Page 14 - 2001 DT 4 issues

J une ○ ○ Buzziest continued from front page. ○ worker bees to pass freely but are too
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○ small for the queen to do the same. The
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fingernail and remember that bee venom ○ top boxes are used entirely for the stor-
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DESK SCHEDULE ○
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○ relieves rheumatism. ○ age of the honey.
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The swarm will cluster around the ○ Getting the swarm from the straw
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A.M P.M. ○ new queen in the familiar ball shape but ○ ○ basket into the wooden hive involves
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already, some scout bees will have been ○ ○ placing a board in front of the hive slop-
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○ sent off to look for a new home. The bee- ○ ○ ing up towards the entrance and shaking
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Fri/1 M. Rosow P. Williams ○ keeper will have to act quickly now if ○ ○ the bees out onto it. The bees mill around
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he is to capture the swarm. The new ○ ○ and you will see the queen walk up into
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Sat/2 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○
○ colony with a young queen will ○ the new home. Even if you don’t
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Sun/3 L. Klasse S. Valladao ○ provide him with lots of honey. ○ ○ see her, you will know when
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He will probably shake ○ ○ she has done so because sud-
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Mon/4 H. Berkowitz R/W. Hetzler ○ ○
○ the swarm into a basket wo- ○ denly there will be a mad rush
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Tues/5 N. Turner C. Gilmore ○ ven from straw which he then ○ ○ to join her in their new home.
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covers with burlap, inverting it ○ The beekeeper has only
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Wed/6 R. Zeitlin M. Burk ○ ○
○ to prevent the bees escaping ○ ○ to sit back while the workers
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Thur/7 G. Sayles R. Augulis ○ but taking care to ensure ad- ○ ○ find new sources of nectar,
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equate ventilation ○ rush back to tell their
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Fri/8 H. Perlman H. Perlman ○ ○
Straw baskets were the tra- ○ ○ colleagues where it is by do-
Sat/9 I. Grieco B. Saperstein ditional beehive but harvesting the honey ○ ing a special dance, travel up to two miles
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meant killing off the colony. Nowadays ○ to gather it for him and literally work
Sun/10 B. Hammel S. Valladao
the beekeeper uses a wooden hive with themselves to death. If all is well, at the
Mon/11 H. Berkowitz R. Keough a series of boxes. The bottom box is used end of the season the bees will have
for brood rearing. The queen is kept in ○ filled the combs. All their labor will
Tues/12 N. Turner C. Gilmore
○ there by means of a divider placed over ○ have been in vain, for guess who gets
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Wed/13 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ it with holes which allow the smaller ○ the honey? ’
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Thur/14 G. Sayles R. Augulis ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
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Fri/15 A. Berg E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ ○
Sat/16 I. Grieco B. Wolin ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Sun/17 J. Kisosondi C. McGovern ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Mon/18 M. Slagle E. Turkin ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Tues/19 N. Turner C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Wed/20 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Thur/21 G. Sayles E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Fri/22 H. Perlman P. Williams ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Sat/23 R. Conductor B. Saperstein ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Sun/24 M/L. Utah C. McGovern ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Mon/25 M. Slagle E. Turkin ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Tues/26 N. Turner C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Wed/27 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ ○ ○
Thru/28 G. Sayles R. Zeitlin ○ ○ ○
Fri/29 P. Williams E. Schliepp ○
Sat/30 I. Grieco B. Saperstein

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