitoControl/VectorOnlineForms.aspx
Tom Iwanejko
Chief Environmental Analyst
Suffolk County DPW, Vector Control
335 Yaphank Ave, Yaphank NY 11980
Phone: 631 852-4267 Fax: 631 852-4140
tom.iwanejko@suffolkcountyny.gov
New Postings In Our Classifieds Section
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: April 2016
Thank you to Grace for picking up my new bees and hiving them for me and delivering them since I could not lift after my recent surgery. They are very happy in their new apiary. Lorraine came over Tuesday and we added another box and everyone was very calm and busy. Then while Lorraine and I were relaxing after our labors I happened to look at the bushes in the rear of my yard and low and behold this is what I saw!
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Lorraine said “what is that” and I said “Beekeeping 201, capturing your first swarm!
Courageous woman that she is we got a bucket, ladder and a few tools and after an hour or so of shaking and trimming we hived the swarm. Thanks Lorraine, I couldn’t have done it without your help, and you now have added this experience to your beekeeping list!
We want to welcome another new group of members to our ever growing list: Charles Calabrese, Ken Koch, Andy & Chris Kepert, Robert Schwartz, Judith Vaughan, Imran Ahmad, Christopher, Vilchek, Matthew Gavieta & Miriam Staana, Susan Reichert, Todd Balch, Carrie Davis Crowley, and Frederick Foelsch
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Please mail your check or pay online using PAYPAL.
Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Do you have a beekeeping story to tell or information or pictures you would like to share with fellow beekeepers? Please send text and pictures to the editor of Beeline at this email address: Connistill@aol.com
Club Meeting May 22: Guest Speaker Don Conlon
He will be discussing Russian Bee Breeding Program, and Running an Apiary Without Chemical Treatment.
Note: The Smithtown Historical Society will be holding its Spring Farm Festival from 12:00 to 4:00 on the same day as our meeting. The entrance fee is $5, but if you tell the parking attendant that you're attending the Bee Club meeting they should let you in for free. Because of the festival, parking will be limited, so try to arrive early.
Our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: May 2016
We missed having a meeting last month, so the next few month’s schedules are jammed packed with great speakers and activities. SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON October 9, 2016!
Even though we didn’t have a meeting we still received new memberships by mail. We welcome these new members to the club: Thomas Wilk, Thomas Earl,Christina Mitchell,& James Xixis. .
Thank you so much for those of you who have already paid your dues. If you haven’t already paid, please bring your cash or check to the meeting!
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PayPal, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Do you have a beekeeping story to tell or information or pictures you would like to share with fellow beekeepers? Please send text and pictures to the editor of Beeline at this email address: Connistill@aol.com
April Meeting Handouts
honeybee sample handout
Paul Cappy- LIBC Meeting
4th Annual Greater New York Bee Conference
Hosted by the Long Island Bee Club
October 9, 2016
Farmingdale State College
2350 Broadhollow Road
Farmingdale NY 11753
Roosevelt Hall Student Union
Registration and Sign In 8:30
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Price $65
(Tickets available soon)
Raffles and Door Prizes
Includes Continental Breakfast, Coffee Break, Lunch
Speakers
Richard Fell PhD, Department of Entomology Virginia Tech
Honey Bee Winter Biology and Colony Preparations
Bee Health, Colony Decline and Pesticides
Peter L. Borst Former Senior Apiarist at Cornell
Former NY Apiary Inspector
Contributor to ABJ
Presenter at ABF 2015
History of Beekeeping in New York State
History of Bee Breeding
Kristen Traynor and Michael Traynor
Authors of Two Million Blossoms and Simple Smart Beekeeping
Kristen Traynor, Editor of Bee World
Kristen Traynor is currently working with Dr. van Engelsdorp at University of Maryland
Honey For Your Health
Over the Atlantic: European Intensive Hive Management
Club Meeting April 24: Guest Speaker Paul Cappy
He will be discussing what is happening in New York and how it effects beekeepers here on Long Island.
Our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: March 2016
I lost my two hives in the fall due to mites and wax moth infestation. I am looking forward to my new girls and some new equipment soon. John has his hive at my apiary and they are doing fine. I took a picture of the girls working the crocuses yesterday.
I have had several members ask me to user blind copy when sending the newsletter. I thought I had learned how to do it, tried to do it just now and it still didn’t work. I’ll have to call AOL and get someone to help me. Sorry, you’ll have to wait till next month.
We are looking for a new site for the
2016 LONG ISLAND BEE CONFERENCE...
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
The clock is ticking.... Please contact Moira at ramoi@aol.com
Thank you so much for those of you who have already paid your dues. If you haven’t already paid, please bring your cash or check to the meeting!
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PayPal, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Do you have a beekeeping story to tell or information or pictures you would like to share with fellow beekeepers? Please send text and pictures to the editor of Beeline at this email address: Connistill@aol.com
SABA 2016 Annual Beekeeping Seminar
April 9, 2016, 9 am – 5 pm
Guest speakers: Dr. Dewey Caron, Allen Hayes, Grai St. Clair Rice, and Chris Harp
TECSMART Conference Facility
345 Hermes Road, Malta NY 12020
More Info: http://adirondackbees.org/meetingsevents/annual-seminar/
Club Meeting 2/28: Guest Speaker Vincent Aloyo
Dr. Aloyo will be discussing "The Hive in Winter and Early Spring Feeding."
Our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown.
The meeting starts promptly at 2:00.
FROM THE EDITORS DESK: February 2016
Nominations at February Meeting
LIBC Members - we need you to get involved and volunteer to keep our beekeeping association growing and strong!
We are looking for new officers who can lend some time and energy for our wonderful community. If many people share the work there will be joy in the sharing and people won't get burnt out.
We are also looking for members who wish to volunteer for the Hospitality committee so we have yummy things to nibble on during the meetings.
Position of President is Open!!! Volunteers for nominations are eagerly accepted.
We are looking for a new site for the
2016 LONG ISLAND BEE CONFERENCE...
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
The clock is ticking.... Please contact Moira at ramoi@aol.com
Thank you so much for those of you who have already paid your dues by mail or PayPal. If you haven’t already paid, please bring your cash or check to the meeting!
Annual dues are $35. Please send a check payable to LIBC to Conni Still at 82 Stephen Road, Bayport, NY 11705, use PayPal, or pay directly at the next meeting.
Please remember that dues are due by end of March to remain a member in good standing. Any member who has not paid their dues will not receive future newsletters nor have free advertising in future newsletters so please pay promptly. Also please update your copy for your ads.
Do you have a beekeeping story to tell or information or pictures you would like to share with fellow beekeepers? Please send text and pictures to the editor of Beeline at this email address: Connistill@aol.com
Members Only
The LIBC has set up a Yahoo Group to allow members to exchange ideas and information. Group membership is only available to members in good standing.
Click to join the Long Island Beekeepers Club Yahoo Group (Members Only)
The Club also has a Facebook page!
Welcome to our new website!
LIBC Meeting Schedule for 2016
If you would like to speak or if you would like to suggest a speaker for a future meeting, please email president@longislandbeekeepers.org.
We meet the 4th Sunday of each month. Unless otherwise noted, our meetings are held at Smithtown Historical Society Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street (Route 25), Smithtown. Meetings start promptly at 2:00
If you use Google Calendar, you can subscribe to the Google's LIBC Meeting Calendar by clicking on this link.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
No Meeting in March
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
No meeting in July
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Sunday, December, 2016: Annual Holiday Luncheon
If You Missed the LIBC Holiday Party, Then You Missed a Good Time
This year the LIBC honored Frank Kiss at our Christmas party for his love, passion and dedication to the hobby of beekeeping. He is a long time member and has kept bees since he was a child with his grandfather back in Hungry. His practical hands-on knowledge of working bees has served him well as a long time beekeeper. Many of our club members turn to Frank for hive and bee advice as new keepers. We thank him for his long time commitment to the craft of keeping bees and encourage him always to keep working his bees and bottling his delicious honey.
A special dedication was made by club president George Schramm to Ray Lackey for his years of service to LIBC and his teaching and mentoring of the members. We will certainly miss Ray and his lovely wife Ginny and their family as they begin their th new life in Michigan. We hope this plaque will help them remember us.
A big thank you to board members Joe and Moira for all their hard work on the Holiday dinner. Everything was wonderful! The food and venue were terrific and the raffles and door prizes were lots of fun. The best part was everything ran smoothly. Great job!