21 NOVEMBER 2011 MINUTES
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BUSINESS MEETING
1) Call to Order:
The Business Meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairperson Betty Ward at 7:10 pm.
2) Reading of the Minutes of the Preceding Business Meetings:
The minutes of the 17 October 2011 Business Meeting were read by Secretary Glenn Galau. They were approved with minor corrections.
3) Treasurer's Report:
Treasurer Louise 'Doc' Spears gave the Treasurer's Report of transactions since the last business meeting. The balance at the 17 October 2011 meeting was $ 1,113.63. Prior to this evening, there were one expense of $ 30.00 and two deposits totaling $ 178.00, leaving a balance of $ 1,261.63. The report was approved as read.
4) Officer and Committee Reports:
Betty Ward, Program Chairperson: Betty reported that the December 2011 meeting would be the Annual Business Meeting with Officer Annual Reports and elections of new Officers. Refreshments would be served.
Carol Williamson, Chair of the Nominating Committee: The committee has nominated the following persons for year 2012: Gordon 'Tick' Bufford for Chairperson; Kevin Strawser for Vice-Chairperson and also for Program Chairperson; Glenn Galau for Secretary; Duncan Gannon for Treasurer; Tony Sheppard for Communications Chairperson and Wanda O'Callaghan for Communications Vice-Chairperson. Additional nominations will be welcomed from the floor at this time and during the December meeting. No nominations were offered at tonight's meeting.
Glenn Galau, Webmaster: No Report
5) Old Business: None
6) Unfinished Business:
7) New Business:
There was a short discussion about purchasing two items; bags for honey sold at festivals, and T-shirts for fundraising. Tony Sheppard said he would look at what was available.
Robert Maro suggested that the Club might serve as a local distributor of package bees this spring, or at least organize a central location where package bees might be distributed to local residents.
8) Adjournment:
The Business Meeting was adjourned at about 7:40 pm.
9) Submitted by Secretary Glenn Galau
Approved with modifications during the Business Meeting of 19 December 2011.
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PROGRAM
Betty Ward introduced speaker Linda Tillman Linda Tillman who will be speaking about Low-Tech Beekeeping. The following is taken from her blog:
Linda has hives at her home and maintains hives at two community gardens. To keep records of her beekeeping experiences, Linda started an Internet blog Linda's Bees at beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com in April 2006 when she installed her first nucs. She writes about her beekeeping learning experiences, her mistakes and her successes. On her blog she demonstrates her passion for natural beekeeping, using no poisons and foundationless frames, among other natural beekeeping practices. She has made and posted videos on basic beekeeping skills such as inspecting a hive, harvesting honey without an extractor, using a simple solar wax melter, and other topics. She has given talks and workshops big and small. As a Director on the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association Board, one way in which Linda mentors others is through working with new beekeepers in Metro's hands-on hive inspection program. Linda has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University and is in private practice in midtown Atlanta. She also teaches in Emory's Department of Rehabilitative Medicine where she trains doctoral students in physical therapy to communicate well with their patients.
Linda uses only 8-frame medium boxes. This is for interchangeability, lower weight and more honey. The only downside is that one must start with package bees rather than nucs because nucs always use deep boxes.
She does not use foundation except for a narrow strip so that only 1/2 to 3/4 inch is exposed. In this respect the setup is very much like a top-bar hive. She had extensive comments about the wax tubes that are used to cement the strip into the foundation and has a video on how to use them properly. Linda also recommends replacing comb every year. Linda also demonstrated a very inexpensive solar wax melter and how to melt and purify wax.
There were plenty of other tips, including the use of Sonny-Mel beetle traps and robber/migratory screens. Of particular interest was her use of bee drapes to limit the exposure of frames when one is examining a colony. Use flour sack towels over those frames not being worked. They have a very tight weave that prevents entanglement of the bees and they greatly reduce stress on the colony.
A delightful and very informative evening. Check out her blog and videos for more details.
Please see the 2011 Monthly Meetings page for more details of the talk.
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