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Comment by Paul McCarty on January 27, 2013 at 11:18am

By the way - you Sacramento Mountain People... the Willow Trees and Cottonwoods should be blooming out in the next month and a half. Be ready for swarm control early!

Comment by Rob Shepler on January 27, 2013 at 10:51am

James I met him for the first time yesterday, sounds like a great guy and a great beekeeper! He had good things to say about you.

Comment by Diana Calkins on January 27, 2013 at 10:02am

I'm up for a carpool to Ken Hayes' seminar.  The only time I won't be available is April 26, 27 & 28 and again for one weekend in March.  Don't know the March dates yet.

Comment by James H DAWDY on January 27, 2013 at 9:30am

I am ordering two packages from Beeweaver for pickup in Roswell on March 30.  They're $150 each.  I'm also getting a couple of nucs from Aurelio Paez in Anthony.

Comment by James H DAWDY on January 27, 2013 at 9:13am

Phill Remick of Newbeerescue.com also does classes, and is willing to travel if there is enough interest.

Comment by Rob Shepler on January 27, 2013 at 9:09am

Diana thank you! I meant to mention Zia and forgot! A nuc is better than a package by a long shot, it comes with wax and usually brood, the bees get a great start on winter. I don't know when Ken's seminar will be but I will probably go, up to a car pool?

Comment by Diana Calkins on January 27, 2013 at 8:40am

When is the seminar with Ken Hays?  I've wanted to go to it for years!

Comment by Diana Calkins on January 27, 2013 at 8:40am

Not going to purchase bees this year.  Robert and I considered purchasing a nuc from Zia Queenbee this year.  I like that they are raised at a similar altitude as we live in and are more "local" than California or Texas.  We decided to see how our current bees do instead.  When/If they swarm, we hope to persuade them to take up residency in the box Robert is building.

Comment by Rob Shepler on January 27, 2013 at 7:42am

I got a chance to go the NMBKA annual meeting and had a great time, this club is full of great folks and good beekeepers

 

IF YOU WANT BEES, two of the folks up in the Albuquerque area are bringing in 4# packages this year. Craig Noorlander and Meg Mahoney will have packages with hygienic Italian queens, cost is around $125.00 per package. April is when they will be coming in, pick up is at Ken Hays in Bosque Farms south of Albuquerque. Roswell Seed also offers packages in the spring, Paul McCarty thinks that they are Beeweaver bees, I will call and get more details.

 

If you want bees, if you want MORE bees, it is time to gear up and get them on order. We found out last year that they are hard to come by when things start blooming.

 

Would you be interested in a refresher course? There are educators in the group that would come down for a fee. Ken Hays has a free seminar every year up in Bosque Farms that is pretty good too.

 

If there is interest in packages, perhaps we can put a carpool together and bring some down when they come in……give us your thoughts!

 

Rob

Comment by Paul McCarty on January 24, 2013 at 7:13am

Neonics are bad news. The downfall of our system is that it is incapable of planning for longer than the next election cycle and money has all the say. Neonics and no-till farming are big business.

Rob, still going to Albuquerqe?

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