v o l u m e 3 i s s u e 7 a u g s u t 2 0 1 7 next meetingaug 09, 2017 · individuals that run a...
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Photos of Forest Red Gums that are starting to flower around
the Wyong Golf course
http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/species%20navigator/
Next Meeting Meetings of our Association are conducted on the 3rd Wednesday of each month
(except January) Old Tote rooms in the Gosford Showground.
Wednesday 16th July 2017
@ 7.00 pm—9.30 pm
Newbees session will commence from 6.00pm -
6.45pm
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
About Our Club 2
Committee
Members
4
Library 6
President’s
report
7
Bee Keeper
Profile
Club Report 9
Club Equipment 10
Classifies 11
Library 12
Articles Keepers 14
Natural Bee
Notes
Editor’s Last
Words
16
DPI and extras 17
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P A G E 2
About Our Club
The Central Coast Amateur Beekeepers Association is a non for profit organi-
sation, run completely by a volunteer community. These members believe in
education, community sharing and working to bring about a deeper under-
standing of apiarist or beekeeping into the community.
The Central Coast Amateur Beekeepers – CCABA is a sub branch of the NSW
Amateur Beekeepers Association. There are 17 branch members.
The Central Coast Amateur Beekeepers are a diverse group of like-minded
individuals that run a variety of beekeeping forms from Langstroth, Warre,
Flow and Top Bar Hives as well as native beekeeping.
People interested in natural beekeeping or native beekeeping are also wel-
come to attend. We have additional meetings for the natural beekeepers,
who usually meet on the last Tuesday of each month.
Potential beekeepers with honey flow kits and those who want to simply
know more about beekeeping are welcomed to join our strong club.
The club has a strong commitment to education and community awareness
of the importance of bees in society.
The Central Coast Amateur Beekeepers Association (CCABA) is a
branch member of the NSW Amateur Beekeepers Association
NSWABA.
The CCABA Club would like to acknowledge this relationship with
the NSWABA.
V O L U M E 3 I S S U E 7
Attending Meetings - Protocols
We are asking all members to wear their name badges to each
meeting, if you don’t have one, see Barbara Elkins at the meeting and she will organise one for
you. This replaces the old style printed card that we retained and put out for each meeting.
Visitors will also be given a hand written badge for the meeting. Club Meeting
The CCABA holds public information evenings on the third Wednesday of each month from
February to December at the Old Tote rooms in the Gosford Showground. Meetings start at
7.00pm.
How to Join
New members are always welcomed. See the Treasurer—Ray Isaacs for membership details
and he will give you information regarding the online application process.
Electronic payment of membership or equipment sales
Westpac
Central Coast Beekeepers Assoc.
BSB 032 629
Account 110078
Reference: your name or mobile/home number
Joining and Membership Fees
Membership is $55 plus your optional personal insurance based on the number of hives you
have. This is as follows:
1-20 hives $45
1-50 hives $65
1-100 hives $80
Committee Meetings
Committee meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month.
Club Website
Our club website has additional information regarding educational resources, workshops,
breaking news.
Club Magazine
The club produces a monthly e-magazine packed with various documents ranging from presi-
dent’s report to editor’s last words. Articles for the club magazine are to be submitted by the
first week of the month. Late articles will be rolled into the next month’s edition.
Editor—email address: [email protected]
Club Facebook Page and Members Group
The club has a public Facebook page and a group for members only where members can
swap information and keep in touch.
P A G E 4
2017 Committee Members:
Position held Name and Contact details
President Len Verrenkamp
Vice President Gordon Foster [email protected]
Secretary Max Rae [email protected]
Treasurer Ray Isaacs [email protected]
Assist secretary Gina Mitchell
Public officer Jim Hubbard
Club Apriast Achim Drescher [email protected]
Assist Club Apriast Barry Eslick [email protected]
Equipment Officer
Extraction
Hart Peters 041 7674 687
Steve Calcroft 0478142662
Publicity Officer Barbara Elkins
Librarian Barry Eslick [email protected]
Catering officer Jacaqueline Filkins
Newsletter Editor Maria Glabus – [email protected]
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Coming Events: 2017
August
Swarm Capture, bait hive
September
Biosecurity DPI Officer, Wyong Orchid Show, Requeening and Splits
October
Honey products, honey preparation
November
Solar wax processing
January
No meeting, no newsletter
February
Honey preparation for the Shows
March
General Meeting and Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Queen Colours
P A G E 6
Library Resources
Please ensure that after reading any books from the Bee Library,
could you return these books for others to gain both knowledge
and wisdom.
The Library’s collection is published in each edition of the news-
letter.
Library books—limited to 3 books per member
Remember to return the books before being able to borrow
more books.
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President’s Report
Dear members,
An early spring is the prediction, not just from the BOM, but from long time beekeepers as
well and going by the warm days and blossom already starting to appear they may well
be right.
However, do not assume your bees still have ample stores of honey, check those hives as
soon as you can and if light on stores then it’s time to feed.
Think about it this way, bee numbers are increasing in your hive, the nights are still cold so
honey is still being consumed to keep the brood warm and a week of wet weather could
mean little or no foraging can take place. In this scenario, a hive can starve if honey stores
are short. So check those hives and don’t just assume they’re okay because there are
bees coming and going.
Club wise our new Top Bar hive has arrived and we are holding a hive maintenance day
on the 19th of this month at the Ag House to carry out Spring inspections, change out old
boxes and frames along with transferring the existing top bar colony into its new home. It
should be a big day and lunch will be provided on the day. There is more information in this
newsletter on the specific details.
Meeting wise this month Max is running a session on swarms with some tips on preventing
your hive from swarming and also on catching swarms. If you’re a backyard beekeeper
and don’t want the neighbors upset because there is a swarm on their front deck or even
worse, has just made a home in a wall cavity then this session should give you a few tips on
keeping all of your bees in one spot or even creating a new colony if queen cells are pre-
sent.
One for the diary for May next year, the Amateur beekeepers Association of NSW
(ABANSW) is holding its inaugural annual conference on the 18th, 19th and 20th of May 2018.
The great news for us is it’s being held at Diggers@ The Entrance and will involve a movie
night on the Friday evening, keynote speakers with at least one from NZ or maybe even
Canada, Question and Answer sessions and trade show running all day on the Saturday.
The Colonel Pulling Competition and ABA-AGM will then be held on the Sunday.
This should be a great event, the governor of NSW has been invited to open the confer-
ence (he’s a beekeeper too) and its right in our back yard, numbers will be limited to 350,
tickets will be available online later this year with the initial offering to ABA members only.
The cost for members will be around $80.00 per head and this will include morning tea and
lunch in the club on the Saturday.
The ABA also now has a new president as Dani Lloyd-Prichard had to step down due to a
perceived conflict of interest, as Dani is also a trainer with the DPI. I think the DPI were draw-
ing a long bow with that assumption, however that is government departments for you.
The good news is Bruce White is the now the new ABA president and Bruce brings many
years of experience to this role and an insight it all aspects of beekeeping. If you don’t
know of Bruce there is a link here to an ABC radio interview done in 2015.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/bruce-whites-63-years-of-
beekeeping/7788968
Regards
Len Verrenkamp
Beekeepers Profile - Nil
photos of Forest Red Gums that are starting to flower around the Wyong Golf course and a link
to information on that species.
http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/species%20navigator/media/html/
Eucalyptus_tereticornis.htm
Club Apriast Report
Prediction is that we will have an early swarm season this year. There are already reports of
swarms being sighted. So the recommendation is to fix up your swarm boxes get new supers,
bottoms boards, lids and frames ready now.
The next step is to plan your spring inspections. Spring inspections are really weather depend-
ent. Once we had a few warm days the colonies get ready for honey flow.
With the mild winter we had this year and temperatures already rising to the mid twenties
chances are our bees have good honey stores and the queen might run out of space to ramp
up laying eggs to build up the numbers for spring.
To avoid swarming it is advisable to move some of the frames that hold more honey than
brood to the centre of one of the supers and replace them with dry comb in the brood box. 1
or 2 frames is usually enough. This will give the queen space to lay eggs and she will most likely
not attempt to swarm.
If you follow a more natural beekeeping approach just let bees sort it out for themselves. You
might reduce the number of bees in the hive through swarming, but that is natural and will be
rectified by your brand-new queen in a pretty short period of time.
Another approach is to artificially swarm. When during your spring inspection you notice queen
cells you know that the hive is getting ready to swarm. Typically a few days before the new
queen hatches the old queen will leave taking with her the more mature collectors and
guards.
You can prevent the swarming by splitting the hive. Transfer frames with queen cells, a number
of additional brood frames and honey store into a new broodbox . Make sure the old queen is
still in the original hive.
Also make sure that you move enough bees into the new brood box as these will form the be-
ginning of the new colony. Collecting bees and guards usually move back to the original hive.
Once the new queen hatches she will mate within 3-4 days and start laying.
There are a number of videos on Spring inspections on You Tube. Please feel free to check
them out. Here is a more popular one:
https://youtu.be/-LAiK2f-8Co
On 19th August 10am we will perform a workshop about Spring Inspections (weather allowing).
It will be performed at the Club hives at the School Farm of Henry Kendall Highschool.
We will inspect the hives and will replace the old boxes. Bottom boards and lits. We also will mi-
grate the bees from the old Top Bar Hive to the grand spanking new hive we purchased earlier
this year.
Everyone is welcome to come and help. I would also ask some of the more experienced mem-
bers to join us as we plan to split into smaller groups in order to get through the work in a rea-
sonable time.
Thanks everybody for your dedication and help.
Club equipment
Equipment Officer
Hart Peters
0417674687
Equipment Officer—Extraction Equipment
Steve Calcroft
0478142662
Price List (as of April 2017)
External Front Feeders $5.50
Full Depth Frames (unassembled and sold per 10) $15.00
Full Depth Frames (assembled with eyelets) $2.00
Full Depth Foundation $1.85 per sheet
8F Full Depth Boxes (unassembled) $28.80
8F Btm Boards (unassembled) $21.00
8F Migratory Lids (Unassembled) $21.00
8F Metal Queen Excluder $22.80
8F Escape Boards $24.00
Apithor $7.00
Honey club Labels $0.30
Plastic Jars with Lid 500gm $0.65
Emlocks (Hive Strap) $14.00
We also have 3 - 10 frame Bottom Boards and 2 - 10 frame Lids in stock which we would
like to sell. If you would like to buy these, please contact the Quartermaster.
We have 2 wire framing jigs available to club members. There will be a small charge of 50c per
frame to cover the cost of the eyelets, glue, nails and wire.
Hart Peters 041 7674 687
Classifieds
For Sale– Bee Hives
We are moving north to Uralla onto property there and don't wish to move all my hives up there,
besides Roy needs them on his Avocado farm and I don't want to let him down.
Price $600.00 the lot as is on site.
These are 3 fully functioning 8 frame hives including bees that have been wintered down until
spring.
Includes frame that carries up to 4 hives.
Each hive has base, brood box, queen excluder, ideal production box and solar ventilated lid.
Please note these hives have only 2 boxes as they are wintered down until spring, I can supply
extra box with frames at extra $50.00 per hive.
As registration is not transferable the new owner will need to register with DPI if not already regis-
tered.
I will be happy to take new owner to site and introduce them to Roy the property owner.
Also listed on gumtree
Kind regards
Tony
Contact Robyn Crosland 0439406096
Members who need 20 L white food grade buckets available with lids that are cleaned but
will need a second clean. Priced at just $5.00 each or 5 for $20.
Hessian Bags $2 each
Please let Robyn know in advance it you require any of the above items, as Robyn does not
always carry the stock with her or attend meetings each month.
If you have any excess equipment for sale or are looking for gear, place a for sale or wanted ad
in the newsletter’s classified section. Just send the full details in an email to Maria and she will
add it to the next newsletter. It’s free, however, it must be related to beekeeping or honey.
Current Resources—CCABA Library
1 Field Guide to Eucalypts Volume 1 Brooker & Klienig
2 Honeybee Cemocracy Thomas D Seeley
3 Planting Native Trees on Farms Catchment Management Authority
4 Thorsons Bee Health (2 copies) Hasnan Walsi
5 Research Report 1980 - 1995
Honeybee Research & Development
council
6 Bussy Bees a Sparkle Book Glenn Johnstone
7 Queen Rearing L.E Snelgrove
8 ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture A.I.Root
9 Native Bees of Sydney Region Anne Dollin & Partners
10 Swarming it's control and Prevention L.E Snelgrove
11 The hive and the honeybee Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth
12 Legend of the hive Maria Owsianka
13 Bee Friendly Mark Leech
14 Honey and Pollen Flora Alan Clemson
15 The beekeepers Handbook Roger. A. Morse
16 The Complete Handbook of Beekeeping Herbert Mace
17 Better Beekeeping Kim Flottum
18 Breeding the Honeybee Brother Adam
19 The Honeybee James. L. Gould
20 Bees Biology & Management Peter. G. Kevan
21
Introduction to Australian Native bees 2nd edi-
tion Dr Anne Dollin (in folder)
22 Beecraft 2004 collection of editorials British Beekeeping association
23 Beecraft 2006 collection of editorials British Beekeeping association
24 A Wprld without Bees Alison Mc Cullum
25 Beekeeping in New Zealand B.P. Marris
26 Honey Business Fred Benecke
27 Foul Brood Desease of Honey Bees FERA
28 Managing varroa FERA
29 Five hundred answers to bee questions A.I.Root
30 Backyard bees Doug Purdie
31 Bees and Honey Joy Lau
32 Build your own bee keeing equipment Tony Pisano
33 Bees and Mankind John B. Free
34 bee keeping in Victoria D.F. Langridge
35 Bees I. Khalifman
36 The immigrant Bees Peter Barrett
37 Honey in Bees in Australia Tarlton Rayment
38 Bees and Honey Roger Mott
39
Backyard bee keeping in Australia and New
Zealand C.N. Smithers
40 The bee Book Peter Warhurst & roger Goebel
41 Australian Stingless Bees John Klumpp
42 The Beekeepers Lament Hannah Nordhaus
43 Honey Flora S.T. Blake and C. Roff
44 The Buzz about bees Jurgen Tautz
45 Two million blossoms Kirsten S. Traynor, M.S.
46 Honey, Nature's golden healer Gloria Havenhand
47 Curative properties of Honey and bee venom N. Yoirish
48 Top bar beekeeping Les Crowder & Heather Harrell
49 Contemporary Queen Rearing Harry H. Laidlaw. Jr
50 Beekeeing for all Abbe Warre
51 How to keep bees and sell honey Walter T. Kelly
52 Beginning in bees NSW Dept Agriculture
53 Honey Cookbook Peter russell Clarke
54 Bee Keeping for business & Pleasure R.B. Gulliford
55
Bee Keeping for business & Pleasure (with
tapes) R.B. Gulliford
56
Bee Keeping for business & Pleasure (with
tapes) R.B. Gulliford
57 The Honey Flow Kylie Tennant
58 Boxes to bar hives Trevor Weatherhead
59 The bee friendly beekeeper David Heaf
60 Bees: Karl Von Frisch
61 Beekeeping the gentle craft John F. Adams
62 Guide to bees and honey Ted Hooper
63 The Australian Beekeeping Manual Robert Owen
64 The Bee Friendly Garden Doug Purdie
New Stories for this month of July
West Australian honey medicinal certification
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-06-23/honey-certification-in-wa-competition-with-
manuka/8643762
Other interesting articles to read (updated from last newsletter)
The Secret Life of Bees
With camera in hand, insect photographer James Dorey traveled the country capturing the di-
versity of our native bees up close. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/06/the-secret-life-of-bees/
Deciduous fruit industry signs charter to protect honey bees
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/358/163064.html
Watch "Temple | Honey Fingers by Anna Downie & Caitlin Shannon" on Vimeo: https://
vimeo.com/218330976?ref=em-v-share
https://beeinformed.org/2017/05/25/2016-2017-loss-results-thank-you-to-all-survey-participants/
http://beeaware.org.au/training/
Australian tea tree farm gets $1.49m injection to develop 'medical cannabis honey'
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/australian-tea-tree-farm-just-174641457.html?soc_src=social-
sh&soc_trk=ma
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-08/colony-collapse-ten-years-after-crisis-what-is-
happening-to-bees/8507408
It's a decade since US beekeepers first noticed that their bees were mysteriously dying. Now we
know much more about colony collapse disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees' fortunes
around.
Editor’s Last Words
Who doesn’t like the month of August. The Winds of August or the August Winds. Couldn’t get
enough of the roaring forties while on the west coast of Tasmania. The winds roaring, walking
along the beach, that sense of freedom. Bliss!
The August winds certainly do not seem to last as long as when I was a child growing up.
Winds, just before the onset of Spring, now that’s an interesting idea. Do the August winds clear
away the Winter blues? All that energy, paving the way for Spring to arrive on a fresh clean can-
vas.
I was able to check my hives today, the days have been stunning, warm but with a slight wind. I
think all the right conditions for the bees to start swarming except for the winds that pick up as
the day warms up. Three hives, burr combs on the lids, packed with honey. I don’t remove any
framed honey but did remove all the burr comb. The bees have certainly been busy during this
mild winter.
I know that it’s August due to the winds, but the warm days and pleasant nights tell that’s its
Spring. The bees know better. This time last year, my hives had already starting swarming. I’m
waiting. I did locate some queen cells so it’s a definite possibility.
Seasons via the 1st of each month, that is the 1st September indicating the onset of Spring is old
English. I prefer the Indigenous notion of seasons. In the Gulf Country, - far north Queensland,
North Territory, Western Australian, the seasons are based on the dry and wet season, but in reali-
ty, there are nine seasons.
Enjoy the remaining of the month of August. Spring is here.
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/climate_culture/Indig_seasons.shtml
DPI Testing
Subject: Introduction of Terms and Conditions for testing with NSW DPI Laboratory Services
Introduction of Terms and Conditions for testing with NSW DPI Laboratory Services
NSW DPI Laboratory Services offers a range of services including veterinary and plant health di-
agnostics, edible oil testing and animal feed testing. We conduct over 300,000 diagnostic and
analytical tests a year for our customers in NSW, Australia and overseas, as well as being respon-
sive to assist in biosecurity emergency events.
The introduction of Terms and Conditions for the testing services offered by NSW DPI Laboratory
Services enhances our commitment to providing world class, quality assured testing for our cus-
tomers.
The NSW DPI Laboratory Services Terms and Conditions:
· outline the obligations of both NSW DPI Laboratory Services and our customers in relation
to testing;
· specifies how samples should arrive at the laboratory and that an assessment will be
made in relation to whether they are fit for testing and accompanied by adequate test-
ing information; and
· details information related to intellectual property rights, warranties, liabilities, indemnity
and dispute resolution.
What happens next?
The new Terms and Conditions will be introduced on 1 May 2017. From this date, you will need to
tick a box at the bottom of the laboratory submission form each time you submit samples to the
laboratory, indicating that you agree to the Terms and Conditions of testing, which are attached
to this email and can be found at our website.
You can download a copy of the new forms at our website:
· Veterinary specimen advice
· Footrot specimen advice
· Genetic testing specimen advice
· Parasitology specimen advice
· Equine export specimen advice
From this date, samples that arrive at the laboratory in a condition where they are unable to
be tested, or without adequate supporting documentation will no longer be accepted for testing.
NSW DPI Laboratory Services has prepared a series of short instructional videos that will assist you
in better understanding the requirements for packing and shipping samples to the laboratory.
Further information
If you require further information about NSW DPI Laboratory Services please contact us on 1800
675 623 or [email protected]. You can also visit our website
at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/labs.
Kind regards
Jason
Jason Williams | Team Leader Customer Services
NSW DPI Laboratory Services
NSW Department of Primary Industries | Biosecurity & Food Safety
EMAI | Woodbridge Road, Menangle NSW 2568 | Private Bag 4008 | Narellan NSW 2567
T: 1800 675 623 | F: +61 2 4640 6400
W: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/labs
Material Safety Data Sheets
Use of apithor
https://www.apithor.com.au/index.html
Use of diatomaceous earth
https://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9923703
Any chemical that is used on the hive or near the hive, become familiar with the material safety
data sheet.
Dear Show Presidents and Secretaries,
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW will be hosting a one day Honey, Candle, & Beeswax Judg-
ing Tutorial at Sydney Showground on Monday 18th September 2017.
Would you like to add to your skills in the manufacturing of better honey? Would you like to make
better candles, or to unlock the secrets of better beeswax and bees wax moulds?
Whether you're on the way to expert level or just starting out here's the chance to ask all those
questions you need answered and pick up some tips from experts in their field.
Mr Bruce White OAM along with Cate Burton and will facilitate the tutorial. Bruce has been a
beekeeper for over 60 years and he worked in the industry at the Department of Agriculture be-
fore retiring, he is a renowned Judge in the field and is a patient, great communicator. Cate has
been making candles for well over a decade and is a Judge of candles, beeswax and wax
moulds, what she doesn’t know about beeswax isn’t worth knowing!
This tutorial is open to anyone that has an interest in becoming a Judge and/OR if you would like
to improve the quality of your exhibit and learn what the judges are looking for during competi-
tion.
Cost is only $50 per person for all the information you can absorb andincludes a light lunch.
To book please use the link attached.
https://www.myras.org.au/Registration/emc00/PublicSignIn.aspx?
Or-
gCode=10&EvtID=66782&CC=117072803651&SessionID=fc4ff0ff8fdpfa3&DictSeq=42&Lang=01&A
ppCode=REG&CultureInfo=en-AU
Regards,
Nicky Seeto
