The Buzz Newsletter

April 2006

 

 

Page 6

Summer Field Day

Plans for the summer field day have been finalized. It will be held at the 4-H Center in Madrid. The main speaker will be David VanderDussen from Nod Apiary Products in Ontario. They are the manufacturers of MiteAway II formic acid pads. These are pads that are preloaded with acid. I heard David speak at the AHPA meeting in Houston. He has a lot of good information about Varroa mites. He has a product to promote but a lot of his information about mites is applicable to any type of treatment. It’s all about being about to estimate population growth. The morning program will be devoted to Varroa mites and how to work with MiteAway II. After lunch, hives will be opened and demos given on how to take ether rolls and sugar rolls.

Lunch will be either BBQ chicken or BBQ pork. The main course and drink will be provided by the association. We hope everyone will bring a dish to share for pot luck. We have to charge a registration fee for this event to help defray the expenses of the speaker. We have to provide his transportation and other travel expenses. The association is paying for lunch. Registrations for the field day need to be sent to Pat Ennis at the address below. Fees will be $10 for members and $15 for non members. Non members will be able to receive the Buzz for the remainder of the year.

Pat Ennis
1040 Union Ave.
Goodell, IA 50439
(641) 444-4767
Flat_Lander@lycos.com

Submitted by Phil Ebert

SUMMER FIELD DAY
JULY 8TH
IOWA 4-H CENTER
1991 Peach Avenue
Madrid, Iowa 50156
(515) 795-3338
www.extension.iastate.edu/4hcenter

Morning Schedule:
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome, Announcements, Introduction
9:15 Varroa Mite, what to do…………...…...….David Vander Dussen

10:30 BREAK

10:45 IOWA BEE INSPECTIONS……...………………...Boyd Palmer
11:00 Mite-Away II tm…………………………..David Vander Dussen

12:00 LUNCH BBQ CHICKEN OR A BBQ PIG

1:15 BREAK OUT IN FOUR GROUPS:

ONE…………..….…………….....David Vander Dussen
TWO…………..……………………….William Eickholt
THREE…………………..…..……………..Boyd Palmer
FOUR…………………...…..………………….Pat Ennis

Each group will open up two hives, on one we will do either a powdered sugar or ether roll and the other will have a stick board to do a mite count.

3:15 QUESTIONS

HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE FAIR.

We will be trying to get someone to come in and make homemade ice cream or malts. We hope all will bring a dish to pas and spend time with friends.