The Buzz Newsletter

April 2005

 

 

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Central Iowa Beekeepers Annual Auction

The Central Iowa Beekeepers Annual Auction will be held at Harry Hunter's place: 2781 SE 70th St Pleasant Hill on April 23, 2005. Auction will start at 10:00 am.
Lunch and snacks will be available.

Directions: >From Des Moines---go out Vandialia Rd to SE 70th St and turn left. Or go out Hwy 163 or SE 6th St to SE 72nd St and turn right. Go to Vandalia and turn right. Proceed about 2 blocks to SE 7-th St. and turn right.

From the north--I-35 to I-80 to Altoona turnoff. Go south through Altoona and follow that street to VandaliaRd., which is several miles-- OR--go down Hwy 330/65 to the stoplight at Bondurant and turn left onto Hwy 338. Follow that through Altoona and south to Vandalia Rd. Turn right onto Vandalia and proceed about 2 blocks to SE70th St and turn right.

From the southeast--Hwy 163 from Oskaloosa to NE 70th St intersection and turn left. Proceed south to Vandalia Rd and turn right.

From the southwest---take the Hwy 65 by-pass around Des Moines and exit on either Vandalia or Hwy 163 and proceed to follow above directions.
There will be signs posted, so look for them.

Consigned so far has been the usual---hive bodies of several sizes--with comb, with frames and foundation or empty, bundles of cleaned frames, foundation, a suit, hat and veil, gloves, containers, inner covers, bottom boards and a 4 frame galv. extractor, 50 gal tank and sump pump with baffles.

CIBA members consigning items for sale at the auction will pay a 10% sales commission if they consign before March 19. Non-CIBA members and members consigning after March 19 will pay a 15% commission.

Most important rule is that all drawn wax MUST BE INSPECTED BEFORE it can be unloaded at the auction site, so call IDALS and ask to get your stuff inspected before you bring it to Harry's place.

Also be advised---there will be several hives of bees at the sale site, so you can expect to see bees flying around. Most especially if it's warm and dry.
Contact Margaret Hala at <mhala@marshallnet.com> --or phone---641-752-2981---or write---1988 Vine Ave. Marshalltown, Ia 50158
OR
Phil Meyer at 515-262-4392---or write--7590 SE 90th Ave. Runnels, Ia 50237 for more information or with questions.

It helps if the items for sale are in place before the day of the sale. (Contact Phil for that.)
Don't forget to bring a complete listing for me the day of the sale, with your name, address and phone number on it.

 

WANTED: An individual in the Des Moines area willing to learn the process of mailing the BUZZ and to help do this when needed. We feel it would be a good idea that more than one person has the ability and necessary information to mail the BUZZ out to the membership. Please contact Donna Brahms, (712) 774-5878 or e-mail mbrahms@netins.net by May 1 if interested.

 

IHPA Summer Field Day
Date: July 16, 2005
Time: 9:30 (tentative)
Place: North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station – Ames, IA
Or
Iowa State Nursery – Ames, IA
(Directions to the station will be included in a later BUZZ)

Speaker: Gerry Reynolds a Kansas beekeeper who has been working with the Russian bee both in Kansas and at the USDA Baton Rouge Lab in Louisiana. Part of Gerry’s presentation will be a formal video which Gerry and the Baton Rouge group have made to explain the history of the bee and how it was introduced into the United States and the pros and cons of using the Russian bees. Gerry will also explain and answer questions on his experience working with the bees in his own honey business.

In addition to Gerry’s talk, we hope to have several of the local established beekeepers talk about getting started in beekeeping, what basic equipment is needed and where to get it, what to do to promote healthy productive bees and have a question and answer session for beginner beekeepers to ask about extracting, diseases or any other topic about starting in beekeeping.