*😃  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

From: mailto: Quick update on GDD (Growth Degree Days) Recall that the “target number” for checker-boarding is 50 GDD According to the GreenCast GDD online monitor , all areas in Marion and Hamilton Counties are now OVER 50, some considerably over. So what? If you planned to checker-board, we are past the optimal date. (See earlier Email for discussion of GDD and Checker-Boarding) You can try, though decreased swarming effects are minimized Thoughts on Supering: These comments apply to strong overwintered colonies, ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: Below is an excerpt for April… from Cornell University’s Beekeeping Calendar for the North East. We have found that the content and recommendations largely reflect those here in Central Indiana. For those of you have obtained packages. BE SURE TO FEED THEM 24/7 - True for Nucs as well. Sugar water: Use a roughly 50:50 mix of sugar to water. Lighter concentration syrup helps stimulate early egg-laying Does not have to be exact. Hot tap-water is OK Add Honey-Bee Healthy or equivalent if you wish. (Use l ...Continue Reading

*😃  Beekeepers - Heads Up 😃****Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be This MONDAY March 20th **🎉 Yes… We are back to our “Third Monday of the Month” Schedule 🎉 **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**Speaker * *New beekeeper information available - Getting Started* *We’ll be glad to take you aside for more one-on-one* *Update ...Continue Reading

Are you a beekeeper who uses Checkerboarding is an early spring hive-management strategy? - If so… Heads Up. - The date for action is coming up quickly. *This is an FYI, awareness only email.* It is primarily intended as a reminder for experienced beekeepers who may wish to use the technique. - It Does Not provide detailed instructions. (Though links to additional information are provided below) Checkerboarding is a hive management strategy based on the premise that, in ea ...Continue Reading

*   Free---*Approximately 40 deep frames with plastic foundations     Please contact-  Tiffany Walls at walls.tiffany@PROTECTED     Or 317-985-6581 for more information.      ...Continue Reading

*😃  Beekeepers - Remember 😃****Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be tomorrow evening**TUESDAY February  21st **Today is a Federal Holiday, Presidents Day*  * Holliday Park Nature Center is closed today.**(We will be back on our 3rd-Mondays schedule in March)**Holliday Park Nature Center*6363 Spring Mill Road46240*Tentative Agenda Includes**Speaker Greg Monzel*, Persimmon Herb School  — _*Using Other Hive Products: Beeswax and Pro ...Continue Reading

*CIBA Beekeeping Meeting*  *Tuesday**, February 21, 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  .  Note the change in day.  Monday is a holiday and the nature center is closed.  Our speaker is Greg Monzel from the Persimmon Herb School.  He will be making a propolis salve and talking about oth ...Continue Reading

😃  Beekeepers - Heads Up 😃**Our CIBA NEXT Beekeeping Meeting will be on TUESDAY February  21st *Monday is a Federal Holiday, Presidents Day*   Holliday Park Nature Center will be closed this Monday.*(We will be back on our 3rd-Mondays schedule in March)*Holliday Park Nature Center*6363 Spring Mill Road46240Tentative Agenda Includes*Speaker Greg Monzel*, Persimmon Herb School  — Using Other Hive Products: Beeswax and Propolis*_ New beekeep ...Continue Reading

Ross Harding can do a presentation this evening.  We haven't heard from Ross in a long time and he always has interesting stories. ...Continue Reading