EAST CENTRAL OHIO BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
NEWSLETTER
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ECOBA APRIL BUSINESS MEETING
RON OPENED ROUND TABLE BY ASKING IF MEMBERS WERE SEEING BETTER WINTER
SURVIVALS IN THEIR BEE YARDS. MOST HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR.
THREE BEEKEEPERS REPORTED BEES THAT JUST DISAPPEARED. QUESTIONS ON
FEEDERS AND FEEDING BEES FOLLOWED.
BUSINESS MEETING WAS OPENED AND MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING WERE READ BY
DANA MCVAY.A MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES AS READ WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER
.SECOND BY TINA MILENOVIC. VOTE WAS TAKEN AND PASSED .MINUTES ACCEPTED.
TREASURER REPORT WAS GIVEN BY TOM ALTHAUSER .INCOME WAS 187.82 AND
EXPENSES WERE NONE,BALANCE 3,601.29 MOTION TO ACCEPT REPORT WAS MADE BY
RON WILLISON ,SECOND BY ARNOLD CRABTREE. VOTE TAKEN AND PASSED. REPORT
ACCEPTED.
OLD BUSINESS: LIBRARY REPORT-- LETTER OF THANKS FROM LANCASTER LIBRARY TINA
REPORTS OTHER THANK YOU LETTERS HAVE COME IN FROM LIBRARIES AND SHE HAS
BACK ORDER BOOKS FOR THEM -IS WAITING ON CLUB FLYERS. OUR CLUB LIBRARY HAS A
NEW BOOK -"-STARTING RIGHT WITH BEES".CHECK IT OUT .THE 4 MAIN LIBRARIES HAVE
STARTED RECEIVING "BEE CULTURE" MAGAZINE WHICH CAN BE GOOD SOURCE FOR NEW
AND OLD BEEKEEPERS.
ARBOR DAY AT DAWES IS APRIL 26 .WE HAVE INFO BOOTH AND LINDA HUSTON HAS HANDS
ON FOR KIDS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE CANDLE ROLLING FOR ALL. TIME IS 10AM TO 4PM
MAY 2 AND 3 IS PERRY COUNTY HOME AND GARDEN SHOW AT PC FAIRGROUNDS. CLUB
HAS BOOTH FOR INFO AND SELLING BEE PRODUCTS .ANYONE WANTING TO SELL MUST BE
THERE TO WORK THE BOOTH. FRIDAY 4 TO 8PM AND SATURDAY 8 AM TO 4PM.
REPORT THAT BEE LAB IS DOWN AND ON TRAILER WAITING ON SITE PREP.
ROGER MILLER REPORTED QUEEN GRAFTING CLASSES WILL BE AT HIS BEE YARD ON MAY
17--24 AND JUNE 7.THIS CLASS IS OPEN TO OSBA MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE SO BECOME
A MEMBER AND LEARN TO GRAFT QUEENS.
NEW BUSINESS: MEMBERS WANT TO HOLD MEETINGS IN BEE YARD SO NEXT MEETING
,MAY 15 WILL BE IN BEE YARD .BRING YOUR SUIT AND A CHAIR,IF WEATHER IS BAD WILL
MEET AT REGULAR PLACE,JUNE MEETING WILL BE PART OF PICNIC ,JUNE 28 AT DAWES.
MORE INFO TO COME.
JULY MEETING WILL BE THE 17 AND WE WILL MEET IN TOM ALTHAUSER'S BEE YARD.
RON REPORTS THAT HB 501 HAS BEEN READ ON THE FLOOR AND A GROUP HAS GIVEN
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE BILL. WILL NOW WAIT TIL IT IS PUT ON AGENDA TO COME UP
FOR A VOTE. PLEASE WRITE TO OUR GOVERNOR AND DEPT OF AGRICULTURE IN FAVOR OF
THIS BILL. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.A MOTION TO COMPOSE A CLUB LETTER TO THE
GOVERNOR WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER,SECOND BY TINA MILENOVIC. VOTE PASSED TO
SEND CLUB LETTER TO GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL OHIO BEEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED $7,500 GRANT FROM FRANKLIN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HELP START -UP 15 NEW BEEKEEPERS IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY. THEY ARE ALSO WORKING TO PLACE BEES AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
A PROPOSAL THAT CLUB MEMBERS THAT REACH THEIR 70TH BIRTHDAY AND HAVE BEEN
PAID MEMBERS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS BE MADE LIFE TIME MEMBERS.A MOTION WAS
MADE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE A MOTION BY TINA MILENOVIC,2ND BY RON WILLISON.
VOTE PASSED.
ARNOLD CRABTREE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT METHODS FOR MAKING SPLITS.
FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWER PERIOD. MOTION TO ADJOURN MEETING WAS
MADE BY BILL HUSTON,2ND BY ED ROWLAND .VOTE PASSED. NEXT MEETING MAY,15 AT
6:30 PM BEE YARD.
RON OPENED ROUND TABLE BY ASKING IF MEMBERS WERE SEEING BETTER WINTER
SURVIVALS IN THEIR BEE YARDS. MOST HAVE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR.
THREE BEEKEEPERS REPORTED BEES THAT JUST DISAPPEARED. QUESTIONS ON
FEEDERS AND FEEDING BEES FOLLOWED.
BUSINESS MEETING WAS OPENED AND MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING WERE READ BY
DANA MCVAY.A MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES AS READ WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER
.SECOND BY TINA MILENOVIC. VOTE WAS TAKEN AND PASSED .MINUTES ACCEPTED.
TREASURER REPORT WAS GIVEN BY TOM ALTHAUSER .INCOME WAS 187.82 AND
EXPENSES WERE NONE,BALANCE 3,601.29 MOTION TO ACCEPT REPORT WAS MADE BY
RON WILLISON ,SECOND BY ARNOLD CRABTREE. VOTE TAKEN AND PASSED. REPORT
ACCEPTED.
OLD BUSINESS: LIBRARY REPORT-- LETTER OF THANKS FROM LANCASTER LIBRARY TINA
REPORTS OTHER THANK YOU LETTERS HAVE COME IN FROM LIBRARIES AND SHE HAS
BACK ORDER BOOKS FOR THEM -IS WAITING ON CLUB FLYERS. OUR CLUB LIBRARY HAS A
NEW BOOK -"-STARTING RIGHT WITH BEES".CHECK IT OUT .THE 4 MAIN LIBRARIES HAVE
STARTED RECEIVING "BEE CULTURE" MAGAZINE WHICH CAN BE GOOD SOURCE FOR NEW
AND OLD BEEKEEPERS.
ARBOR DAY AT DAWES IS APRIL 26 .WE HAVE INFO BOOTH AND LINDA HUSTON HAS HANDS
ON FOR KIDS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE CANDLE ROLLING FOR ALL. TIME IS 10AM TO 4PM
MAY 2 AND 3 IS PERRY COUNTY HOME AND GARDEN SHOW AT PC FAIRGROUNDS. CLUB
HAS BOOTH FOR INFO AND SELLING BEE PRODUCTS .ANYONE WANTING TO SELL MUST BE
THERE TO WORK THE BOOTH. FRIDAY 4 TO 8PM AND SATURDAY 8 AM TO 4PM.
REPORT THAT BEE LAB IS DOWN AND ON TRAILER WAITING ON SITE PREP.
ROGER MILLER REPORTED QUEEN GRAFTING CLASSES WILL BE AT HIS BEE YARD ON MAY
17--24 AND JUNE 7.THIS CLASS IS OPEN TO OSBA MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE SO BECOME
A MEMBER AND LEARN TO GRAFT QUEENS.
NEW BUSINESS: MEMBERS WANT TO HOLD MEETINGS IN BEE YARD SO NEXT MEETING
,MAY 15 WILL BE IN BEE YARD .BRING YOUR SUIT AND A CHAIR,IF WEATHER IS BAD WILL
MEET AT REGULAR PLACE,JUNE MEETING WILL BE PART OF PICNIC ,JUNE 28 AT DAWES.
MORE INFO TO COME.
JULY MEETING WILL BE THE 17 AND WE WILL MEET IN TOM ALTHAUSER'S BEE YARD.
RON REPORTS THAT HB 501 HAS BEEN READ ON THE FLOOR AND A GROUP HAS GIVEN
TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF THE BILL. WILL NOW WAIT TIL IT IS PUT ON AGENDA TO COME UP
FOR A VOTE. PLEASE WRITE TO OUR GOVERNOR AND DEPT OF AGRICULTURE IN FAVOR OF
THIS BILL. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.A MOTION TO COMPOSE A CLUB LETTER TO THE
GOVERNOR WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER,SECOND BY TINA MILENOVIC. VOTE PASSED TO
SEND CLUB LETTER TO GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL OHIO BEEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED $7,500 GRANT FROM FRANKLIN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HELP START -UP 15 NEW BEEKEEPERS IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY. THEY ARE ALSO WORKING TO PLACE BEES AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
A PROPOSAL THAT CLUB MEMBERS THAT REACH THEIR 70TH BIRTHDAY AND HAVE BEEN
PAID MEMBERS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS BE MADE LIFE TIME MEMBERS.A MOTION WAS
MADE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE A MOTION BY TINA MILENOVIC,2ND BY RON WILLISON.
VOTE PASSED.
ARNOLD CRABTREE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT METHODS FOR MAKING SPLITS.
FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWER PERIOD. MOTION TO ADJOURN MEETING WAS
MADE BY BILL HUSTON,2ND BY ED ROWLAND .VOTE PASSED. NEXT MEETING MAY,15 AT
6:30 PM BEE YARD.
ECOBA MAY 15 MEETING DAWES ARBORETUM 48 MEMBERS PRESENT
ROUND TABLE TOPICS WERE ,"HOW LONG TO KEEP FEEDERS ON BEES","HOW TO CLEAN SMOKER AND
WHAT TYPE FUEL IS BEST.""SWARM TRAPS AND HOW TO USE",LATEST DATE TO START NEW COLONY FROM
SWARMS"
RON HOOPES OPENED MEETING .MINUTES OF LAST MEETING WERE READ BY DANA MCVAY. MOTION TO
ACCEPT MINUTES WAS MADE BY DOUG KANUCKLE ,SECOND BY CARL CORDLE. VOTE PASSED TO ACCEPT
MINUTES A READ.
NO TREASURER REPORT WAS GIVEN.
CARL CORDLE READ SOME LETTERS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN THANKING HIM FOR GIVING TALK ON
BEES AT THEIR SCHOOL.
LINDA HUSTON REPORTED SHE HAS THREE TALKS SCHEDULED AT LIBRARIES .
PICNIC COMMITTEE PASSED VOLUNTEER SHEET FOR JUNE 28 PICNIC TO BE HELD AT REGULAR MEETING
PLACE. MEAT AND BREAD WILL BE PROVIDED BY CLUB SO BRING WHAT EVER DISH YOU WANT TO SHARE.
VISIT TO THE BEE YARD WILL BE IN AFTERNOON.
LINDA ASKED THAT MEMBERS RETURN BOOKS TO OUR LIBRARY SO OTHERS CAN ENJOY READING THEM
.
KAREN CRUTCHER ASK THAT MEMBERS PAY THEIR DUES AND LET HER KNOW IF ANY ARE LIFE
MEMBERS SO SHE CAN GET PHONE BOOKS PRINTED FOR PAID MEMBERS .SHE ALSO NEEDS NAMES AND
E-MAILS FOR SENDING NEWSLETTER OUT .
LINDA HUSTON REPORTED "ARBOR DAY WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND THAT OVER 150 FINGER BEES
WERE MADE AND ABOUT 200 CANDLES WERE ROLLED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
CARL CORDLE REPORTED HE WAS ONLY ONE SELLING HONEY AT PERRY COUNTY HOME SHOW AND
MADE $200.00 ON HIS SELLS.HE FOUND THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO BE VERY HIGH FOR BEEKEEPING.
RON HOOPES ASKED CLUB TO BACK 4-H STUDENT IN SUGAR GROVE BY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND
HIVE.A MOTION WAS MADE FOR $90.00 TO HELP GET THIS STUDENT STARTED BY BILL HUSTON AND
SECOND BY CARL CORDLE MOTION PASSED.
RON REPORTS JOHN GRAFTON HAS BEEN ASKED TO RETIRE IN JULY AND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET
LETTERS WRITTEN TO GOVERNOR TO KEEP JOHN IN THIS POST. ALSO OSU IS DOWN SIZING APIARY
SECTION AND MAY NOT REPLACE JIM TEW WHEN HE RETIRES. THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH NO SPECIALIST
IN THE STATE BEEKEEPING AREA.
DANA MCVAY READ LETTER ON 4-H BEEKEEPING CONTEST FOR 2009.ANYONE CONNECTED WITH 4 H
CLUBS CAN GET MORE INFO FROM DANA.
MEETING BROKE FOR REFRESHMENTS , AFTERWARDS ROGER MILLER TALKED ON UP COMING
INSPECTION SEASON AND WHAT TO DO TO READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN MEETING WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER AND SECOND BY DAN LONGSTRETH.
MOTION PASSED. NEXT MEETING WILL BE PART OF PICNIC ON JUNE 28,2008.
DANA MCVAY,SEC ECOBA 2008
ROUND TABLE TOPICS WERE ,"HOW LONG TO KEEP FEEDERS ON BEES","HOW TO CLEAN SMOKER AND
WHAT TYPE FUEL IS BEST.""SWARM TRAPS AND HOW TO USE",LATEST DATE TO START NEW COLONY FROM
SWARMS"
RON HOOPES OPENED MEETING .MINUTES OF LAST MEETING WERE READ BY DANA MCVAY. MOTION TO
ACCEPT MINUTES WAS MADE BY DOUG KANUCKLE ,SECOND BY CARL CORDLE. VOTE PASSED TO ACCEPT
MINUTES A READ.
NO TREASURER REPORT WAS GIVEN.
CARL CORDLE READ SOME LETTERS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN THANKING HIM FOR GIVING TALK ON
BEES AT THEIR SCHOOL.
LINDA HUSTON REPORTED SHE HAS THREE TALKS SCHEDULED AT LIBRARIES .
PICNIC COMMITTEE PASSED VOLUNTEER SHEET FOR JUNE 28 PICNIC TO BE HELD AT REGULAR MEETING
PLACE. MEAT AND BREAD WILL BE PROVIDED BY CLUB SO BRING WHAT EVER DISH YOU WANT TO SHARE.
VISIT TO THE BEE YARD WILL BE IN AFTERNOON.
LINDA ASKED THAT MEMBERS RETURN BOOKS TO OUR LIBRARY SO OTHERS CAN ENJOY READING THEM
.
KAREN CRUTCHER ASK THAT MEMBERS PAY THEIR DUES AND LET HER KNOW IF ANY ARE LIFE
MEMBERS SO SHE CAN GET PHONE BOOKS PRINTED FOR PAID MEMBERS .SHE ALSO NEEDS NAMES AND
E-MAILS FOR SENDING NEWSLETTER OUT .
LINDA HUSTON REPORTED "ARBOR DAY WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND THAT OVER 150 FINGER BEES
WERE MADE AND ABOUT 200 CANDLES WERE ROLLED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
CARL CORDLE REPORTED HE WAS ONLY ONE SELLING HONEY AT PERRY COUNTY HOME SHOW AND
MADE $200.00 ON HIS SELLS.HE FOUND THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO BE VERY HIGH FOR BEEKEEPING.
RON HOOPES ASKED CLUB TO BACK 4-H STUDENT IN SUGAR GROVE BY PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND
HIVE.A MOTION WAS MADE FOR $90.00 TO HELP GET THIS STUDENT STARTED BY BILL HUSTON AND
SECOND BY CARL CORDLE MOTION PASSED.
RON REPORTS JOHN GRAFTON HAS BEEN ASKED TO RETIRE IN JULY AND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET
LETTERS WRITTEN TO GOVERNOR TO KEEP JOHN IN THIS POST. ALSO OSU IS DOWN SIZING APIARY
SECTION AND MAY NOT REPLACE JIM TEW WHEN HE RETIRES. THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH NO SPECIALIST
IN THE STATE BEEKEEPING AREA.
DANA MCVAY READ LETTER ON 4-H BEEKEEPING CONTEST FOR 2009.ANYONE CONNECTED WITH 4 H
CLUBS CAN GET MORE INFO FROM DANA.
MEETING BROKE FOR REFRESHMENTS , AFTERWARDS ROGER MILLER TALKED ON UP COMING
INSPECTION SEASON AND WHAT TO DO TO READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN MEETING WAS MADE BY GREG TRECKER AND SECOND BY DAN LONGSTRETH.
MOTION PASSED. NEXT MEETING WILL BE PART OF PICNIC ON JUNE 28,2008.
DANA MCVAY,SEC ECOBA 2008
ECOBA JULY 17 MEETING 25 MEMBERS PRESENT
THE ROUND TABLE TOPIC WAS ON AFRICANIZED BEES,BAD NASTY BEES AND HOW TO REQUEEN
THE HIVE TO CALM THEM DOWN TO A PRODUCTIVE HIVE. BILL DAWSON RELATED HIS RECENT
EXPERIENCE WITH AN AFRICANIZED HIVE OF BEES.
BUSINESS MEETING WAS OPENED BY RON HOOPES.
SECRETARY REPORT WAS GIVEN BY DANA MCVAY.A MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES AS READ WAS
MADE BY DOUG KANUCKLE AND SECOND BY KAREN CRUTCHER. VOTE PASSED MINUTES WERE
ACCEPTED AS READ.
NO TREASURER REPORT WAS GIVEN
REPORT THAT SILENT AUCTION BROUGHT THE CLUB $600.00 +.
OLD BUSINESS--- LINDA HUSTON REPORTED THAT THE 3 LIBRARIES SHE SPOKE AT WERE VERY
HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT BEES.
BILL HUSTON SAID THE NEW STUDENT WAS SET UP WITH BEES IN HIS HIVE AND SEEMS TO BE DOING
WELL.
NEW BUSINESS--RON HOOPES ASKED WHERE CLUB BANNER WAS AS IT WILL BE NEEDED FOR
THE MUSKINGHAM COUNTY FAIR. HE ALSO PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT ALL THE CLUB MEMBERS
ENTER HONEY IN THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY FAIR IN OCTOBER. THE FAIR COMMITTEE IS TALKING OF
CLOSING HONEY CONTEST IF NOT MORE ENTRIES THIS YEAR. MORE INFO ON ENTERING YOUR
HONEY WILL BE AT NEXT MEETING.
DANA MCVAY READ A LETTER FROM EXCHANGE STUDENT GROUP ASKING FOR A BEEKEEPING
FAMILY TO HOST A STUDENT FROM GERMANY.
MOTION TO ADJOURN MEETING MADE BY DOUG KANUCKLE ,SECOND BY KAREN CRUTCHER.
VOTE PASSED MEETING ADJOURNED.
HELEN HOFFELT PRESENTED A PROGRAM ON HOW TO USE A DIGITAL CAMERA TO TAKE BEE
PICTURES ,THIS WILL HELP MEMBERS TO ENTER PICTURES IN THE LITHOPOLIS HONEY FEST PHOTO
CONTEST. PICTURES CAN BE ENTERED AT AUGUST 21ST MEETING. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT ENTER.
SUBMITTED BY DANA MCVAY ,SEC ECOBA