The Prairie State Beekeepers meeting on July 1, 2021, will be an in person meeting limited to the first 26 persons to arrive (if attendance limitations are still in place). Start time is 7 PM.
The meeting location is the Sangamon County Farm Bureau Building
The meeting will be on Zoom for those who cannot or do not wish to attend in person.
The Zoom invite will issued on June 30, 2021, to all members via the Prairie State Google Group forum.
The meeting location is the Sangamon County Farm Bureau Building
The meeting will be on Zoom for those who cannot or do not wish to attend in person.
The Zoom invite will issued on June 30, 2021, to all members via the Prairie State Google Group forum.
Tentative Agenda
- Business items to attend to (max time is 15 minutes)
- Status of Queen Cells and Mated Queen Projects
- Q&A
- Watch for nectar flows and dearths in June and July
- Look for wet queen cups and/or queen cells
- Reminder supersedure cells/cups usually on face (towards middle/center) of frame, swarm cells/cups usually on frame perimeter (bottom bar and side of frame).
- Leave supercedure cells alone - the bees know best
- Swarm cells provide you the opportunity to create splits and re-queen in June and July. Queens mated after the summer solstice (June 20) are said to lay more vigorously and longer into the year and provide the colony more "winter ready bees"
- Swarms also provide a natural brood break (a varroa mite control)
- Protein Supplement - use sparingly do not give the bees more than they can process into bee bread in 1 to 2 days
- Small Hive Beetle traps - check at least once a week, replace as needed. You can clean and reuse the disposable AJ Beetle Blaster traps (put in wide mouth jar and fill with ammonia) we will discuss at meeting
- Do not remove full honey supers unless you will be extracting it within 2 days of removal from hive
- Contact Rich Ramsey to schedule the borrowing and use of the Prairie State extractors
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Membership dues: $15 yearly, $10 of which includes membership in the Illinois State Beekeepers Association (ISBA).
If you have not yet renewed your membership, you will be inactivated on the Prairie State and the Illinois State Beekeepers membership rosters. You can reactivate your membership by submitting a renewal. The membership application/renewal form can be found on the Documents page tab of the website. Bring it to the next meeting you can attend. Give your membership renewal or new membership form and payment to the Membership Secretary. The Membership Secretary will record your membership payment and then forward the payment to the Treasurer for deposit. New member applications will be reviewed by the officers before the membership is approved. Due to the COVID-19 situation, you can mail in your renewal to Laurie Tappenbeck (membership secretary), her contact information is below so you can email or call her to obtain her mailing address. |
Our thanks to Jefferies Orchard
for support of Prairie State Beekeepers 
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Your membership entitles you to a discounted subscription rate for the American Bee Journal magazine. Bee Culture is also an excellent publication, but it does not offer a discounted subscription.
Contact Information & Officers:
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ISBA Membership Director
Steve Petrilli Mechanicsburg, IL 217.638.7891 spetrilli45@gmail.com |
ISBA Legislative Liaison
Rich Ramsey Rochester, IL 217.691.9354 rramsey2@gmail.com |
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State of Illinois Dept. of Agriculture Apiary Inspector
Illinois Bees and Apiaries Program Arvin Pierce Waverly, IL 217.638.6371 rvnpirc51@gmail.com |