For your calendar:

"Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector, will hold a beekeeping workshop from 1-3 PM on Saturday, April 24, at the Paul Harlow Farm on Deep Root Drive off Route 5 in North Westminster, VT, 1/2 mile north of the I-91 Exit 5 ramp. Look for the "BEE" sign on the west side. Topics of discussion will be early spring management: locating apiaries, equipment, handling bees, feeding syrup and supplements, fogging varroa mites with FGMO/Thymol, making nuclei, reversing, and requeening. Bring a veil, if you have one, as we shall be opening some colonies. We'll be in the barn if it is a rainy day. To register, email: [log in to unmask] or call 603-756-9056. 

Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector, will hold a beekeeping
workshop from 1-3 PM on Saturday, May 15, at the Paul Harlow Farm on Farm on Deep Root Drive off Route 5 in North Westminster, VT, 1/2 mile north of the I-91 Exit 5 ramp. Look for
the "BEE" sign on the west side. Topics of discussion: finding queens,
requeening and 2-queen colonies, pollen collection, swarm control, supering,
and bee venom therapy. Bring a veil, if you have one, as we shall be
opening some colonies. We'll be in the barn if it is a rainy day. 

To register by email: [log in to unmask] or call 603-756-9056.


"Tracheal and Varroa mites are notorious killers of bees in New England.
American Foulbrood disease is on the increase as dead hives are being
robbed. Beekeepers must take timely steps to control these pests to SAVE
THE BEES! Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector, will hold a
beekeeping workshop from 1-3 PM on Saturday, July 17, at the Paul Harlow
Farm on Route 5 in North Westminster, VT, 1/2 mile north of the I-91 Exit 5
ramp. Look for the "BEE" sign on the west side. The topics of discussion
will be taking off and extracting honey, wax processing, treatment of mites
and foulbrood, and making propolis tincture. Bring a veil, if you have one,
as we shall be opening some colonies. We'll be in the barn if it is a rainy day. 

To register email: [log in to unmask] or call 603-756-9056."

"Charles Andros, former NH/VT Apiary Inspector, will hold a beekeeping
workshop from 1-3 PM on Saturday, September 25, at the Paul Harlow Farm on
Route 5 in North Westminster, VT, 1/2 mile north of the I-91 Exit 5 ramp.
Look for the "BEE" sign on the west side. Topics of discussion will include
treatment of nosema and tracheal mites, winter preparations, winter protein
and carbohydrate supplements, and making beeswax handcreams. Bring a veil,
if you have one, as we shall be opening some colonies. We'll be in the barn if it is a rainy day. 

To register email: [log in to unmask] or call 603-756-9056."

Thank you,

Charles Frederic Andros
Linden Apiaries since 1973
Speaker, Eastern Apicultural Society Conference 2001, on Propolis and Pollen Production
NH/VT Apiary Inspector 1978-1989
P. O. Box 165

Walpole, NH 03608-0165
603-756-9056
[log in to unmask]

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