Our area finally had nice, warm weather that allowed us do to a hive inspection on the Foragers hive at our apiary at Ms. Sasha’s house. Two of our members, Giana and Gabriel, came to learn and take part in the inspection. During the inspection, we found the queen as well as brood in both […]
The Foragers were back to in-person meeting after the Zoom call we had last month due to Omicron. This meeting started with a presentation from Lili on the Evolution of Beehives. She had visited the Ukraine over the winter and found some interesting history of beekeeping there. Thanks for sharing Lili! Our program for the […]
Written by Luther Y. In January, we had a fun event outside our meeting to celebrate Mr. Hodgie’s birthday. It was a “bonfire” (but was actually a huge brushfire!). It was on one of the coldest nights in January but next to the fire, it was nice and cozy. The Foragers had the opportunity to […]
There was not much to report on the club hive. It’s colder these days, so we don’t need to do an inspection as often. Mr. Hodgie brought the board that was put under the hive during the mite treatment to the December monthly meeting to show the members what it looks like after the treatment […]
Our December meeting was full of fun this month. We first started with our officer inductions. We had a fun ceremony this year for 7 officers ending with a trail mix of ingredients that were added one by one by each officer. Freeze-dried strawberries: As the Foragers Club President, Sarah is the club’s leader. The […]
