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Reminder!

This coming Wednesday, March 16, we’ll hold an Outer Banks BeeKeepers’ Guild meeting at the Outer Banks Brewing Station, 600 S Croatan Hwy Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

PACKAGE BEES FROM SAPONY CREEK, 3/22 PICKUP:

Have you ordered a package(s) or queen(s) [or plan to] from Sapony Creek/Dave Bradley in Rocky Mount, NC, for March 22 pickup?

OBX Beekeeper Dorothy Morris will be picking up her packages that day and has offered to pick up for others!

If you would like her to pick up your order, here are your instructions:

  1. Call Sapony Creek (252)-904-1446, and let them know you will be on the 3/22 OBX order to be picked up by Dorothy Morris.
  2. Call Dorothy Morris at (252)-599-2507 to give her your name & number and let her know what you have ordered so that she can add you to her list.

On pickup day, when she is driving on her way back from Rocky Mount, she will let Denise know her ETA, and Denise will broadcast text the ETA to everyone on the pickup list.  

Dorothy will bring the orders to her home located at 608 W. Kitty Hawk Road Kitty Hawk, NC 27949 for everyone to pick up there. When you come to pick them up, any donations toward her gas expenses are welcome!

The Sapony Creek package pickup is currently scheduled for March 22, 2022.  As usual, the pickup date will be dependent on Sapony Creek.  In years past there have been weather delays that extended the pickup date, so plan accordingly!

REVIEW/ PRACTICE Package or Nuc installation NOW before your expected orders arrive…. figuring it out the day of costs you time & sometimes bees!


Thanks,
Dalton Hyde
OBBG President 
919-260-3265

It’s been too long…

Please join us for a meeting of the Outer Banks BeeKeepers’ Guild on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, starting at 5:30 pm. To be held in the upstairs dining area of the Outer Banks Brewing Station. Those who would like to order drinks and/or dinner can do so (run your own tab), and we’ll eat and talk bees!

(The KDH Library is still working toward opening its doors for meetings. Hopefully, soon we can have regular meetings there… we’re on their list.)

In the meantime, we have reserved the OBX Brew Station upstairs in order to regroup and reacquaint.  NO DUES are being collected as yet, so everyone who is considering being a beekeeper or a member please feel free to join us!

TOPICS:
We’ll ask everyone to reintroduce themselves and describe how your bee journey has been going this winter.
We’ll talk packages and nucs, who’s planning to get what.
We’ll have the honey from our last contest available to taste, for those who couldn’t attend, and we’ll present those contest winners with their awards!

Again – Next Meeting Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the Outer Banks Brewing Station.  Socialize beginning at 5:30 p.m. – but come whenever you can.

Hope to see some of yall!

Meeting Reminder for this Wednesday March 11th

The (Early) Arrival of Spring & Our Swarm Season!!


March Meeting = THIS WEDNESDAY 3/11/20 @ Library

Have YOU ever caught a Swarm?! Do you KNOW anyone who has?! How about WHAT causes a hive to Swarm?! 
Would you like to not only learn the types/ behavior of “Swarms” but also what’s needed to catch one, along with the best tips/advice/methods in doing so??

Well, that’s what we hope to decipher at our upcoming meeting!

When:     Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 
Where:     KDH Library – 400 Mustian Street, Kill Devil Hills 27948
Time:      Starts @ 7:00 pm – Arrive anytime after 6:30 to chat each other up! 

DETAILS

Our next meeting will be held Wednesday, March 11th, 2020, at the Kill Devil Hills Library meeting room.  Arrive at 6:30 pm to socialize prior, and the meeting begins at 7:00 pm. If you arrive after 7:00 when the Library has locked their front door, follow the sidewalk around the left of the building to the back door. (Please remember, the Library requests no food or drinks!).

I will bring in the Swarm Trap made a couple of years ago at the workshop we held, that I’ve been lucky enough to employ in catching a swarm successfully (still have), as an example. We will aim to detail the many kinds of traps used, recommended wood/paint, best bait tactics, & suggested placement/retrieval methods.

Anyone who has one they’ve successfully used, are encouraged to bring theirs in as well, along with the stories (or Tales) of how you managed to catch a swarm – a sort of Show & Tell! 

Swarm Season officially starts with Spring, yet swarms are cast anywhere from March through July; Sometimes there are even cases of swarms during Fall. 

A swarm in May is worth a load of hay.
A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm in July ain’t worth a fly. [or …Let it fly.]

For those of you interested in possibly making your own – I have been working on finding a woodshop to utilize in order to host a “Swarm Trap Workshop”. The goal is to have the OBBG purchase the wood/materials, have it all pre-cut/drilled, with those in attendance applying glue/screws to construct it. Anyone unable to make it could simply buy any of the extra traps. The cost should be approx $25.
 

I’ve been following the National Phenology Network, which y’all may find helpful/interesting, so check out the following links…

Spring Overview
https://www.usanpn.org/news/spring

Spring Leaf Index
https://www.usanpn.org/files/npn/maps/six-leaf-index-anomaly.png 

Spring Bloom Index
https://www.usanpn.org/files/npn/maps/six-bloom-index-anomaly.png 


REMINDER: 
Please see the previous email regarding the Volunteer Opportunities in need of YOU! Volunteering directly benefits our OBBG, our Community, & Ourselves!

Catch me with any Questions, Comments, or Concerns via email @ outerbanksbeekeepers@gmail.com

See y’all soon.

-Dalton Hyde
2020 OBBG President