January 30, 2010 – 12:30 am
If you have a Facebook profile, please “Become a fan” of the OSU Honey Bee Lab’s Facebook page. We’ll be using it to announce honey sales and other events.
Update: The OSU Honey Bee Lab Facebook page can now be accessed at: http://www.facebook.com/beelab
January 16, 2010 – 12:52 pm
The participant registration packet for the OSUE–TCBA Spring Beekeeping Workshop is available here:
http://beelab.osu.edu/PDF/10_PRegistration_Packet.pdf
November 21, 2009 – 3:47 pm
The order form and Columbus schedule for this year’s honey sale can be downloaded as a PDF here: http://beelab.osu.edu/PDF/2009ColumbusHoneySale.pdf
The Bee Lab will be close from today (7/24) through next Wednesday (7/29). During this time we will be unable to process orders from the store.
Many years ago, I developed nectar & pollen plant lists. These lists are commonly found in both hard-copy and electronic format. Though I have the following plants listed as bee plants, they are now considered to be invasive and should not be encouraged or propagated: Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum), Lespedeza (Lespedeza spp.), and Privet (Ligustrum spp.).
Africanzied honey bees are still a potential issue. The Alabama Department of Agriculture is holding a planning meeting tomorrow (May 27, 2009) to continue to make plans for the eventual arrival of these bees in Alabama. I will give a summary report here after I return to Ohio.