Sunday, June 13 @ 2 PM

Meeting topics will include hive registration and inspections, colony reports from members, queen performance, mentoring, honey extraction, RIBA inventory.

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

Swarm season started early this year with reports of swarms comming in as early as the third week of April. Although there was a lot of Spring rain it came all at once and not spread out over days and days. Moisture in the ground contributes to the nectar flow, and this year's black locust flow was one of the best in years.

Colony build up for my hived packages has been very disapointing for me this year, the worst I've ever experienced. Nuc build up will come too late for beginner beekeepers and at this point it looks like I will be disapointing 40+ nuc orders.

For experienced beekeepers with over-wintered colonies ready and supered up took advantage of early nectar flow and record honey production.

Last meeting's program did not go off without a hitch, and I apologize for that. Directly after the meeting Jim Praski's son took a look at the projector and found a loose connection, we will try again at a lkater date to do that program again.

---Mark Robar