Nuc workshop postponed for rain – new date June 25 1-4 pm
The making summer nucs workshop will be postponed until the rain date, June 25, 2010 due to poor weather.
There are still three spaces available. If you would like to sign up, please email me directly. queenbee@overlandhoney.com
Overwintering Nucs Workshop Scheduled
Erin will again be teaching a hands-on workshop on how to make Summer nucs for overwintering.
This workshop is hands-on at the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association club hives in Windham Maine. Each participant will leave the workshop with one divided deep hive body and two 2010 Northern Raised queens from French Hill Apiaries in Vermont. The intention is that participants will use the techniques learned in class to make their own pair of summer nucs in their home yard.
Date is Thursday June 24th with rain date of June 25th.
Registration form attached here: Summer Nuc Workshop 2010
or register by paying with paypal:
Class is limited to 20 people.
Overland Nucs January, 2010
Short News Piece with Erin and a Bee Swarm on Bill Green’s Maine
Article: Bee swarm season is here
Video: Bee swarm season is here - Bill Green, Anchor/Reporter
Nuc delivery emails sent
Last night I sent out confirmation emails for the Swan's nuc pickup this coming Saturday.
If you are planning to pick up a nuc from me and you have not received an email, please call me to confirm that I have you on my list, 838-4046.
thanks.
Nuc on new hive stand
Swan’s Nucs are coming… Finally
It is confirmed. I will be picking up the Bee School nucs from Swan's on Friday night.
Please have your sugar syrup all made (1 to 1 ratio) and ready for Saturday morning. Come pick up the nucs at my home, 188 Capisic Street in Portland between 7am - 9am on Saturday, May 29th. You should drive straight home with the nucs (stop for gas on the way to my house, not after) and set them in their nuc boxes on their new hive stand.
You can open the entrance to the nuc box as soon as you get home and let them fly - then transfer them into your hive later in the day, once they have oriented and begun foraging.
See you Saturday morning.
Colony movie at Space Gallery
Erin MacGregor-Forbes will host a Q&A after the movie tonight at the Space Gallery in Portland .
http://www.space538.org/events.php
Swan’s Nucs Date Confirmed (We hope) 05/29/2010
I just got off the phone with Lisa at Swan's honey and we have a confirmed pick-up date of Saturday, May 29th. I will be going to pick up all of the nucs on the evening of May 28 (Friday night) and will bring the nucs home late. Pick up will be Saturday morning between 7am and 9am at my home in Portland. 188 Capisic Street. my cell is 838-4046
Please make sure you have your equipment and your feed ready (1 to 1 sugar to water ratio) for the bees arrival.
Swan’s Nucs Delayed
I still have not got a confirmed date to pick up the Bee School nucs from Swan's honey.
I talked to them today and the promised me a call back Monday with a delivery date.
I am hoping that I will be able to pick them up next Friday evening and have them for new beekeepers to pick up in Portland early Saturday morning (5/22/2010). I will email everyone as soon as I have a firm answer from them, or check back here as I will post any update.
Happy Spring,
-Erin
Package Pick-up day, April 15th
2009 - 2010 Bee Schools have ended and the coordinated group purchases of Packages and Nucs are right around the corner.
Package Pick-up day is April 15th. We will be meeting David Smith of Sparky's Apiaries (who will be bringing packages back from Georgia) at the Kennebunk Northbound service plaza on the evening of April 15th. Time to be determined.
David will call me in the afternoon when he gets near New England with an estimated arrival time. I will post that time here on my website and also put it on my home and cell answering machines. Those getting packages should have their sugar water ready before the bees come, as well as a small spray bottle to feed the bees that evening. Installation should be done April 16th mid morning, rain or shine. I will be on hand at the Service Plaza to talk you through installation one last time.
Nucs (either from me or from Swan's Honey in Albion) will be ready for their new homes in May. These dates are yet to be determined. Please check back here for more information as we get closer to the end of the month.
Best to all, Congratulations on completing bee school, happy spring.
-Erin
Erin MacGregor-Forbes elected President of the Maine State Beekeepers Association
I'm very excited about my recent election as President of the MSBA at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
I'm looking forward to another year on the Board and hoping that we can get some good work done for Beekeeping Education and Outreach.
News will be posted on the MSBA website: mainebeekeepers.org