Thursday, October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Nature's 3D Printers...
Nature's 3D Printers, Using Honeybees to Create Art...
This blog content comes to us from INDULGD
We think of 3D printing as a recent development, but for nature it has been part of history for millenniums. Simple honeybees have been using 3D printing for as long as man can remember, but no one seems to take notice, except Dewar’s. The Dewar’s 3-B Printing Project was done in collaboration with Sid Lee Agency and Robin Theron, a master beekeeper. The concept was to have the bees create objects using their honeycomb building process. The team created inverted shapes that the bees used as the outer shell for creating their hives. When the process of building the entire honeycomb hive was complete, Robin Theron carefully calmed the bees with smoke and removed the outer shell exposing the 3-B printed sculpture. This series of sculptures is being kept on display for the Dewar’s company.
Just remember, the next time someone says 3D printing is futuristic, remind them it is also as old as honeybees. Check out the cool videos showing the 3-B printing process.
- See more HERE 
Friday, October 25, 2013
November Meeting & Recipe Contest...
&
HONEY
RECIPE CONTEST
When:
Thursday November 14th
Starting
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
It’s time for our November
meeting. This time of year the activity
in your hives is winding down. The
colder weather will start the bees to cluster.
It’s time for us to put entrance reducers on the hives and make sure our
equipment is properly stored for winter.
And since the bees need less management now, we should all have some
free time on our hands (right? or yeah, right!).
Our November meeting theme is
going to be our HONEY RECIPE CONTEST! The
rules are simple… Bring a dish of your
choice, and the recipe MUST include honey.
There will be three categories: Appetizer, Entrée, and Dessert. Each member can enter as many dishes as they
wish. Everyone who attends the meeting
will have the opportunity to try all the made with honey goodies, and then
we’ll vote for our favorites. There will
be a first place winner in EACH category and the winners will receive….
$50 CASH!!!
Please bring a label for your dish
so we can see the name of your recipe and make voting easier. Please consider making “sample” size servings
of your recipe so everyone can get a taste.
If you’d like to share your recipe with the club, please bring
copies. Winning recipes will be posted
on the blog.
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
My Final (I hope) Sting of This Season...
I'm a cautious beekeeper, and I almost always wear all of my protective clothing when working with my bees, so I rarely get stung. My sting of the season was a good one though! I had closed up my hives and was putting my equipment away in the garage. All was well until I was getting out of my suit on our back deck before heading back into the house. One of my girls went rogue, and dive bombed my forehead as soon as I removed my veil. Didn't see it coming and she got me good. Just above my left eyebrow. Day two swelling pictured below...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Extracting with the Gleasons...
Club member Dan Gleason was nice enough to share this video of his family's recent honey extraction. They got 40lbs this year! Nice work Gleasons!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
October Meeting...
When:
Thursday October 10th
Starting
at 7:00pm
Where: Willimanset
Heights
It’s October and it’s time to meet
again! This will be our Big E follow up
meeting. For members who sold honey and
beeswax products at the Big E, checks will be available for pick up at the
meeting. Treasurer Cheryl Robare will be
ready to give us all the full financial report on the fair, so we can see how
we did. Did you work the Big E? It’s time to go over the pros and cons. How did we do, what can we do better, and what’s
really working great? We will also have
our annual post Big E auction. Left over
honey sips and candy will be available for purchase to the highest
bidders. There is usually something for
everyone, so bring your wallets! If you
have anything bee related you’d like to get rid of, feel free to bring that
too. We’ll auction anything! President Jeff Rys will be our auctioneer for
the evening.
Next, let’s talk about getting our
hives ready for winter! If you have
questions or suggestions concerning fall and winter management, please join us
at the October meeting for this discussion topic.
Bee well!
Jessica Martin
HCBA Secretary
(860) 978-5388
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