Summer Camps for Children in 2nd Through 12th Grades

Hey Ya'll!

This is Stephen! Kaylee and I are super excited to start these summer camps. It's going be a world of fun, so if you are interested in signing your child up for a Science Based Art summer camp, please check out the link:  "Summer Camp Registration" just under the blog head photos above. Every detail you need to know about each camp is located at that link, so click away! Hope to see you this summer!!

This is the best start my honeybees have ever seen! The weather is unbelievably warm.

I am very impressed once again with Steve and Donna Victors transportation of our bees! For those of you who did not order early enough to obtain bees from the Victors shipment, please consider ordering earlier next year and Steve shared he will have several hundred more colonies available for the Fairbanks shipment next year. If the weather holds hive manipulation will be different than previous years so check in on this blog regularly as I will communicate what I am doing each time I work with my hives through the season.

From the Science-Based Art Beekeepers Calendar:

April 29^th – May 1^st: First Queen Check (50* or warmer) Looking for eggs & larva (Do not look for queen if it is too cold) If you find no eggs, check again in three days. Do not let sugar water run out!

Keep filling feeder(s) every 3-5 days without doing a full hive check.

I will be filling sugar feeders on 4/26/16 when it is 50* or warmer. 

I am pulling out entrance reducers by 11 AM and reducing my entrances to the smallest setting by 7 PM.

Blessings for your first week of beekeeping in 2016!

~ Dawn

APRIL 23rd, 2016 - Arrival of Honeybees from California Almond Fields

One week from today we are expecting the arrival of our beloved honeybees from California. Steve and Donna Victors will receive the bees at Anchorage International Airport and drive them up to Fairbanks in an air conditioned trailer. The estimated time of arrival in Fairbanks will be posted here on this blog by Saturday morning 4/23/16.
Reminders:
1)  Bring equipment inside 24 hours before hiving your bees.
2) Make sugar water (at least 1:1) 24 hours ahead and at room temperature at the time of hiving. (Having a weak sugar syrup can cause bees to expire, but don't over-do it either).
3) Have internal and external insulation ready.
4) Have a chemical-free spray bottle ready.
5) Mini-Marshmallows are available for free when the bees arrive.
6) Have pollen patty at room temperature ready. (Pollen patties will be available for sale when the bees arrive for $5.00 each.)

In past years beekeepers have been known to wait about an hour in the Monroe parking lot (Gym side of bldg.) Please be patient as exact time of arrival is tough to predict. If you do have to wait, bring a good book or plan on mingling with other beekeepers while you wait.

Blessings to all for a great season of gardening and beekeeping! 

Science Based Art Summer Camps!!

Hey Ya'll!

This is Stephen! Kaylee and I are super excited to start these summer camps. It's gonna be a world of fun, so if you are interested in signing your child up for a Science Based Art summer camp, please check out the link below. Every detail you need to know about each camp is located at that link, so click away! Hope to see you this summer!!


Click here for Summer Camp Sign-ups!!