JANAUARY ECWBA CLUB MEETING

This Saturday, January 19th, will be the monthly club meeting.  The guest speaker will be Tim Wilbanks of Heritage Honey.  His talk will be about the package bee industry.  As usual the meeting will be at the Caestecker Public Library in Green Lake, Wi.  See you there.

The long range forecast for last week of January is predicting some zero or below temperatures.  Please make sure your bees are well fed prior to then.  This will be the first real test for the bees this winter.  Only two months to spring!!!   The amount of daylight is already visibly increasing.

VARROA AGAIN!

Well you heard us preaching bout how the varroa attached to the bottom of the bee and fed on the fat bodies of the bee.  By following this link you can now see it.

https://phys.org/news/2019-01-honey-bee-parasites-fatty-blood.html

ONLY $950 PER HIVE

Only $950 per hive.  Let's for my apiary that would be $950 times XXX= WOW!!!

Here is a special hive the can regulate the hive temperature at 108F, which will kill off the mites.  Follow the link for details.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/cocoon-bee-hive-ces-2019/

WINTER BEEKEEPING TASK-WASH YOUR JACKET

Here is an article about washing your beekeeping jacket.  It will look and smell better plus washing eliminates the accumulation of bee alarm pheromones.

https://www.betterbee.com/instructions-and-resources/how-to-wash-beekeeping-clothing.asp

ECWBA BEGINNERS BEEKEEPING CLASSES