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October 25th, 2017

10/25/2017

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* From a summer like fall, to yesterday's heavy rain, wind, and this morning with snow on the ground--our bee season is beginning to wrap up. We went to Marquette yesterday to see the big waves rolling in--WOW! The last time I saw them that large was the night the Edmund Fitzgerald went down off Whitefish Point.


** Keep feeding your bees until you can't. I will put mine to "bed" for the winter during the 1st week of November-unless summer returns.

*** We had an unusual club extraction thes year. Ninety degrees in the shop and 87 outside. The air was thick with bees looking for the honey they could smell. A great time but really HOT.

**** There is still time to register for the fall MBA Conference in Kalamazoo, Mi.

*****Remember that we are deep in the planning for an all UP Bee Conference March 31, 2018 at Northern Michigan University here in Marquette. You can follow the progress at  
upbeekeepingconference.weebly.com

****** Go to the Bee Videos on this site to see how to make a winter sugar board and one about some ideas about overwintering your hive. The keys to seeing bees in the spring is mite control, good hive ventilation, and plenty of food.

*******Just did that other fall "sweet thing"--we pressed 45 gallons of cider. For those of you interested, my daughter Natasha did a video of our process.
 


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Many trees down. Big white Pine next to our path.
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A bit of cider
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Up close with the cider press in the back.
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Extraction in the shop
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The last drops.
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OVERWINTERING

10/2/2017

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Just a quick note that I will be doing an overwintering session for the Keweenaw Bee Club on Tuesday evening. the information from Sue  Peterson follows:

Hello Fellow Beekeepers!
Our meeting on October 3rd will cover Over Wintering in the Far North Country! Our speaker this month is Joel Lantz. Joel is a Marquette-based beekeeper, founder of the Superior Beekeeping Club, and MBA UP representative. He has pursued his passion for beekeeping for 30 years and has much to offer for the new bee keepers as well as the seasoned beekeeper. I anticipate that his presentation will be both helpful and motivating for all. He has a multitude of resources to share with us! His presentation would not be complete without a viewing of a short video - Witness: Why I Am a Beekeeper, a peek at his one of a kind Hive House and a bit of bee advocacy!
We will be in the basement meeting room at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton at 6:00-7:30pm.
If you are no longer interested in receiving emails regarding our meetings, please let me know and I will remove you from the list.
Thank You,
​Sue

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    Joel Lantz

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