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NJBA President's Message August/September 2008

The first thing I want to do is welcome all the new members. According to Curtis we have over 40 new individual memberships and over 60 new family memberships. This is fantastic news! I believe that this may be the largest, single-year increase yet. I hope this is a sign of good things to come. I would also like to extend a special invitation to these new members to the annual picnic and auction of bee equipment at Bob's house on August 23, so they can get to meet the rest of us.

I think that the spring honey flow, which seemed to start later than usual, is just about over. I seemed to do better than the last few years, and I hope that all of you had your bees fill up a lot of supers. Now that we are heading into the dog days of summer, it is important to keep track of our bees' honey stores. The first year that I had bees, I lost two hives to starvation at the end of August because it was so dry that there was hardly any nectar for the bees to collect. This is especially important for those of us who live in the Pine Barrens. It is important to check them often, and if they seem light in honey stores, feed them immediately.

Looking ahead to the fall, let's hope for a good goldenrod bloom so that there is a good fall nectar flow. As an early reminder, keep October 11 open for the fall meeting. We will be having a very interesting speaker; Greg Hunt, who was involved in research that determined the genetic makeup of the bee.

Again, I look forward to seeing you at the picnic!

Pete Leighton