Meeting April 24, 2025 – Follow Up

TOPICS: Charliese Wand – Colony splitting and swarm control

It was an excellent meeting 50 members were present. At the beginning of the meeting Angela Cox presented Bob Crowhurst with an engraved hive tool in honor of being President of MOEBA from 2008 – 2016. 

Speaker – Charliese Wand – Tech-Transfer Program

We have Charliese’s Colony splitting and swarm control presentation here to download. It is spit into 2 parts. Download Part 1   Download Part 2

Nathan from Thames River Melons did a presentation on the overwintering survey results. That is available to download here. Overwintering Survey Results

Charliese attended the University of Guelph and completed her degree in marine and freshwater biology, with a minor in ecology. Although Charliese’s degree surrounds aquatic life, she has always had a desire to learn about and work with honey bees. Charliese was first introduced to beekeeping as a child, when her family started a small hobby apiary in 2014. Over the years, her knowledge of beekeeping grew as the tasks on the home apiary increased and became more complicated. Charliese is no stranger to the beekeeping community, as attending local meetings, yard tours, and watching presentations has been part of her extracurriculars.

Beekeepers Corner – Angela on making nucs and queens, procedures and permits

Angela’s links:

Ask OMAFRA Beekeepers Portal- https://www.oep.omafra.gov.on.ca/landing/omafra/en
-registration renewal
-apply for a queen and nuc permit

Ontario Nuc Box Program- https://www.ontariobee.com/Nuc-Box-Program

The Ontario Resistant Honey Bee Selection Program (ORHBS)- breeder list- http://orhbs.ca/breeders.html

Making Nucleus Colonies – University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre

Gallery of Meeting April 24, 2025: