Here are Montgomery County Beekeepers Association's President's messages.
From Leon Vandenberg...
Winter Prep Starts in July
NEW YEARS IS CLOSER JULY THAN YOU THINK In July, most of us are extracting honey or thinking about extracting honey. This is the time of reaping the rewards of being a beekeeper. For the old and new beekeepers it is also the time that the hives need care as the bees are starting at looking towards their New Year and we want to have strong hives for the winter. For all of us we are at the end of the bee year. Now is the time to start thinking of next year. We need to be aware of the ...
From Tim McMahon...
Bees, Wasps & Flys by Timothy McMahon
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 time) to show people the difference in these two insects. At some point this was going to get out of control as things tend to do with me. I had never pinned an insect before having only been able to poke myself on occasions with pins. At one point I even looked up on-line some short videos on how to ...