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NORTHSIDE NEWS

NORTHSIDE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION INC.
PO Box 582 Kallangur 4503
April 2016
From the President…
Be good to your bees!
Gina Bourke
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Newsletter April 2016
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What’s in this issue?
Contents
Club News ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2016 Office Bearers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Redcliffe Show ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Bee Facts ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Bee Calendar ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Know our trees .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
News Articles ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council Newsletter ................................................................................................................................. 11
May is Honey Month ................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
When will a newly hatched queen begin to lay? ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Hobbyist beekeeping in Nova Scotia surges 73% since 2012 ................................................................................................................... 12
Hobby to multi-million dollar industry: backyard beehives leading to growth ......................................................................................... 14
Fatal attraction: taking on small hive beetles ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Interesting Web Sites..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Recipes .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Honey Baked Chicken with Carrot Fries ................................................................................................................................................... 18
Honey Bear Lunchbox ............................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Safari Honey-Butter-Cinnamon Popcorn .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Club Equipment............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Items for Sale/Wanted ................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Topics for Agenda ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Next Meeting’s Agenda................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
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Club News
Monthly Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month
at the Pine Rivers Showground, Gympie Road, Lawnton.
Next Meeting: 7:30pm –Tuesday, 26 April, 2016.
Welcome to all visitors, hope you enjoy the evening. Please stop for a “cuppa” and a chat after the
meeting.
Agenda Topics
If you would like an item added to the agenda or you have something in particular you would like
covered can you please email the Secretary with the details, or print and complete the “Topics for
Agenda” at the end of the newsletter and bring it along to the next meeting.
Club News
 Annual membership fees: are due at the end of January. If you have not yet renewed your
membership, please see the Treasurer at the next meeting.
Library News
The Library is a wealth of information for members of all skill levels. All members are encouraged to
make use of this most valuable resource. Please see Brian before borrowing items.
“In the Apiary” by Robin Harwood
These field days will be held on the Saturday morning following the monthly meetings starting at 9:00am
at 17 Michelle St Bellmere. Please bring along gloves, veil/suit and a water bottle.
If you are unable to attend the monthly meeting please contact the Liaison Officer to ensure that the
field day is on.
Dates of Upcoming Meetings:
31 May, 2016
21 June, 2016
19 July, 2016
Membership Draw
A Membership Draw will be held following the conclusion of the formal proceedings of the monthly
meetings. You must be a NBKA member and present on the night to claim the prize.
New Members
Reminding all new members of our buddy system where new members can be linked up with a mentor
to help them with all the beekeeping nuances that we have all experienced when we first started.
Mentors are willing and wanting to help, so please contact the Liaison Officer and you will be linked up
with someone in your area.
Aspiring Mentors
If you are an experienced beekeeper and keen to help out new members please contact the Liaison
Officer and you will be added to our mentor register.
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Club Land at Lake Samsonvale
We have been directed by SEQWATER that all members and visitors who visit the club’s land, either to
maintain their own hives or to attend the club field days must complete an induction program.
All members are asked to complete the induction by following the instructions in the attached document
(Please contact the editor for a copy of this document).
https://seqwater.sabanow.net/Saba/Web/Cloud
Please enter Northside Beekeepers Association in the Company Name
The land allocated to the club is located at:
Gate Number 67, Whiteside Road, Whiteside (off Dayboro Road)
Gate Number 41, Postman’s Track, Samsonvale
If you want to put hives on the:
Petrie site, please contact the Lawrence Bouveng (0432 112 371)
Postman’s Track site contact Ian Christie (0417 777 106).
2016 Office Bearers
President: Gina Bourke – 0403 068 705
email: [email protected]
Vice-President: Les Brown – 3283 3480
Treasurer: Shamus Leathart - 0400 322 782
Secretary: Wayne Bourke 0419 309 051
Librarian: Brian McGregor - 0408 715 447
Liaison Officer: Peter Hughes - 0413 333 820
Redcliffe Show Steward: Norma Bouveng – 0402 647 806 email: [email protected]
Redcliffe Show Delegate: Lawrence Bouveng 0432 112 371email: [email protected]
Equipment Officer: Wayne Bourke – 0419 309 051
Editor: Kevin Anderson – 0419 121 004
Committee Members
John Batchelor – 3633 0403
Dennis Parfitt – 0408 769 099
Raymond Gee – 0402 603 346
Club Shirts.
The club is looking at purchasing a number of shirts with the clubs logo and name embroidered. The
cost to members would be around $36. The first order has been placed and we are hopeful the shirts
will be available for the next meeting.
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NBKA Presentation to the Orchid Society.
Our thanks go to John Batchelor who gave a presentation to the local Orchid Society at our old
stamping ground, the Kallangur CWA hall. This is a great way to get our message across and to
promote the activities of the club. Thanks again John.
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Redcliffe Show
The Redcliffe Show is fast approaching. It will be held 24-26 June.
At the April meeting Norma will be taking us through the various categories of entries, so this is a must
attend event for all those wanting to enter into this year’s competition.
This show is regularly a huge success and the Club has won best display for the past 2 years. This is
because we have a strong culture within the club of volunteering.
The call for volunteers to help out for an hour or 2 during the show is now made. Volunteers can:
 help set up the display (Thursday 23 June) or
 take down the display at the end of the show (Sunday 26 June) or
 meet the public to answer very simple questions about keeping bees…like are all queen bees
born with the colored dot on their back?…yes a genuine question.
Entries for the honey, wax and mead will need to be the showgrounds by 10am Thursday 23 June.
Norma will supply all volunteers with a question and answer sheet which covers 99% of the questions
asked and there is always someone else there to help if you get stuck with a curly question. It is truly a
terrific experience and one you will thoroughly enjoy. I know in my first year I came away from the show
knowing a lot more than when I arrived just listening and talking to the ‘older’ and more experienced
members of the club. Ah the stories they tell…until we’re told to stop yakking and to talk to the public.
Over the coming months Norma will provide an update on the preparations for the show at each of our
monthly meetings.
To start you on your way to that elusive medal for Mead making, here is a good old recipe that I used
last year and came second. For those wanting to make a fruit mead, you need to talk to last year’s gold
medalist Peter Hughes.
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Bee Facts
Member’s contributions to the section are both encouraged and welcomed. If you wish to submit a piece for a
newsletter please email it to the news editor at [email protected].
Bee development
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Bee Calendar
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Know our trees
A good book on how to identify local gum trees is available from the Moreton Shire Council web site.
https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/uploadedFiles/common/forms/environment/Gumtree-IdentificationBooklet.pdf
So, what should be in bloom in the coming months?
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Red Bloodwood - fair nectar, fair pollen
White/yellow bloodwood – fair pollen, fair nectar
Grey Mangrove - fair pollen, fair nectar
Grey Gum topped box – no pollen, good nectar
Red Ash/Almond soadbrush – poor pollen, fair nectar
Paper Barked Tea Tree – fair pollen, good nectar
White Bottlebrush – good pollen, good nectar
Rose/Flooded Gum – fair pollen, poor nectar
Tea Tree Melaleuca - good pollen and good nectar
Banksia - fair nectar, fair pollen
Blue Gum – good pollen, fair nectar
Spotted Gum - good pollen, fair nectar
Blue Top Ironbark - fair pollen, good nectar
Wattle – poor pollen, no nectar
Blue Gum/Forrest red gum – major source of pollen, fair nectar
Spotted Gum – poor pollen, poor honey
Lemon Scented Gum – Top grade pollen, fair nectar
Blue top ironbark – fair pollen good nectar
November to April
January to May
January to March
February to June
February to May
February to May
February to May
March to May
March to August
April to June
May to September
May to October
May to September
May to December
May to September
May to October
April to August
May to September
The above flora ‘calendar’ is dependant on where you live and climate variations.
Feedback from flora experts is encouraged to help ensure our ‘calendar’ is as accurate as possible.
Follow the link below to download this RIDC publication “Bee Friendly - A planting guide for
European honeybees and Australian native pollinators”
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCc
QFjAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Frirdc.infoservices.com.au%2Fdownloads%2F12014&ei=AXZ1VZPPOaTGmAXhl4GoCA&usg=AFQjCNHcjxqatABWYkO91GIPmSeei2ZcQw
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News Articles
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council Newsletter
http://honeybee.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/March-Newsletter-2016.pdf
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May is Honey Month
http://honeybee.org.au/education/honey-month-2016/
How should we celebrate Honey Month? Please email the Secretary with any ideas or bring your ideas
along to the next meeting.
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When will a newly hatched queen begin to lay?
A first-year beekeeper e-mailed to say he was excited to see a new virgin queen in the act of hatching
from her cell. But that was three whole days ago and still no eggs! He wanted to know if he should
replace her.
My answer? Holy guacamole, give the woman a chance! These things take time. Newborn babes do not
start mating and carrying on for at least a few days.
As a matter of fact, according to M.E.A. McNeil in The Hive and the Honey Bee (2015), a new virgin
queen does not become sexually mature for five to six days after emergence. A number of things need
to happen before she is ready to fly. Like all insects, the outer layer of chitin covering her body must
become hardened and thickened, a process that may take several days. In addition, her pheromones
must develop so she will become attractive to flying drones.
Multiple mating flights are common
Once she is sexually mature, the workers escort her out the door on the first sunny afternoon in the 60s
or above. She flies to one or more drone congregation areas where she will be pursued by hoards of
drones. If all goes well, she will mate with a dozen or more, and then return to the hive, guided by
workers waiting for her return.
Sometimes, however, the number of matings from one flight is not sufficient and she must repeat the
mating flight once, or even several times, until she has collected enough sperm to fill her oviducts.
Once the oviducts are full, the sperm migrates from the oviducts into the spermatheca, the long-term
storage place for sperm. This is accomplished by a series of abdominal contractions and may take up to
40 hours. Any extra sperm is expelled from her body through the sting chamber and now the queen is
ready to begin laying.
Count the days before she lays
Looking at the math, we can see that if everything went as fast as possible, the queen could begin to lay
as early as 8 days after emergence:
5 days maturing + 1 day mating + 2 days sperm storage = 8 days
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But that almost never happens. More typical would be:
6 days maturing + 4 days mating + 2 days sperm storage = 12 days
But toss in a week of rain and it might look like this:
6 days maturing + 4 days mating + 7 days rain + 2 days sperm storage = 19 days
In fact, many people believe 2 to 3 weeks (14 to 21 days) is a good rough estimate of the hatch-to-lay
timetable.
Many risks and lots of days
All of these numbers assume that everything turns out right in the end: the queen didn’t get eaten by a
bird, get caught in a rain storm, or remain hive-bound so long that she became a drone layer. Any
number of things can easily go wrong.
And that’s only part of the waiting game; once the first egg is laid, it will take three weeks for it to hatch.
So be patient with your bees and think before you replace that new brand new queen.
Rusty
http://honeybeesuite.com/when-will-newly-hatched-queen-begin-lay/
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Hobbyist beekeeping in Nova Scotia surges 73% since 2012
Emma Jones · CBC News April 21, 2016
Cory Cauvier's most peaceful days begin with a cup of coffee and at least 20 minutes of quiet bee
observation.
"It's kind of like a form of meditation," said the 36-year-old Cole Harbour man.
Cauvier is an electronic engineering technologist by day. Outside the nine to five, he and his three kids
raise bee colonies to produce and sell their own honey.
Cauvier is a registered hobbyist beekeeper in Nova Scotia. He is part of a quickly growing cohort in
Nova Scotia that numbered 365 last year, according to the Department of Agriculture, a steady climb
from the 211 registered in 2012.
Hobbyists are those who keep 50 hives or less, and represent the majority of the province's beekeeping
population.
New crowd
Perry Brandt, a Wolfville beekeeper, says the province's apiarist meetings have never been so bustling.
And, he says, the crowd is getting noticeably younger.
"I'm 57, and I remember when I first started going to the association meetings here in Nova Scotia, I was
the young guy," he said.
"But there are a lot more young people going into more natural ways of beekeeping."
Brandt says the influx of new hobbyists could be a reaction to the recent media attention paid to
concerns about bee health.
'They're in trouble'
"Bees are in the news. They're in trouble and I think most of the world recognizes that," said Brandt. "I
think everybody is trying to do their bit."
The province is also taking note. In the past year, it decided to include hobbyist beekeepers in a subsidy
program aimed at boosting pollination by increasing the number of hives being operated.
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The same program also subsidizes the importation of international bees to the province. However,
beekeepers who solely produce honey are not eligible.
'It just spiraled from there'
Cauvier's choice to raise bees started with a desire to join the "go local" trend. He wanted to show his
kids the connection between nature and the fresh products on their table.
With a full-time job, he decided raising large animals or crops wasn't for him. Bees seemed like the most
low maintenance option because they require no more than an hour of care a week.
Once he set his sights on beekeeping, Cauvier spent years calling and visiting local beekeepers,
watching videos and reading books about making honey.
"It just spiraled from there," he said. "I had my mind open. Bees just seemed to gravitate toward me and
me toward them."
It took three years of research before Cauvier and his kids acquired hives of their own. Now, he says
everyone has a job: 10-year-old Liam does daily checks, seven-year-old Madalind focuses on honey
marketing and labels, while three-year-old Livia just likes to eat the sugar-water crystals fed to bees.
Befriend your local beekeeper
Cauvier says most hobbyist beekeepers market their honey through word of mouth because they don't
produce or sell enough to have a table at a market.
This month, Cauvier launched Beekeeper Connection, a website to connect beekeepers to each other
and to their communities. The site allows visitors to enter their postal codes and find the closest
beekeepers to them.
He said there are about 50 beekeepers using the site now, and he hopes Nova Scotians will be
surprised by just how common they are in the province.
Brandt said getting to know your local beekeeper is the best way to make responsible, healthy
purchasing choices.
"I've always said, 'Find the beekeeper closest to where you live, and his honey is going to be the best for
you.'"
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/beekeeping-hobby-2015-growth-1.3544645
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Hobby to multi-million dollar industry: backyard beehives leading to growth
ABC Rural
By Jennifer Nichols
Beekeeping has become a common hobby in Australia, with new figures showing backyard hives
make up over a third of new registrations.
Torch lights flashed at the edge of the forest as two dark figures carry a box down into a suburban
backyard.
But these figures are far from burglars, they are beekeepers.
Buderim resident, Scott Allan and apiarist Steve Price were working under the cover of darkness, on a
mission to move in a beehive.
"Night time is the best time to move them because in the daytime they're still flying. If you did try to move
them in daytime a lot of the bees would be left at home in the old site, and you'll lose a lot of those
bees," Mr Price said.
"Usually if you want bees in suburbia the way to go is to have native bees because they don't sting at all.
"But they don't produce large amounts of honey. More and more people, because of the media, are
saying we should look after the bees and we should buy our own beehive."
Mr Allan said they wanted to buy a beehive so they could have their own honey.
"I love honey, our family loves honey, we have it with everything [laughs], so that's probably one of the
the biggest things and you know, they're just fascinating creatures," he said.
"I thought it would be an exciting thing to do with the family, produce our own honey, and look after the
bees.
"I think I'm going to learn a lot by having a hive and Steve's pretty informative."
The buzz about backyard bees contributed to Biosecurity Queensland recording a 35 per cent increase
in new beehive registrations last year.
Currently, there are 3,778 registered beekeepers — professional and hobbyists — with 107,469 hives.
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The gross value of production of the Australian beekeeping industry in 2014-15 was $100.6 million, with
a forecast of $110.2 million in 2015-16.
Australian Honeybee Industry Council Executive Director, Trevor Weatherhead said there had been a
big increase in membership of beekeeping clubs in metropolitan and regional areas.
"With the decline of bees around the world a lot of people are taking a great interest in beekeeping and
there's been a big rise in the backyard beekeeper who's just got a few hives," he said.
Mr Weatherhead recommended that prospective beekeepers join a club before buying a hive.
"Get to know a little bit about it first to make sure that you really want to keep bees, because there's
nothing worse than buying them and then finding out that you don't like them and then they can become
a problem," he said.
Sunshine Coast Beekeepers Group member Bert Livingstone said hives needed to be registered with
Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
"If somebody allows their backyard hive to get a disease in, then that can spread all round the place
because bees from different hives will visit the same trees or flowers, and the next thing it's being
passed on from there," he said.
"Things like American foul brood, if they're passed on we have to destroy that hive. There's no cure for
it."
By registering beehives, biosecurity officers, can better target outbreaks of disease, including the small
hive beetle, parasitic mites and the American foulbrood bacterium.
Mr Livingstone said beekeeping groups provided vital ongoing advice for novices.
"It's a matter of having virtually a mentor from the group, that's really the only way about it and
sometimes we say, look for what you need, probably get a native beehive," he said.
For those willing to do the work and risk the sting of the European bee there are rewards, one hive can
produce up to 70 kilograms of pure, sweet, untreated honey.
Mr Livingstone said there was a difference in taste and people come back to say, "Oh, love your honey".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-18/backyard-bees-beehives-biosecurity/7334310?WT.mc_id=newsmail
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Fatal attraction: taking on small hive beetles
04 Feb 2016
Fermenting slime isn’t exactly attractive to us, but it’s one of the many odours being tested in lures
aimed at keeping small hive beetles out of bee hives as the pests start to move around over summer.
Small hive beetles are estimated to cause millions of dollars in losses to beekeepers in Australia each
year as they spread across the east coast of Australia, feeding on bee larvae and turning honey into a
smelly, fermented slime.
Field trials are currently being conducted by a team from the Department of Agriculture, led by Dr Diana
Leemon. It’s funded by the Honey Bee and Pollination R&D Program, a partnership between the Rural
Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Horticultural Innovation Australia Limited
and the Australian Government, along with the Wheen Bee Foundation and the Queensland
Beekeepers’ Association.
Beekeeper and Program spokesman James Kershaw says developing a synthetic odour that attracts
the beetles to a trap instead of hives would provide many benefits to the industry.
“There are existing treatments once you have beetles inside the hive, but this project is trying to keep
them away in the first place,” Mr Kershaw said.
“Various odours have been successfully tested in the lab. The trick will be to make them strong enough
to work outside, more attractive than whatever draws the beetles to the hives, and long-lasting enough
to be practical.
“If we can get it right, beekeepers could lay traps a few days before they bring in their hives, to get rid of
any small hive beetles in the area.
“It could also provide a way to monitor beetle numbers in specific areas, and to detect them as they
advance across the country – and into new countries like Europe and New Zealand, which have so far
managed to remain largely unaffected.”
This year’s field trials follow a pilot last summer, which used non-specific commercially available traps
baited with different lure compounds.
These had varying levels of success in capturing beetles - near honeybee hives and native bee hives
and in locations away from any known hives – which has helped to narrow the number of compounds
being tested.
This year’s trials will also involve investigations into alternative trap designs.
For more information about small hive beetles and their management, go to www.beeaware.org.au
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/news/2016/02/04/fatal-attraction-taking-on-small-hive-beetles
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Interesting Web Sites
Member’s contributions to the section are both encouraged and welcomed. If you wish to submit a web address for
a newsletter please email it to the news editor at [email protected].
http://www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnefkJSfBs
http://www.knowmoreinsixtyseconds.com/#!/video/why-does-our-survival-come-down-to-bees
http://io9.com/stunning-photos-show-the-ancient-tradition-of-honey-hun-1538049319
https://plus.google.com/communities/114407111815725919768
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p007rdq3#p00hhdrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h4uVVFCvVg&feature=em-Subs_digest
http://theconversation.com/au/environment
http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/ - University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute
http://nbpsp.planthealthaustralia.com.au/public.php?page=pub_home&program=5 - National Bee Pest
Surveillance Program
https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow - Any you tube video by SciShow.
http://www.honey.com - This is a USA website.
www.honeybeesuite.com - This is a US website, and a really good one. You can subscribe for free and
join in the conversation. I have emailed the author Rusty, and have permission to republish any articles I
find interesting in our newsletter. Thank-you Rusty.
www.bluebees.com.au – a Victorian beekeeper has devised a new bottom board referred to Bluebees
Board. Maybe the club can buy one for one of the club’s hives as a trial and assessment for the benefit
of our members.
http://www.rirdc.gov.au/research-programs/animal-industries/honeybee - Australian Government site
www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au/ The purpose of the Wheen Bee Foundation is to raise awareness of the importance
of bees for food security, and to raise money to help fund research projects
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Recipes
Member’s contributions to the section are both encouraged and welcomed. If you wish to submit a recipe for a
Honey Baked Chicken with Carrot Fries
http://www.honey.com/print/honey-baked-chicken-with-carrot-fries
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Honey Bear Lunchbox
http://www.honey.com/print/honey-bear-lunchbox
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Safari Honey-Butter-Cinnamon Popcorn
Directions
Air pop or microwave the corn kernels and transfer to a large bowl. In a small microwave safe dish, add
butter, honey, cinnamon and salt. Place in microwave for 20-30 seconds, until butter is melted. Using a
fork, combine the honey-butter mixture. Pour over popcorn and toss until the mixture is distributed
throughout.
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Club Equipment
The following items can be borrowed by club members free of charge:
 2 frame stainless steel extractor,
 2 frame plastic extractor,
 2 piece plastic uncapping bin with honey gate (+ VIP wood with nail in),
 1 x electric knife,
 Frame Assembly Jig (Built and donated by John Batchelor)
 Wiring Board
These items are light and should fit in many mid to large car boots.
It is the responsibility of members to ensure that all items are cleaned thoroughly prior to
returning same to the Equipment Officer.
Contact Kevin Anderson on 0419 121 004
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Items for Sale/Wanted
If you wish to submit items for Sale/Wanted for inclusion free of charge in our newsletter please email all details to
the news editor at [email protected].
Wanting to Buy
 Les Brown will buy your wax so please contact Les on(07) 3283 3480
 Les Brown requires a 1000+ltr milk vat to store some honey. If you have one or know someone who
is willing to sale it, please contact Les on (07) 3283 3480
 2nd Hand Copy of "The Bee Book" by Peter Warhurst. - Please contact Greg North - 0417 796 306
 A 12 inch (30cm) steam heated uncapping knife. Contact Bill Allan on 32057850.
Wanting to Sell
Brian has an excess of honey he wants to sell, $100 for 20kg. If you want to buy some please see Brian,
Club Librarian, at the next meeting or phone him on 0408 715 447.
Land for Bees
A non-member has offered some land at Cedar Creek on which members can put some bees. If you are
interested please contact Kevin, the news editor, at the next meeting or on 0419121004.
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Made to Order
Mr. C’s Assembly Line Company
These days many of us are very much ‘time poor’ and lucky to get a day or two off a week, then there
are the little ones to think of. Also, there are some of us who know darn well that there is a left and a
right handed screwdriver, there some of us who know a screwdriver as a nice cocktail we have at those
‘getting to know you parties.
Let me tell you, if I had to live on my own cooking – I would be as skinny as a rake, and like the drone
bee, I depend on someone else to feed me - so we can’t all be good at everything. I know how to use a
hammer and screwdriver.
So, if you need the little time you have for the kids or a hammer is not your thing, don’t worry, I can
make all your hive parts for you (at a small cost) and all you have to do is throw a bit of paint at them
when you get them. Don’t let anyone tell you that you need two brushes; the same one can be used in
either hand or go in both directions.
If you have you own parts and would like me to put them together give me a call I’ll take the cost of the
material off my listed price (as at the price list published by Quality Beekeeping Supplies – December
2014). If you want to give it a go yourself, remember my advice is free (dumb look can cost you) but
fixing up your stuff ups is not on my price list! If you would like your boxes treated (Copper
Naphthenate) you will have to do this yourself - remember this process may take up to 6 weeks.
Boxes
All end grain timber is pre-painted with interior/exterior Acrylic Primer & undercoat and glued together
with exterior Aquadhere, then screwed with 16 X 10G X 40mm Timber Screws. The cleats are glued and
secured with 4 X 10G X 50mm and 6 X 10G X 40mm Timber Screws. All screw heads are countersunk
and filled with multipurpose filler. All interior corners are rounded with gap filler.
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Lids
Lid are glued and screwed together with 4 vents. The inner lid is 3ply again glued and stapled with
16mm heavy duty staples. White flat steel is pop riveted into the timber sides.
Frames
In each frame, in the glued top bar, there is 4 X 35mm Air brad nails and 4 X 16mm heavy duty Air
staples, the bottom bar is also glued with 4 X 25mm Air brad nails and 4 X 16mm heavy duty air staples.
I use 8 x 10mm heavy duty air staples to stop the wire cutting in. Also, there is about 2 meters of Gal
wire in the frame. All frames are stamped with Month/Year of assembly and you’re HIN (if you give it to
me).
Half depth frames are assembled the same as full depth but, are not wired (if you would like them wired,
please advise when ordering)
Bottom Boards
The riser are rounded to the ply floor with filler, and is made with a full width entrance, the ply floor is
screwed to a pine base on all 4 sides (this allows the hive to sit on any stand you may have). All screw
heads and gaps are filled with multipurpose filler.
Branding
Your HIN is free handed routed to the required height and is done before assembly. Your number must
be sent to me via email for correctness.
Price List
Full Depth
10 frame full depth Box (fitted with cleats and unpainted)………… $35.00
10 full depth frames, wired…........................................................... .$25.00
10 full depth frames, wired and waxed……………………….……….…… $40.00
Box with 10 frames, wired…………………………………..………………..… $60.00
Box with 10 frames, wired and waxed……………..……..…………….… .$75.00
Half Depth
10 frame half depth Box (fitted with cleats and unpainted)….…... .$28.00
10 half depth frames (non-waxed)……………………………………….…... $20.00
10 half depth frames, waxed………………………….……….………….…… $30.00
Box with 10 half frames, and waxed………………….…………….………. $58.00
Branding per Box…………………………………………………………..…….… $10.00
10 frame Lid…………………………………………………………………………. $26.00
10 frame Bottom Board………………………………………………………..... $17.00
10 frame Excluder (welded wire, Metal bound)...………………..…..… $16.75
Hives Complete (without bees)
Full Depth
Lid, 1 box, 10 frames (wired and waxed), Bottom Board………………… $118.00
Lid, 2 boxes, 20 frames waxed, Queen Excluder, Bottom Board……. .$209.75
Lid, 3 boxes, 30 frames waxed, Queen Excluder, Bottom Board…….. $284.75
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Half Depth
Bottom Board, 1 full depth box, 10 full depth frames (wired and waxed), Queen Excluder, 2 half
depth boxes with 20 frames, waxed, and Lid ……….…..………………… $250.75
Conditions at Order
Must be a full Member of NBKA
No Deliveries
Pick-up only or at Meetings
Cash only
No Terms Payments
No Cancellations
Mr. Cs’ Assembly Line
11 Onyx Street, Keperra
3315 1823 or 0417 777 106
Email [email protected]
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Topics for Agenda
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Next Meeting’s Agenda
Disclaimer: The material contained in this publication is produced for general information only. It is not intended as professional
advice on any particular matter. Links to other websites are inserted for convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material
at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service.No Person should act or fail to act on the basis of any material
contained in this publication without first obtaining specific, independent professional advice. The Northside Beekeepers'
Association Inc. and all persons acting for the Northside Beekeepers' Association Inc. in preparing this publication, expressly
disclaim all and any liability to any persons in respect of anything done by any such person in reliance, whether in whole or part, on
this publication. The views expressed in the publication are not necessarily those of the Northside Beekeepers' Association Inc.
Editor email: [email protected]
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