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Everyone has been asking for the Honeybee management schedule that Mr. Jim Harris made for the Beekeepers course.  So here it is......

Honeybee Management Schedule

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Members in Action. MARK ECKMAN Here are some pictures of a swarm we captured in April.  We received a call late one evening and told the woman that if the bees were there in the morning that we would come and get them.  They were still there and we arrived at 8:00 am.  The bees were all flat on the ground in a diamond pattern.  I brought a hive body next to them and started to scoop the bees into the top, when I noticed that they were walking into the hive.  We placed the hive top back on the hive, and in a half hour all of the bees had gone into the hive.  We then put a screen across the front and put a strap around the hive to hold it together, and transported the bees back to the farm.  It's been more than a month, and the bees are producing honey. We are giving a little talk about beekeeping for the summer reading program at the Columbus public library on June the 21st.  I will try and get some pictures to send to you. see more pics from Mark           On Saturday, June 21, 2008,  Mark, Jenny, and Katie Eckman taught a bee class at the Columbus Library on Macon Road.  We brought honey, two honey supers with bees in an observation hive, a whole empty hive, smokers, hive tools, veils, gloves, and many other items.  We also set up some wonderful displays with large clear pictures of bees and beekeeping, that we had borrowed from Duane Johnson.  The kids had a good time learning about bees, eating our honey on biscuits (donated by Kentucky Fried Chicken resturant on Macon Road in Columbus), and then after the program, trying on veils, gloves, and a full body suit.  They also got to handle frame grabbers, hive tools, smokers, and other tools.  The summer reading program at the library is run by Cathy Michaud.  She has put together all sorts of exciting events for the kids to see and do.  I suggest anyone with kids to check out their web site.  There is a link to the summer reading program on our site:  www.kaefarm.com  and here is another link directly to the Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System; http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/kids/aflacvacationprogram2.htm   view pics from program.

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                              Richard & Ginger Pate

Early one morning in May as we were finishing off our breakfast of bacon, eggs, grits and several cups of coffee, the phone rang.  Through the earpiece I heard an aggitated and nervous voice say "I didn't mind delivering the chicks, and all the eggs, plants and other odd things ya'll have come through the mail but I am not going to put two boxes with thousands of bees in my truck!" I laughed and told her that I would be there when the post office opened.  I arrived at nine o'clock sharp and to the relief of all the post office personel I took delivery of the bees and away I went back to the farm.

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