Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Nice NEOBA meeting last night.
Thanks Okiedragon for the Tomato plants they all found a home. We a good demonstration about "Checkerboarding". It is a hive management method thats discourages swarming and increases the population of worker bees in the hive. Therefore giving you more honey. The method simulates what bees would be doing in the wild. Here is a link to all of Walt Wrights articles.
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Smiles - good - they needed adopting. Della is doing to do a marvelous job with her bees - brave and calm, she loves those bees.
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes are a new cultivar for me - plum shaped and pick with green shoulders for best flavor. Dark burgundy and they describe the flavor as outstanding but alas, no confirmation yet from me.
I was invited by both Rene Shephard and Della to attend the meeting but with my blackberries still buried in 2 feet of grass and need of tying up, it's not a choice but a necessity to dig them out - Father's day will probably start the stampede to pick. The berries are Triple Crown and Della plans to call her honey by the same name. Sue Grey suggested purple velvet ribbons on honey bears.
Hey, I have a building that I am preparing to use for a vegetable stand - we plan to air condition it, put a sink and fridge and I am going to contact the Creek County Health Dept and see if I can get it to their standards to use as a honeyhouse too. It will be a finished room - Sue said the walls had to be washable - and I can paint but had already purchased wall paper - not sure but I think all the wallpaper anymore is washable too. The thing has two windows and they are screened, it will be fully wired with air conditioning too. Needed? I hope I can get this done by end of summer - we have so little time with just me and David doing all the work. I would be willing to rent it for a very nominal fee to beekeepers who lack facilities. Mostly depends on the sinks - too small for 4 sinks and a potty. No potty either. Blackberries first - then . . .