From: mailto: 😃 Beekeepers - Heads Up 😃 Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be This MONDAY May 15th Holliday Park Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road 46240 Zoom Link: (We will do our best). Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting indyurbanbeekeeping.org  ...Continue Reading

 These Signs will be available at the CIBA Meeting this Monday evening at Holiday Park, See you there.A Gentle Reminder: This sign gets the message out by stimulating curiosity not shame. If you want a sign like this for your yard, contact beekeeper Greg Peterson at 317- 445-7492 to arrange for pickup in the Meridian Kessler area of Indianapolis. Signs are 24 x 18”, two-sided, and come with a stand. I am selling them at cost for $12 each Greg & Susan Peterson5621 N. Pennsylvania ...Continue Reading

Sorry…. Forgot to include next month’s Cornell Beekeeping Calendar ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: It is May and Warm! — Finally 😃 - Honey-Bees Love It! Below find May and June excerpts from the Cornell University Beekeeping Calendar. (We find it to closely follow beekeeping here in Central Indiana). Newer Beekeepers: Keep feeding packages and nucs until they are well established Be sure bees have adequate volume to expand Avoid “Backfilling”: - When bees run out of room for nectar, they will “backfill” into the brood area. - This leads to less egg-laying, and potential swarming. Add second deep o ...Continue Reading

A large swarm is available in the Broad Ripple area. Call came in around 7:00 PM Monday evening, May 8. Should still be there in the morning. BUT… It is about 25-30 feet up in an evergreen tree. More information call - 317-626-0929 CIBA Beekeeping…. ...Continue Reading

*Cold and Cool Weather - What’s Going On With My Bees?*After a few very warm days we have moved into an extended period of cooler weather: Highs in the 50s, occasionally 60s; Lows in the 40s, even 30s.  What is this doing to our bees? — A significant factor will be their ability to forage for pollen and nectar, and, if swarming, the ability to seek our adequate nesting sites.Very Cool Temperatures Limit Foraging: [*]Most efficient flying occurs when body temperatures are in the 75-8 ...Continue Reading

This East Central Beekeepers Spring Picnic is an annual tradition.  Enjoy educational presentations, an auction of beekeeping and other equipment, good food and company of good beekeepers.  😃 This years event is about 2-weeks earlier than usual, and near Daleville, north of Indianapolis. - Plan accordingly.DO COME - You will be glad you came.  😃FYI:  EAST CENTRAL INDIANA BEEKEEPERSSPRING AUCTION & PITCH-IN LUNCH ~ MAY 6, 2023       &n ...Continue Reading

*Meeting is Tonight, _April 17th_********😃  Beekeepers - Heads Up 😃****Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be This MONDAY April 17th * **Holliday Park Nature Center*6363 Spring Mill Road46240Zoom Link: (We will do our best).Join our Cloud HD Video Meetingus02web.zoom.us ...Continue Reading

*😃  Beekeepers - Heads Up 😃****Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be This MONDAY April 18th * **Holliday Park Nature Center*6363 Spring Mill Road46240Zoom Link: (We will do our best).Join our Cloud HD Video Meetingus02web.zoom.us*Tentative Agenda Includes**Our Hive Butler Fund Raiser closes.  $1 per ticket: See details below - * *Open Panel Discussion - Bring your questions!* *If you wish write out your questions and give them to someone at the ...Continue Reading

*CIBA Beekeeping Meeting*  *Monday**, April 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM*  Holliday Park Nature Center  6363 Spring Mill Rd., 46260  In person at the Nature Center or online with this zoom weblink:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82271601986?pwd=ellmUE02eGpGaDVHNkYwcTNGeGZaUT09  *Announcements / Questions / Reminders / Business Items * [*]Welcome to everyone.  Enjoy refreshments.  Donate to CIBA by purchasing raffle tickets.   [*]New beekeepers make themselves known and where y ...Continue Reading