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RIBA Group Package Run

RIBA is sponsoring a group package run for bees this spring!

We estimate each package will cost $70, saving as much as $20 per package!

We're taking deposits of $70 for each package ordered. The final package price will be the total cost of the order, plus travel and fuel expenses, shared across all of the orders.

The deadline for orders is March 15th. Packages are due to be delivered on April 14th.

Print and fill out the attached order form. Mail the form along with a check to Christine Dwyer before the March 15th deadline at the address list on the form.

Christine Dwyer
3 North Howard Ave., Unit 8
North Providence, RI 02911-1545

Here's to a good 2012 beekeeping and honey season!

Posted by Editor at 1/24/2012 3:42 PM

Southside CLT and Farm Fresh RI host Urban Beekeeping workshop

Our friends at the Southside Community Land Trust and Farm Fresh RI are giving a workshop on Urban Beekeeping. If you or anyone you know is interested, contact SCLT.
Southside Community Land Trust and Farm Fresh RI invites the public to attend a free workshop on urban beekeeping, which will be held at the Wintertime Farmers Market greenhouse space on Wednesday January 25th 6-7pm. Want to learn what it takes to raise bees in the city? Learn more about it at the urban beekeeping primer workshop, which will be taught by Kelly Smith, Davis Park Community Garden coordinator. Kelly owns 5 beehives and has taken bee school classes with the RI Beekeepers Association and a week-long intensive advanced course by the Eastern Apicultural Society. Kelly will give a basic overview about what it means to keep bees in the city, going over topics such as materials required for urban beekeeping, resources and available education options for bee school.Register by emailing SCLT at amber@southsideclt.org or online at www.plantprovidence.org.

More information about Southside Community Land Trust is available at www.southsideclt.org

Posted by Editor at 1/18/2012 1:50 PM

January Meeting: "Healing Wounds With Honey"

Sunday, January 8th at 2:00 PM

Rocky Hill Grange
1340 South County Trail
East Greenwich, RI

Happy New Year to Everyone!

We've winterized our hives, and we're already thinking about the upcoming beekeeping season. That includes thinking of all the positive uses for the honey that our bees will produce this year. To start us off on the right foot, Dr. Allen Dennison will present "Healing Wounds With Honey". Honey has numerous properties, biological and chemical, that make it uniquely suited for healing. Dr. Dennison has spent years working with honey in medicine, and he'll share his experiences with us. 

Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Members with last names beginning A-M please bring desserts, N-Z please bring finger food and appetizers. Beverages will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Directions:
Take I-95 North or South to Exit 8
Make a right onto Rt-2 (Quaker Lane)
Go through the traffic lights at Division St., keeping the Walgreens to your left
The Grange is located just past the Walgreens on Rt-2
Posted by Editor at 12/29/2011 1:55 PM

Holiday Party

Come to RIBA's Holiday party! No controversy here, Christmas, Chanukah, or Kwanza, we'll be celebrating! Come, mingle, talk, exchange stories, celebrate or commiserate about the past year.

Sunday, December 11th at 2:00 PM at the Rocky Hill Grange in East Greenwich.

Rocky Hill Grange
1340 South County Trail
East Greenwich, RI

We'll have a member-to-member sale. Bring bee-and-honey related products, candles, balms, bee-ware, knickknacks and hot pepper jelly to sell, and money to buy from your fellow beekeepers.

Also RIBA will be making a donation to the Food Bank, so please consider donating honey in plastic jars (no glass), canned goods, peanut butter, etc. to help those in need.

There will be several entrées to choose from. Members with last names beginning A-M please bring desserts, N-Z please bring finger food and appetizers. Beverages will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Directions:
Take I-95 North or South to Exit 8
Make a right onto Rt-2 (Quaker Lane)
Go through the traffic lights at Division St., keeping the Walgreens to your left
The Grange is located just past the Walgreens on Rt-2



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Posted by Editor at 11/30/2011 3:14 PM

November Monthly Meeting

Sunday, November 13th at 2:00 PM

Rocky Hill Grange
1340 South County Trail
East Greenwich, RI

Our speaker will be Ed Karle, of the Bristol County Beekeepers. Early in
his career, Ed travelled the globe in the merchant marine. He still has
the travel bug, and he makes sure to visit local beekeepers wherever he
goes. He will be presenting "Working with and learning from beekeepers
in other countries: Canada, China, France, Haiti, Thailand and Taiwan". 

Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Members with last names
beginning A-M please bring finger food and appetizers, N-Z please bring
desserts. Beverages will be provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Directions:
Take I-95 North or South to Exit 8
Make a right onto Rt-2 (Quaker Lane)
Go through the traffic lights at Division St., keeping the Walgreens to your left
The Grange is located just past the Walgreens on Rt-2


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Posted by Editor at 10/23/2011 12:15 PM

Fall Harvest Dinner

The annual Fall Harvest Dinner and Honey Show will be held at The Pines Restaurant in North Smithfield on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 1 pm.

Our guest speaker this year will be Dr. Keith Delaplane, director of the honey bee research and education program at the University of Georgia. His topic will be "The Superorganism and Why it Matters", taking the colony as the focal point and how that influences management for hive health and productivity.

We must give The Pines a head count a week in advance in of the dinner, so members need to make reservations in advance. Please print, fill out and mail the linked form to Tony DiGiulio at the address listed in the form. Please indicate the number of people attending, so our head-count is accurate.

Please have your registrations in to Tony by Friday, September 23rd. We apologize for the short notice. Speaker availability and schedule determined the date of the dinner this year.

Hope to see you there!


The Pines Restaurant
1204 Pound Hill Road
North Smithfield, RI

Directions:
Reach RI-146N (via I-295, I-95, or more direct route)
Take the Pound Hill Road exit
Turn left onto Pound Hill Road
Travel approx. 1 1/2 mile
The Pines will be on the left

Posted by Editor at 9/15/2011 10:15 AM

September Monthly Meeting

Sunday, September 11 @ 2:00 PM

Blue Moon Farm Perennials
173 Saugatucket Rd.
Wakefield, RI
401-284-2369

September is the time to start preparing your hives for winter. We'll discuss preparation, assessing colony strength, and feeding and nutrition to get your bees through the winter.

Also, the Annual Honey Show is coming in early October. Everyone is encouraged to submit entries. At the meeting we will discuss honey judging, and how to best prepare jars for entry into the show. 

Information about the Fall Dinner is coming soon, so stay tuned!

Please bring chairs.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Members with last names beginning A-M please bring desserts, N-Z please bring finger food and appetizers. Beverages will be provided.

Directions:

From the North:
I-95S to RI-4S (left exit)
RI-4S Merges onto US-1S (approx. 10 miles, after 2 lights)
Go past RI-138E (sign for Jamestown/Newport bridges)
US-1S to Saugatucket Rd (approx. 5 miles, through 5 lights)
Turn right on Saugatucket Rd
Travel approx. 1/4 mile
Farm will be on right

From the West:
I-95N or I-95S to RI-138E (Exit 3A)
RI-138E to RI-108S (approx. 10 miles, just past URI, 2nd light)
Turn right on RI-108S (no road to the left)
RI-108S to Saugatucket Rd (approx. 1.5 miles, first light)
Turn left on Saugatucket Rd
Travel approx. 2 miles
Farm will be on left

Posted by Editor at 9/11/2011 9:30 AM

August Monthly Meeting

Sunday, August 14th @ 2:00PM

Janet Colardo
2 Wagon Trail Dr
Johnston, RI  02919

Got mites? We'll review available mite treatments. Also, we'll hear reports from the EAS 2011 Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island. And, how are your bees? Did you get honey? Summer dearth got you down? Bring your questions to the meeting.

Please bring chairs.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Members with last names beginning A-M please bring finger food and appetizers, N-Z please bring desserts. Beverages will be provided.

Directions:

From the South: Take I-95N to I-295N. Take I-295N to exit 6, merge onto US-6E toward Providence. Take RI-5/Atwood Ave exit, turn left onto Atwood Ave (RI-5N). At T-intersection, turn left onto Greenville Ave (RI-5N). Right onto Pine Hill Ave, first right onto Belknap Farm Dr, second left onto Stagecoach Dr, take first left onto Wagon Trail Dr.

From the North: Take I-95S to I-295S. Take I-295S to exit 7B/U.S. 44 W/Putnam Pike toward Smithfield. Turn left onto Sanderson Rd (RI-5S). Sanderson Rd becomes Greenville Ave (RI-5S). Turn left onto Pine Hill Avenue, first right onto Belknap Farm Dr, second left onto Stagecoach Dr, take first left onto Wagon Trail Dr

Posted by Editor at 8/12/2011 7:31 PM

July Monthly Meeting

Sunday, July 10th @ 2:00 PM

Pat and Alyce Pedder
64 Pine Orchard Road
Chepachet, RI 02814
(401) 568-3345

How are your bees? Got honey? Have questions? Bring them to the meeting. Also, with EAS 2011 coming in a few short weeks, we'll discuss who and what you can see and hear at EAS RI. Top-notch speakers and hands-on workshops will be available right here in RI, and we'll talk about the program. (There's still time to sign up for either Short Course, the Conference or both.)

Please bring chairs.

Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Members with last names beginning A-M please bring desserts, N-Z please bring finger food and appetizers. Beverages will be provided.
Directions:
Travel 295 North or South. Take exit 7B (44 West, Smithfield).
You will go through 9 traffic lights in the next 3 miles on route 44.
Staying on route 44 you will travel 7 more miles before the next traffic light (Chepachet).
Turn left at that light, staying on route 44.
Pine Orchard Road is on the left approximately 2 miles from the traffic light.
We are the 7th house on the left.

Parking is limited in our driveway so we advise parking on Pine Orchard
Road.
Posted by Editor at 6/29/2011 6:40 PM

June Meeting & Lobster Bake

Sunday, June 12th @ 1:00 PM

Faella Farm
Chris & Martha Faella
1072 Saugatucket Rd.
Peace Dale, RI 02879
401-783-7437

The June meeting will be hosted by Chris and Martha Faella at their home in Peace Dale. After the meeting Chris and Martha will host a Lobster Bake at 3PM! So that we have time for the meeting, the bake and festivities, we will start early at 1PM.

There will be a business meeting followed by a hive inspection by Ed Lafferty. The hive inspection will include a demo of varroa mite sampling using the alcohol wash and powdered sugar methods. (As always, please bring your veil if you want to participate in the inspection.)

The Registration form and Directions to Faella Farm are linked below. The full Lobster Bake is $20/person; the bake without a lobster is $10/person; extra lobsters are $10 each. A charcoal grill will be provided if you want to bring hamburger, hot dogs or something to grill.

All RIBA members and their families are welcome to attend, whether you eat or not.

We need to give Chris & Martha a head count a week before the bake, and the bake is limited to the first 100 to register, so please mail your registration as soon as possible. We need to receive registrations by Wednesday, June 1st.

Please print, cut, fill out and mail the form along with payment to Tony DiGiulio.


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It's (still) time to renew your membership!

We need to receive dues by June 1st. If you haven't paid by then, you will receive one final notice and have until the end of the month to renew your membership. So, please, send in your renewal promptly!

Follow the link below to the Google Docs spreadsheet to check on your dues status. If your due date is April, 2012, your dues are paid up. If your due date is before April, 2012, membership dues are due. (Life members are noted.)


To renew your membership, please send a check for $15 made out to RIBA to our Treasurer Tony DiGiulio at the following address:

RIBA Treasurer
℅ Anthony DiGiulio
P.O. Box 114014
North Providence, RI
02911-0214
Posted by Editor at 5/22/2011 7:43 PM
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