The Buzz Newsletter

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New IHPA Officers

The Annual Meeting this past November has brought a few changes in the list of IHPA Officers and Directors. Contact information for each person is also listed on the back cover of the Buzz. Here are the changes in positions.

Vice President : Pat Ennis

Past President : Curt Bronnenberg

Historian : Doris Ramsey

John Hemke : Director #6

Please welcome these folks to their positions. If you have questions about the IHPA or beekeeping in general, the list of contacts can be a real help. They represent years of beekeeping experiences and knowledge.

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This frame sized piece of comb is only a small part of the entire
hive found in the granary.

The swarm had built an extensive set of combs in the granary.

Granary Hive Removal

On August 30, my father and I removed a hive from the wall of a granary at the Melvin Ingram farm south of Prairie City, IA. The bees had hung the comb in a hollow wall of the granary, accessing it through a large hole in the outside wall. The bees had only been there a few weeks, but were quite well established, with plenty of comb and brood. There was very little honey in the hive however. Removal of the hive went quite well. The bees were in a good mood and very little smoke was required. We began by prying the inside wall off of the building frame. Once the wall had been removed, we carefully removed the comb from inside the wall and placed it temporarily inside an empty hive body. We put a second hive body on top with drawn comb and honey in it. The bees continued to use the hole in the wall as the access point, and became established in the hive.

Submitted by Chris Taylor