Ontario Finger Lakes Beekeepers Association - Forum

Subject: Entrance reducer - by: 173ABN

173ABN — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:26:29 +0100

My first time with bees. I just picked up my first nucs. I have put the bees in the hive. When do I know when to rotate the entrance reducer. When should I take my first look into the hive.

Subject: Cute Fawn! - by: jandaum

jandaum — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:58:35 +0100

OK, nothing in this post about bees, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this little fawn yesterday, and was amused by its fixation on my chocolate lab. It must've lunged & bleated at the dog 10 times or more. It didn't even notice the yellow lab. I posted a video on youtube.

Subject: East Bloomfield, need a little help - by: liquidsquid

liquidsquid — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:22 +0100

Hi all,

I have been a bit too busy with Cub Scouts and other responsibilities to be taking very good care of my bees, but I have run into a bit of a "bind" so to speak.

My top and bottom super frames are all glued together. Apparently my bees are big producers of propolis and have firmly glued the top frames onto the top super, which I am having a heck of a time releasing (I have been unable to release some), and then "combed" the top and bottom frames together. I split the supers, went to lift, and the bottom center 8 or so frames lifted up with the top ones.

That makes setting them to the side rather difficult to perform inspections. Especially alone. I Just slid everything back together rather than trying to separate everything, and let the bees get back to work.

I am looking for a mentor to give me a hand and some instruction so I can inspect my colony. I am not seeing a big surge of bees like I was hoping for, and I think I have a small hive beetle problem I would like to get some traps installed for. With everything glued together, it is making this rather difficult.

Thanks for any suggestions. I am sure some of you have dealt with this. Right now I am just happy I got by bees through the winter successfully.

-Mark Wyman

Subject: Honey Shortage Article in Syracuse Newspaper - by: kimberly.carpenter

kimberly.carpenter — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:39:05 +0100

Interesting Article from a Syracuse newspaper about what's happening with our bees in Central NY. A lot of us can relate to this.

blog.syracuse.com/cny/2013/05/honey_shor...t_hbx#incart_best-of

Subject: BeeEye Video Installation at RIT Festival - by: kimberly.carpenter

kimberly.carpenter — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:14:58 +0100

Imagine RIT- Innovation & Creativity Festival
Date & Time: Saturday, May 4, 2013 from 10am to 5pm, rain or shine.
Cost: Free and open to the public!
Location: Imagine RIT takes place throughout RIT’s campus in Henrietta, NY.

BeeEye: A Video Installation

Exhibit Code: GAN-403
Zone: Artistic Alley
Location: Frank E. Gannett Hall (GAN/007B) - A20 Studio B
Time: All Day
Age Group: 6 and under, 7-10, 11-14, 15-adult

Description:
Immerse yourself in the world of the honeybee in BeeEye, a video installation by Professor Cat Ashworth. Enter the hexagon-shaped structure and be surrounded by the sights and the sounds of the honeybee. BeeEye explores the human/honeybee connection in an abstract, symbolic, and spiritual experience for the viewer. The experience of BeeEye is pure magic, as the viewer stands in the center of a six-sided video projection, listening to the hum of bees blended with a music composition by Eastman School of Music Professor Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez.

Exhibitors:
cathleen ashworth

More info:
www.rit.edu/imagine/planyourday13/exhibit.php?id=443

Subject: Entrance feeder - by: 173ABN

173ABN — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:13:16 +0100

Since I am new to the game, I am going to bee asking a bunch of questions in the future. When it comes to the entrance feeder, does it matter using a glass or plastic jar.