It seems like yesterday that Jim King passed the editor torch to me. It’s been a great year and a half as editor! But, the time has come to pass the torch over to Dara Ballow-Giffen. Dara has assumed the Read More …
I trust all of you have gotten your hives all prepped for winter. Here in the South, we don’t get much of a winter, but I still had to make sure all of my colonies had enough feed to make Read More …
When I first started beekeeping five years ago, I had the idea of making a small display of pinned specimens of a honey bee side-by-side with a yellow jacket to take to Tristen’s school (he was only 5 at the Read More …
I guess this is a little mea culpa. I sure hope I’m continuing to learn and, just as important, continuing to learn from my mistakes. It’s just that sometimes I get into a pattern of doing things the same way Read More …
Sunday, October 20, Brookside Nature Center held its annual “Apple Festival” from 11 am to 4 pm. There was apple pressing to make apple cider, apple cooking to make a type of caramel apple sauce and apple turnovers, apple tasting, Read More …
Here is your advanced notice, both the November and December meetings will be at the Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive Wheaton, Maryland 20906.The December meeting will be our holiday EXTRAVAGANZA party. We have to move the November meeting Read More …
A little inside baseball . . . . . .I am going to talk about how our club is organized and the time requirements and expectations for the leadership positions in hopes of generating your interest in joining our team. Read More …
I promised you all a report on my latest attempt at queen rearing. The good news is that I got two queen cells out of my Cloake Board setup. The bad news is that these cells were not from my Read More …
MCBA club members may borrow the club-owned extractor kits (extractor with uncapping knife, plastic uncapping tank, strainer & bucket) for their own use on terms specified below.
Most beekeepers have never even seen a Tower Hive, and beauty is not its selling point. What it may be, however, is an interesting approach to varroa control via easy (or easier) drone brood removal. And you might end up Read More …
