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VOL. 30 ISSUE 1 DEC 2015/JAN 2016 NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION NEWS Continued on page 13 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE The state Association is working on myriad projects. At times, progress seems slow, and this is primarily due to the lack of volunteers. Almost a year ago, we completed a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant on Late Season For- age for our honey bees. Outgrowths of this grant were a video and brochure we can all use in outreach endeavors for planting native forbs that will pro- vide late season forage for bees. The video can be viewed and downloaded at https://vimeo.com/105235755. Cop- ies of the brochure are available from your branch president. As part of the completed grant, com- mittee members developed a seed mix that was planted in three test plots throughout the state: Stockton College, Ramapo College and member Drew Madzins From the Garden farm. As a follow-on to the grant, committee members have started working with some of the utility companies identified in the grant to explore the feasibility of seeding utility right-of-ways (ROWs). JCP&L mowed the ROW in the South Branch Preserve in Mt. Olive Town- ship, the NJBA purchased the seed mix (your Association dues at work), NJBA member Drew Madzin donated his time and tractor equipped with a York rake to clear the tract and rake the soil and NJBA members Joe Alvarez, Lorette Cheswick and Steve McAuliffe contributed the elbow grease, along with Land Conservancy of New Jersey volunteers, to clear the tract and scatter seed. We hope that projects such as this will ex- pand the amount of forage available to our honey bees, but it cant be successful without financial support by the Association and volunteering from members. Once again, the Association had a booth at the New Jersey League of Municipalities From the left, Steve McAuliffe, NJ Land Conserv- ancy volunteers, Lorette Cheswick, Drew Madzin and Joe Alvarez in the process of planting a polli- nator meadow on a ROW at the South Branch Preserve (Photo by Janet A. Katz) The Modified Mid-Atlantic Pollinator seed mix from Ernst Seeds with 16+ flowers from Boneset to Rough Blazing star. (Photo by Janet A. Katz)

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Page 1: NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION NEWSfiles.ctctcdn.com/76d65644101/3bb22677-9c98-40b4-92ff-08... · 2015. 12. 21. · MONROEVILLE, NJ 08343 MANUFACTURER EASTERN PINE WOODENWARE 856

VOL 30 ISSUE 1 DEC 2015JAN 2016

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS

ASSOCIATION NEWS

Continued on page 13

PRESIDENTrsquoS MESSAGE

The state Association is working on myriad projects At times progress seems slow and this is primarily due to the lack of volunteers Almost a year ago we completed a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant on Late Season For-age for our honey bees Outgrowths of this grant were a video and brochure we can all use in outreach endeavors for planting native forbs that will pro-vide late season forage for bees The video can be viewed and downloaded at httpsvimeocom105235755 Cop-ies of the brochure are available from your branch president As part of the completed grant com-mittee members developed a seed mix that was planted in three test plots throughout the state Stockton College Ramapo College and member Drew

Madzinrsquos From the Garden farm As a follow-on to the grant committee members have started working with some of the utility companies identified in the grant to explore the feasibility of seeding utility right-of-ways (ROWs) JCPampL mowed the ROW in the South Branch Preserve in Mt Olive Town-ship the NJBA purchased the seed mix (your Association dues at work) NJBA member Drew Madzin donated his time and tractor equipped with a York rake to clear the tract and rake the soil and NJBA members Joe Alvarez Lorette Cheswick and Steve McAuliffe contributed the elbow grease along with Land Conservancy of New Jersey volunteers to clear the tract and scatter seed We hope that projects such as this will ex-pand the amount of forage available to our honey bees but it canrsquot be successful without financial support by the Association and volunteering from members Once again the Association had a booth at the New Jersey League of Municipalities

From the left Steve McAuliffe NJ Land Conserv-ancy volunteers Lorette Cheswick Drew Madzin

and Joe Alvarez in the process of planting a polli-nator meadow on a ROW at the South Branch Preserve (Photo by Janet A Katz)

The Modified Mid-Atlantic Pollinator seed mix from Ernst Seeds with 16+ flowers from

Boneset to Rough Blazing star (Photo by Janet A Katz)

2

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Important Bee Dates

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New Jersey State Agricultural Convention

Feb 9 to 11 2016 At the new

Harrahrsquos Conference Center Atlantic City

July 25-29 2016

Eastern Apicultural Society 2016 Conference

Stockton University Galloway NJ

SEASONrsquoS GREETINGS From your Editor and the NJBA

Officers

4

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July 25 thru 29 2016 at

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The NJBA is looking for volunteers to help out with this conference Contact Joe Alvarez at

EAS2016njbeekeepersorg

156 Plainsboro Rd Cranbury NJ 08512

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9

Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

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Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

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6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

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10

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

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The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

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ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

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Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

12 page rest of newsletter $75

14 page rest of newsletter $50

Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Bee Packages for Sale 2016

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Packages to arrive middle of April

Order EarlymdashQuantities are Limited

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Email wilsonshoney26yahoocom

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732-542-6528

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Honey Containers

Glass amp Plastic

NUCSNucs available early April

All nucs are 5 frames with new

laying queens

Order early to ensure

availability

Sugar for feeding Bees

Best Prices Around

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Naturally winter-hardy gentle

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8

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NJ - NY - PA - Honey in 60 lb Pails

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in Spring

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EASTERN APICULTURAL

SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

July 25 thru 29 2016 at

Stockton University in

Galloway NJ

The NJBA is looking for volunteers to help out with this conference Contact Joe Alvarez at

EAS2016njbeekeepersorg

156 Plainsboro Rd Cranbury NJ 08512

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1st Order of Woodenware

9

Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

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ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

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If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

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Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

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Full page

rest of newsletter $100

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

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Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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The NJBA is looking for volunteers to help out with this conference Contact Joe Alvarez at

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

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Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

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200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

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Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

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Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

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RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

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Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

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6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

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Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Report from the Apiarist Dec ndash Jan 2015 -2016 As I am writing this article the November weather has been great so far My bees are on their winter locations but not quite set the way I want them for the winter As usual life got in my way I made more honey than last year we had great weather early with no rain in May I stayed ahead of my bees by adding supers or shifting them to colonies that needed them I am concerned because I didnrsquot get my treatments for Varroa on as early as I would have liked I spent 10 days work-ing with beekeepers in Malawi Africa during July and that set me back quite a bit in my personal life I had everything treated by the first week in September but would have liked that to be done a month ahead of that I hope you got your 2016 A Y ear in Beekeeping calendar I think it turned out great thanks to Becky Janet Dave and many of you who submitted pictures to appear in it Please pay attention as we changed several recommendations based on knowledge gained over the last 15 years We also added an insert so you can record inspection notes Colony Condition I have received some calls from beekeepers whose colonies have failed at the begin-ning of November These colonies were treated as a nuc and re treated in August The strange thing is all the bees were gone and in some cases there was plenty of honey I have contacted the Apiary Inspectors of America The Beltsville Bee Lab and a contact at Bee Informed Partnership to get their take on it and see if they have re-ceived any reports similar to these They reported to me that they see Varroa levels spike in November Theyrsquove even see this in colonies that have Varroa well under control They do not believe it is due to the decrease in brood production but more to do with colonies getting re-infected from heavily infested colonies in the area Keep in mind that you can reduce varroa levels pretty quickly but it takes a long time for viruses to cycle out of a colony Monitoring for and controlling Varroa is the best way to keep your virus levels low People ask me why monitor for mite levels Why not just treat In the cases I mentioned above they did not know the Varroa level before or after the treatment time Having that knowledge would help me rule out certain things and may warn us if resistance was becoming a problem It would also help us to see if colonies are getting infected late in the season Honey Show I hope you saved some honey and bees wax products to enter into the State Honey Show It is upcoming in February It will be in the State House in Trenton again this year It is a great time to show off Honey bee products and identify where the bee-keepers are in our State Legislators check out the show to see if any of their constitu-ents are beekeepers We will also be having a table of honey products at the State Agricultural Convention February 9-11 2016 with taste testing for the Ag delegates I hope your colonies are heavy with food low in Varroa loads in a good location and winter strong Have a thankful holiday season

Tim Schuler State Apiarist NJ Department of Agriculture

Division of Plant Industry PO Box 330

Trenton NJ 08625-0300 (609) 406-6939

Timschuleragstatenjus

10

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

12 page rest of newsletter $75

14 page rest of newsletter $50

Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Cancellation Order Issued for Sulfoxaflor

httpwwwepagovpesticidescancellation-order-issued-sulfoxaflor

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 13 2015 On November 12 2015 EPA issued a cancel-lation order for all previously registered Sul-foxaflor products This cancellation order is in response to the September 10 2015 order of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that EPA improperly approved the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act registrations of the pesticide sulfoxaflor the courtrsquos order became effective on November 12 Pursuant to EPArsquos cancellation order and beginning November 12 2015 distribution or sale by the registrant of cancelled sulfoxaflor products is prohibited unless such distribu-tion or sale is for the purpose of disposal or export Also stocks of cancelled products held by persons other than the registrant may not be commercially distributed in the United States but instead may be distributed only to facilitate return to the manufacturer or for proper disposal or lawful export Use of exist-ing stocks by end users is permitted provided such use is consistent in all respects with the previously-approved labeling for the product The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act tolerances also known as maximum pesticide residue levels for sulfoxaflor are not affected by either the courts decision or EPArsquos cancel-lation order so crops that have been properly treated with sulfoxaflor or that may be treat-ed with existing stocks as described in the final cancellation order can still be sold legal-ly

The ruling is seen as a victory for beekeepers and the beekeeping industry Sulfoxaflor is a subclass of neonic pesticides which have long been suspected of being partly responsible for the dramatic loss of bee colonies Dow AgroSciencesmakers of Sulfoxaflor stated that while it ldquorespectfully disagreesrdquo with the ruling it will work with the EPA to implement the order and complete the regulatory work to support registration of the product

11

ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

12

(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

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If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

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Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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ldquoA Year In New Jersey

Beekeepingrdquo December 2015-December

2016 Calendar Is NOW available from your

branch for $10 each

The calendar will also be available from our website for

$1170 each plus postage mailed directly to you For

online ordering visit httpwwwnjbeekeepersorg

store

Itrsquos full of month-by-month tips on beeyard activities and stunning photographs This yearrsquos edition includes space

for notes on your hives

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

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Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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(Presidentrsquos Message Contrsquod from Page 1) annual convention in Atlantic City on November 17 18 amp 19 Equipped with videos brochures banners and honey candy volunteers manned the booth and answered questions about beekeeping in New Jersey and made connections with many of the officials of employees of the 565 municipalities throughout the state From asking us to participate in municipal events to thanking us for providing the list of swarm collections (httpcjbanjbeekeepersorgswarmremovalhtml) this event gives a face to bee-keeping in New Jersey and provides a contact point for municipal officials Thanks to Joe Alvarez Lou Naylor Jeff Burd Landi Simone Tim and Patty Schuler Don Oral Joe Lelinho Cynthia Werts John Zingis Gerald Kiyak Majories Brooks Barbi Harris Meghan McConnell and Tom Watkin-son for donating their time The beekeeping bills were signed into law by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno at the end of July at the Rutgers Garden Farmers Market In addition to Lt Gov Guadagno NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H Fisher NJ Farm Bureau President Ryck Suydam and Senator Steve Oro-ho one of the billsrsquo sponsors spoke to the attendees which included a good representation of

NJBA members It is now the responsibility of the New Jersey Depart-ment of Agriculture to promulgate the regulations that will govern bee-keeping in the state They will be working in concert with the NJBA the

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Ex-tension Consortium and the League of Mu-nicipalities Thanks to all members who wrote to their representatives in support of this legislation Once the regulations are formulated they will be published in the New Jersey Register for public comment We will keep you apprised

Our Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Saturday February 13 2016 at the Notting-ham Ballroom in Ewing NJ Election of officers to the Association will take place at this meeting If you are interested in running

for any of the elected offices ie President Vice Presi-dent (there are three VPrsquos and Angelo Trapani will not be running for office again as serving as an elected officer of the Association is considered a conflict of interest with his position on the New Jersey Board of Agriculture) Treasurer Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary (Elin Hanson will not be standing for re-election as she will be moving out of state) Please contact 2nd Vice Pres-ident Chris Yates cmyatescmyatescom chair of the nominating committee He can answer any questions involved in any of the positions

Also at the Winter Annual Meeting we will auction the first place entries in the Annual Honey Show which will be held prior to the meeting Judging will be at the State House in Trenton where all the entries that will fit into our display cases will be on display for legislators and members of the public to view This is great exposure for beekeeping in the state and I encourage all our members to set aside three jars of honey to enter Rules and entry forms are in this newsletter If you have any questions at all about (Continued on Page 14)

Member Steve McAuliffe working at clearing the tract for seeding (Photo by Janet A

Member Lorette Ches-wick seeding the tract for the pollinator meadow at the South Branch Pre-serve in Mount Olive Township Seed is mixed with vermiculite and moistened before hand-sowing the seed through-out the tract (Photo by Janet A Katz)

Enter your honey for a chance to win a blue ribbon a rosette and bragging

rights (Photo by Janet A Katz)

13

Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

(Continued from page 13)

entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

12 page rest of newsletter $75

14 page rest of newsletter $50

Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Prefer to get the NJBA Newsletter via Email

If you would prefer to receive this newsletter in your email with a link to the PDF (Portable Document FormatmdashAdobe Acrobat) just send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and let us know you donrsquot need the hardcopy mailed to you just the emailed version

If you are currently receiving the PDF version via email and would like to switch back to the hardcopy version send an email to EmailOnlynjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and confirm your mailing address

If yoursquore not receiving occasional emails from the NJBA via Constant Contact send an email to presidentnjbeekeepersorg with your name branch affiliation and current email address so we can check our records

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entering the honey show the judging getting your entries to the judging donrsquot hesitate to contact the Honey Show Chairperson Landi Simone landisverizonnet Landi will need volunteers in Trenton to help with the judging If yoursquod like to see how honey beeswax mead cosmetics and photographs are judged contact Landi and volunteer to help

Finally at a meeting on November 30 2015 and in accordance with the Associationrsquos Constitution and By-Laws the Associationrsquos Executive Board after reviewing our budget and anticipated ex-penses in the next two years 2016 and 2017 set the state portion of your dues at $17 The last time the Executive Board made a change to the dues structure was almost seven years ago when the Individual $15 membership category was eliminated With that exception the state portion of dues for a family had remained at $12 since May of 1995 over 20 years without an increase Your dues support many activities that not only support beekeepers throughout the state with state meetings the Annual Honey Show the Annual Picnic and Auction the beekeeping calendar the website the newsletter our state apiaristrsquos Annual Winter Loss Survey email communication with the membership beekeeping legislation continued work on providing more pollinator forage etc but also support activities to educate the public through trade show attendance educational bro-chures and the display of our Annual Honey Show entries in display cases in the Trenton State House as an annual reminder to our legislators of the importance and prevalence of beekeeping in the state of New Jersey

Janet A Katz President

presidentnjbeekeepersorg

Mobile 908 295-7620

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

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Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

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6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

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RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

12 page rest of newsletter $75

14 page rest of newsletter $50

Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

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Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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Get Ready for the Honey Show -by Landi Simone member Essex County branch landisverizonnet Why Enter Itrsquos getting to be that time of year again folks With our bees tucked in for the winter beekeep-ersrsquo thoughts turn to showcasing the many deli-cious ndash and beautiful ndash things the bees have giv-en us With typical beekeeping ingenuity NJBA members transform honey and beeswax into more than just the basics - creating mead creams soaps lip balms spreads candles and elaborate beeswax creations Did your bees make a perfect frame of honey Enter it Did you snap an amazing photo of that monster swarm We have a photography divi-sion Is this yearrsquos harvest of fall honey the most mouth-watering batch yoursquove ever collected Put a couple of jars into the Black Box Class A ribbon from the NJBA Honey Show not only gives you bragging rights it benefits you in ways you might not imagine This year the Honey Show will again be dis-played at the State House in Trenton where dozens of legislators and state house employees will admire the entries and even get to taste hon-eys from all over the state Having this kind of presence in the State House reminds those who make our laws that beekeepers in the Garden State are an important part of the agricultural community and deserve protection under New Jerseyrsquos laws In addition we will have a select number of entries and a honey tasting table at the Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City Our presence there serves to remind the delegates that beekeepers are farmers too and if our bees werenrsquot on the job pollinating crops the impact on many important NJ agricultural commodities such as blueberries and cranberries would be disastrous This kind of visibility helped us get legislation passed last year that benefits every beekeeper in New Jersey But it takes YOU to make it hap-pen Please consider entering The Details Honey Show entries will be judged at the State House Annex on February 4 and 5 2016 Wersquoll display the winning entries at the State House the entire following week February 8-12 and some of those entries will travel to Atlantic City

for the Ag Convention on February 9-11 Wersquoll break down the display at the State House on February 12 and auction off the first place en-tries at the winter meeting on Saturday February 13 You will need to have your entries to your local chapter president (or another collection volun-teer) by Sunday New Yearrsquos Eve Volunteers will get the entries to us by February 3 Note that Janet Katz has volunteered to pick up en-tries from collection volunteers in the northern part of the state and Tim Schuler will do the same for the south Important Points and Rule Changes Please pack your extracted honey entries (one pound glass jars classic or queenline) in stand-ard cardboard 1 honey jar boxes if at all possi-ble Write your name and the name of your api-ary if applicable prominently on the outside of the box This makes it much easier for us to han-dle and transport the entries safely Remember that all first place winning entries become the property of the NJBA and are auc-tioned off at the winter meeting to raise money for the organization The Honey Show is our most costly event The auction helps offset some of the expenses We will not be awarding cash prizes this year so as to reduce some of the show expenses If you win however you will get a beautiful ribbon and unlimited bragging rights In the Cosmetics Division the rules will no long-er permit use of melt-and-pour soap bases or cream bases You may use a published recipe but you must make your own soaps and creams from scratch This year the Black Box Class will require TWO jars not just one This is so we can send one set of entries to the Agricultural Convention where there will be a second Honey Tasting The updated rules are published elsewhere in this newsletter and also appear on the website at httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm where yoursquoll find links to the judging sheets for each class and a down-loadable entry form Please remember Your dues must be current to enter and you only need to fill out one entry form no matter how many classes you enter I cant make the honey show a success by my-

Continued on page 17

17

self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

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RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

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WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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self I need volunteers willing to come to Trenton and assist with organizing the entries checking point totals and moving entries to the display cases You get to observe the judging process up close and you get to see ALL the entries just not the first place ones that get auctioned at the Winter Meeting I need extra hands to make the judging run smoothly and volunteers get to spend time with other bee-keepers which is always lots of fun If youre interested in volunteering email me at Lan-diSverizonnet

New Jersey Beekeepers Association

Annual Honey Show Rules Exhibitors must be current New Jersey Bee-keepers Association (NJBA) members in good standing with dues paid All entries must be the product of the entrantrsquos own bees and must have been produced since the previous yearrsquos honey show In the case of Mead the honey must be the product of the entrantrsquos apiary but the mead need only be bottled since the previ-ous yearrsquos honey show due to the aging re-quirements of mead Entries in Classes 1 through 8 (Extracted Honey Division and Honey Comb and Spreads Division) and Clas-ses 19 20 and 21 in the Cosmetics Division should have labels on all three entries in each class First place winning entries in each class be-come the property of the New Jersey Beekeep-ers Association and will be auctioned off to raise funds for the NJBA The NJBA will notify members of drop-off locations and deadlines via email and will post them on its website httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgAnnualHoneyShowhtm All entries MUST be accompanied by a single entry form per en-trant completely filled out and indicating all classes for which the entrant has submitted

entries Entrants are urged to submit their en-tries whenever possible in a single empty one-pound honey jar box with the memberrsquos name and apiary name (if applicable) prominently written on the outside Honey Classes 1 through 4 (Extracted Honey) En-tries must be in one pound glass Gamber Clas-sic or Queenline honey jars with plain metal or plastic lids A single entry consists of three jars of honey Honey color will be graded by the show chairman or judge and entries will be judged on density absence of crystals cleanli-ness flavor accuracy of fill and container appearance Class 5 (Black Box) Entries consist of two jars of honey in the same type of jar as for Classes 1 through 4 Entries must be filled at least to the lower rim of the jar and will be judged on taste moisture content and absence of perceptible crystals Class 6 (Creamed Honey) Class 7 (Section and Cut Comb Honey) and Class 8 (Chunk Honey) Each entry consists of three jars En-tries in Classes 6 and 8 must be in clear glass jars containing at least 12 but no more than 16 ounces of honey by weight Creamed honey will be graded on fineness of crystals uni-formity and firmness cleanliness and freedom from foam flavor and fill Section Cut Comb and Chunk honey is graded on cut (if applicable) cleanliness dryness of cappings uniformity density and flavor Class 9 (Frame of Honey) Must be displayed in bee-proof cases which have both sides made of transparent glass or plastic The frame will be judged on uniformity absence of uncapped cells and watery cappings cleanli-ness freedom from granulation cocoon cast-ings or pollen Mead All entries in Classes 10 11 12 and 13 must have been produced by the entrant using honey from the entrantrsquos own bees by means of fer-mentation Classes 10 11 and 12 (Dry Sweet and made with Fruit Juices) Entries should be contained in a single 750 ml or 254 fl oz clear non-frosted glass wine bottle Natural cork plastic stoppers or screw top closures are all accepta-ble Class 13 (Sparkling Mead) entries should be in champagne-type glass bottles and need not be clear

Continued on page 18

18

NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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NJBA News Annual Ad Rates

Ad Size Location of Ad Price

Full page

1st 25 of newsletter $150

12 page 1st 25 of newsletter $100

14 page 1st 25 of newsletter $75

18 page 1st 25 of newsletter $50

Full page

rest of newsletter $100

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Note Please contact J anet Katz at adsnjbeekeepersorg or 908 295 7620 about placing designing formatting cost and all correspondence about ads Appearance of a vendorrsquos ad in the news-letter does not imply endorsement of or assurance of quality by the NJBA

Continued from page 18 Beeswax (Classes 14 through 18) It is suggested that entries be covered with clear plastic wrap or enclosed in clear clean zipper-type plastic bags The optimum color for pure beeswax is lemon yellow Entries in these classes will be judged by clean-liness uniformity of appearance color aroma and absence of cracks and shrinkage Except for Class 15 (Novelty Beeswax) and Class 18 (Novelty Beeswax Candles) all en-tries must consist of pure beeswax with no additives or colorings (excepting wicks in the candle classes) Novelty beeswax and novelty beeswax candle entries may be colored scent-ed and contain non-beeswax components Cosmetics Class 19 (Creams) Labeled jars may be either glass or plastic and must contain a minimum of 15 ounces by weight of product made by the entrant from ldquoscratchrdquo and containing the en-trantrsquos own beeswax andor honey The use of ready-made cream and lotion bases is not per-mitted The entries will be judged on consisten-cy and texture of product cleanliness uni-formity of filling container appearance and fragrance All ingredients must be listed on the container in order of prevalence by weight Class 20 (Soaps) Bars must weigh at least 3 ounces and be made from ldquoscratchrdquo by the en-trant using the entrantrsquos own beeswax andor honey Use of melt-and-pour soap bases is not permitted Soap will be judged on appearance packaging uniformity difficulty of preparation and fragrance Soap entries must be labeled Class 21 (Lip Balms) Tins tubs or tubes must contain at least 015 ounces of product by weight and be labelled Lip balm must be made by the entrant with his or her own beeswax andor honey It will be judged by the same consid-erations as Class 19 Use of pre-made lip balm bases is not permitted Photography Prints should be 5rdquo x 7rdquo or larger mounted on a mounting board that extends at least one inch beyond the print on all sides No frames are permitted Photographs will be judged on com-position treatment of subject matter quality of photography and presentation Class 22 (Bees and People) One photo which must portray both people and honey bees (eg a beekeeper showing a frame to a child a bee-

keeper applying a bee beard) or scenes in which people are engaged in beekeeping activities eg loading hives onto a truck a winter apiary scene including a beekeeper Class 23 (Bees without People) One photo which may portray honey bees on flowers on frames swarms honey bees in any other setting or any beekeeping scene that does not include people eg an apiary in winter Annual Honey Show Classifications EXTRACTED HONEY DIVISION Class 1 Light Class 2 Light amber Class 3 Amber Class 4 Dark Class 5 Black Box (ineligible for Division Best) Entries in each class should be in glass Gamber Classic or Queenline honey jars Entries in Clas-ses 1 through 4 require an entry of three jars all three with labels Entires in Class 5 require an entry of one jar with a label HONEY COMB-SPREADS DIVISON Class 6 Creamed honey

19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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19

Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 7 Sections Three Basswood Box in window or Round sections with clear plastic lid or cut comb (in clear plastic container) with labels Class 8 Chunk Honey Three cylindrical or square glass 12 oz to 16 oz jars by honey weight with labels Class 9 Frame of honey One frame wooden or plastic in bee-proof case MEAD DIVISION For classes 10 through 12 one clear non-frosted wine bottle natural cork plastic stopper or screw top 750 ml or 254 fl oz For class 12 one champagne-type glass bottle and need not be clear Class 10 Mead dry Class 11 Mead sweet Class 12 Mead made with fruit juices Class 13 Mead sparkling Made with or with-out fruit juices BEESWAX DIVISION Class 14 Beeswax block Single block one pound or slightly more pure beeswax Class 15 Novelty beeswax A single or a coor-dinated set of any size any shape pure beeswax item(s) with no wicks They may be decorated andor painted Class 16 Poured beeswax tapers One pair poured tapered candles pure beeswax Class 17 Dipped beeswax tapers One pair dipped tapered candles pure beeswax Class 18 Novelty beeswax candles A single or coordinated set any size any shape pure beeswax They may be decorated andor paint-ed COSMETICS DIVISION Class 19 Hand CcreamLotion Three jars (glass or plastic) of hand cream or lotion minimum weight 15 ounces containing beeswax andor honey wth labels Class 20 Soap Three bars of soap containing beeswax andor honey minimum weight 3 ounces with labels Class 21 Lip Balm Three tins tubs or tubes of lip balm minimum weight 015 containing beeswax andor honey with labels PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION Class 22 Bees and People A single photo with both a person or people and honey bees or an

activity obviously related to honey bees and beekeeping Class 23 Bees without People A single photo with only a honey bee or bees or any scene related to beekeeping that does not include people Best of Division The Best of Division must be a First Place Win-ner in one of its divisionrsquos classes The judge will decide which one First Place Winner re-ceives the Best of Division award Best Exhibitor Award Best Exhibitor will be awarded to the person receiving the highest accumulation of points Their name will be engraved on an annual plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Awards Place Ribbon Points 1st Blue 4 2nd Red 3 3rd Yellow 2 Best of Show Award Best of Show will be awarded to the person who in the opinion of the judge has the single first place entry that represents the division and class entered better than any other first place entry The winnerrsquos name will be engraved on an annu-al plaque to be displayed during the annual New Jersey State Honey Show Application of Rules With the exception of the NJBA membership requirement with current dues paid these rules should be used for any competition held under the auspices of any of the ten branches of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association eg War-ren County Farmers Fair New Jersey State Fair Hunterdon County 4-H Fair If any modifications are made to the rules by a branch for a honey show it is sponsoring the changes must be brought to the attention of the judge prior to the commencement of judging No changes can be made in the judging and scor-ing criteria at any point during the show

20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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20

6th Annual NJ Plants Show

February 24-25 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837 +

New Jersey Flower and Garden Show

February 11-14 2016 New Jersey Convention Center

Edison NJ 08837

Like talking to the public and answering questions about our honey bees and how people can support them by planting appropriate vegetables flowers and trees In that case yoursquoll enjoy volun-teering to spend a few hours at either of the above shows where the Association mans booths with videos and brochures and engages with the public to increase awareness of the importance of honey bees

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to work at the bee display booths Contact Joe

University of Birmingham scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives

University of Birmingham UK

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

httpwwwbirminghamacuknews

latest201511poppy-self-pollination-05-11-

15aspx

Self-pollination or lsquoselfingrsquo can be bad for a

plant resulting in inbreeding and less

healthy offspring This breakthrough could

be used to breed stronger more resilient

crops faster and at lower cost a new ap-

proach in the quest for a secure and plentiful

food supply

The team took the self-fertile plant thale

cress - Arabidopsis thaliana - a relative of

cabbages cauliflowers and oilseed rape and

made it self-incompatible by the transfer of

just two genes from poppies that enable the

recipient plant to recognize and reject its

own pollen whilst permitting cross-

pollination Such conversion of a selfing

plant to a self-incompatible one has been a

long term goal of self-incompatibility re-

search

The basic anatomy of most flowers means

the male pollen is produced next to the fe-

male reproductive organs running the real

risk of self-pollination rather than receiving

pollen from a different flower transported

by the wind or on an insect When pollen

lands on the stigma of a flowering plant the

pollen germinates and develops a pollen

tube which grows through the stigma and

other female tissues and then enters the

plantrsquos ovary to affect fertilization If this

involves self-pollen it results in inbreeding

which can result in a shrinking gene pool

and unhealthy offspring The Birmingham

team have made major progress over the last

few years in understanding the mechanisms

by which the field poppy Papaver rhoeas

avoids this

The 2016 ldquoA YEAR IN NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPINGrdquo calendar is available from your branch president for $10 If you prefer to order online and have it mailed directly to you for $1170 plus postage go to httpwwwnjbeekeepersorgstore

21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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21

Prior to beekeeping when I heard the word extraction I was reminded of going to the dentist to have my wisdom teeth removed I also thought about the feelings associated with that visit ndash anxie-ty pain stress and exhaustion Many years later as I contemplate those teeth extractions I realize that honey extraction is not all that different Because this was our first year for ex-tracting honey we felt quite a bit of anxi-ety as we waited and wondered if our girls would gift us with the golden deli-ciousness of honey especially during such a dry summer Would there be enough nectar for them later in the sum-mer Would our weak hive regroup once we re-queened the colony Fortunately most of our bee anxiety was for naught they seemed quite busy throughout the season and in July we were rewarded with many frames of beautifully capped honey Deciding against using the smelly bee-chaser products to clear out the bees from the honey supers we used escape boards over the brood boxes so that neither we nor the bees had to deal with the stink Our plan was to go back into the hives a few days later after the bees escaped back into their living chambers Everything went according to plan when we lifted the cover to remove only one of the two hon-ey supers from each hive ndash that is until one of the girls sneaked up my pant leg and stung me on the arse ndash thatrsquos where the pain came in She must have wanted to remind me to be appreciative of her hard work I was literally swollen with appreciation True it was less pain than wisdom teeth extraction but not much We really thought that honey extraction would be fairly easy since honey flows so

smoothly especially in the warm weather but little did we know how sticky and stressful it would be to uncap all those frames Much like my wisdom teeth which were impacted and had to be cracked into pieces to be removed we end-ed up with a pile of wax cappings in the tank after having sliced and forked them off the comb Moving quickly to uncap the comb and get the frames into the extractor before the honey dripped all over us and the floor was indeed stressful especially for newbies who are not adept at using the tools of the trade

Just as I was exhausted after my dental extractions mostly from clenching every muscle in my body other than my jaw while the dentist was drilling and cracking we were similarly exhausted after our hon-ey extraction Our mentor Pat W mount-ed our new shared honey extractor on a very heavy base in order to keep it stable however the hand-cranking that we had to do ndash exhausting in and of itself ndash made the tank jiggle around too much so the person who wasnrsquot turning the crank (as fast as humanly possible) had to wrap the tank in a bear hug using his or her significant body weight to keep it steady We took turns cranking and bear-hugging and were worn out after two hours The extensive sticky clean up afterward just about did us in

Unlike being at the dentist where the seda-tion was administered prior to the extrac-tion we chose to have ours afterward ndash in the form of wine honey and chocolate ndash in order to celebrate That certainly put it all into perspective wersquoll take honey ex-traction over tooth extraction anytime Martine Gubernat Member Raritan Valley branch MartineGubernatgmailcom

Extraction Satisfaction

22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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22

200 PM 11-12-2015 The rain continues lightly but the bees need a home I set up a another bottom board and went to the hive bodies left in the drainage ditch by the bear I found a lot of bees clustered on the upper 7 frames of the heaviest box which was full of honey (first photo - - boxes upside down in ditch) The bear ate just the brood in the brood box he carried further away (two remaining brood frames with honey are now against current hive - second photo) He damaged only the bottom board plus eight frames of brood He must have licked or chewed the brood off of the foundation showing no interest in the

honey or foundation (last photo) I next made a wooden platform on the muddy bank near the other two hive bodies and set the now empty brood box on the platform I then removed the three lower frames after tilting the heavy box so the frame top bars were vertical I put the three honey filled frames into the empty brood box I was now able to lift the still heavy honey box with seven frames and bees up the muddy slope and onto the top of the brood box I removed the remaining hive body only about 30 lbs and put it onto the replacement bottom board I then carried the heavy 7

frame box and put it on top adding the 3 frames previously removed If the queen survives she will have room for more brood beneath the heavy box filled with honey The bees are wet and cold now and I will wait a couple of days to see what survived I put the hive back where it was and noted the green cover location The covers were on top of the hive and held down with bricks protecting the buckles from rain If the bear rolled the hive 50 feet to the ditch then the bottom board not the top should be in the ditch After pushing the hive over could the bear have lifted the hive with his mouth by the two cargo straps circled left or right and carried it 50 feet before dropping it into the ditch That would explain the top in the ditch and the broken bottom board on the slope of the ditch The bear is probably the same 400 lb male I chased this Spring I have neighbors with young boys that chase toys near the hive so I dont want an electric fence Helen and I are both in our 70s and dont wish to install new chain link fencing We are even taking down my garden fence because the animals are eating all of our produce digging under climbing or jumping over any fencing and the fence needs maintenance The Squir-rels and Chipmunks eat the pears the Ground Hog climbs 15 ft into our peach tree and something climbs onto our roof and picks wine sap apples Thump thump thump for several minutes almost every night for a month or more If we shine a flashlight into the tree it stops until the next night I am thank-ful that the fruit trees produce enough for us too Unfortunately for John and the bees the Bear came back and finished the job (Note According to NJ Fish and Wildlife as of Friday December 18th and with one day remaining in the extended season New Jerseyrsquos 2015 Bear Hunting Season has fallen short on its intended quota but recorded 492 Black Bear harvested The majority of bear taken were in Sussex County )

BEAR By Karl

23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

28

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23

Russian Bees Get It Right From Bee Culture February 10 2014 httpwwwbeeculturecom10-rules-rule-3-part-3

A noted honey bee scientist in the US said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa That he wanted to move on to some real science The cause of his frus-tration was that neither

he not any of the scientists were getting any-where with solving the Varroa problem Sci-ence kept finding more and more things Varroa was responsible for but was making few con-tributions on advancing the cause of ridding the world of this problem Plus once they started looking all manner of things started showing up that contributed to the stresses our colonies were going through The situation has not changed muchhellipin 25 years When Monsanto sponsored the Honey Bee Health Summit last summer they invited in many of the scientists dealing with thishellipand we heard more and more about less and lesshellipscience has found out zillions of things about honey bee biology and unhealthy honey bees that would not have been discovered had Varroa not surfaced but controlling Varroa remains as elusive as ever The best choice is finding a line of bees that has some tolerance or some resistance to this demon And then selecting and selecting and selecting for those traits that contribute to that tolerance or re-sistance Some have managed to do thishellipbeekeepers mostlyhellipand are on the road to living with the mite and staying in business Few of them are in the U S

But of course there is the Russian program Russian bees that is not science from that country This is so far the only bright spot in this dismal pursuit on this continent The con-cept was good the science led by Dr Tom Rinderer at the USDA Baton Rouge Bee Lab has been good it has been adopted by the in-dustry and not the companies selling the poi-sons we must use otherwise and most of allhellipit works Russian bees show a high tolerance to the presence of Varroa mites in their hives Not perfect But better than anything else that is an organized repeatable product There are abso-lutely other bees available in the U S tolerant or resistant to Varroa Some are under the in-fluence of African heritage certainly But the efforts are for the most part random variable

and unpredictable They work but itrsquos hard to reproduce the results And sometimes you donrsquot want the results repeated

Russians are repeatable predictable and in fact constantly improving Their magic isnrsquot magic though It is much based on incorporating and increasing their hygienic behaviorshellipthere are several Irsquom toldhellipplus their propensity to reduce brood production to near zero when local re-sources shut down eliminating breeding opportu-nities for the mite Russians do well in cold cli-mates selections have proven very effective in making them productive honey producers good pollinators earlier than normal brood producers incredibly good at conserving food all year round gentle enough and probably the most desirable aspecthellipdeveloped by people who keep bees for a living When bees put food on your table you have a vested interest in make them work the best they can but you take the best care of them that you can also

So herersquos what I canrsquot figure out Why hasnrsquot anybody else in the world repeated this experi-ment Bees resistant to the worst scourge that can befall beeshellipand nobody is paying attention It makes no sense to me whatsoever Why do the beekeepers of the world keep putting poison in their hives when they can avoid all the grief it causes the stress it puts on their bees the cost in bees and simple money for the poisonhellipwhen you donrsquot have to Why

Irsquoll give you two reasons Pride is one If I didnrsquot develop it Irsquom not going to admit that someone else is smarter than me And the second is that if Varroa suddenly wasnrsquot an issue what would all those scientists do for a living If the answer re-mains elusive the grant money will keep coming in

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis Mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDArsquos Honeybee Breeding Genetics amp Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by infestations of parasitic mites Wikipedia-httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRussian_honey_bee

24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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24

RECIPES from the National Honey Board

Jalapeno Honey Glazed Chicken Breast Yield 5 servings Ingredients 1 12 lb - chicken breast skinless 1 pinch - salt 1 pinch - pepper ground 14 oz - jalapeno peppers 1 oz - white onions 1 teaspoon - vegetable oil 1 tablespoon - white cooking wine 2 tablespoons - white clover honey Directions PRE-PREP Seed and stem jalapeno Mince jalapenos and onions in a small kettle sauteacute pepper and onions in oil and add white wine reduce until almost dry blend in honey reserve Season chicken with salt and pepper and mark on grill Place in sheet pan and glaze with honey mixture finish in 350degF oven brush with more glaze until it reaches 165degF Transfer to hotel pan and top with the reserved glaze serve

Nutritional Information per serving (1 each) Amount Per Serving Calories 259 Calories from Fat 46 Total Fat 51g (8) Saturated Fat 14g (6) Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 1205mg (40) Sodium 2054mg (9) Total Carbohydrate 64g (5) Dietary Fiber 01g (0) Sugars 59g Protein 441g Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet

Pumpkin Honey Bread Yield 2 Loaves Ingredients 1 cup - honey 12 cup - butter or marga-rine softened 1 can (16 oz) - solid-pack pumpkin 4 - eggs 4 cups - flour 4 teaspoons - baking powder 2 teaspoons - ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons - ground ginger 1 teaspoon - baking soda 1 teaspoon - salt 1 teaspoon - ground nutmeg Directions In large bowl cream honey with butter until light and fluffy Stir in pumpkin Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated Sift together remaining ingredients Stir into pumpkin mixture Divide batter equally be-tween two well-greased 9 x5 x 3-inch loaf pans Bake at 350degF for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes invert pans to re-move loaves and allow to finish cooling on racks Nutritional Information per serving (based on 18 loaf about 1-inch slice) Calories 261 Fat Total 751 g Protein 543 g Cholesterol 688 mg Carbohydrates 445 g Sodium 411 mg Dietary Fiber 253 g Calories from Fat 25

25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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25

Letter from the Editor

From Landi Simone member Essex County

ldquoI thought our members might enjoy this in the newsletter It was created by my son Adrian (now 23 and an honors student at Montclair State) when he was all of 8 years old The school had greeting cards made of the kids creations and I still have some of hisrdquo Landi

One of the most trying times for a beekeeper is winter Many factors in-cluding the severity of the winter determine just how stressful it will be To be

successful in overwintering your bees and bringing them out of winter alive and healthy here are some good sug-gested practices One negative factor is the cold win-ter wind The bees can weather these winds and survive through the winter when given some protection via some form of windbreak Make sure there is good ventilation in your hive by having a way for the moist air to escape out of the top of the hive Make sure you have the inner coverrsquos center opening in a way that the moist air can escape Propping up the top cover with a small piece of wood as a spacer will help Reduce the main entrance to a hole small enough not to allow any mice to get in There isnrsquot a better winter home for mice then the inside of a hive with warmth and plenty of food The one drawback about having a real small entrance is that dead bees can clog it so you should make sure that it is always open during winter Before real cold weather think about uniting week colonies with strong ones Take your winter losses in the fall Make sure your top cover is se-cured and canrsquot be blown off Use something heavy to hold it down or have it strapped in place You donrsquot want it blowing it off and your bees dying from exposure Remove your honey supers queen excluders bee escapes and escape boards You donrsquot need any of these for winter Last and most important make sure they have a lot winter of stores Feed syrup early in the fall to give the bees time to cure it for food stores Syrup

must be removed when it gets cold because they canrsquot get rid of the moisture If bees need feed during the winter use a winter patty or fondant

Angelo Trapani Newsletter Editor 9 Old Noah Hunt Road

Clarksburg NJ 08510-9620 Atrap69530aolcom

PS I would like to wish all my readers a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and a Hap-py New Year and hope the New Year brings health and happiness

26

WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

27

NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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WHOrsquoS WHO in NJBA

President ndash Janet Katz 908-295 7620 presidentnjbeekeepersorg 1st Vice President ndash Vacant mdashNominees needed 2nd Vice President ndash Jeff Burd jeffburdcomcastnet 3rd Vice President ndash Christopher Yates 201-404-8682 cmyatescmyatescom Treasurer - Char les Ilsley 732 469-0043 treasurernjbeekeepersorg Corresponding SecretarymdashJoe Alvarez secretarynjbeekeepersorg Recording Secretary - Elin Hanson lilahoneybeegmailcom 1st Past President Bill Coniglo EAS Director ndash Lou Naylor lou209mecom Ag Week Delegate ndash Ann Trapani 609-259-7457 MAAREC Representative - Joe Lelinho 973-228-4806 Klutchcargoverizonnet Honey Show ChairmdashLandi Simone landisverizonnet Honey Queen Program - VacantmdashVolunteer today Honeybee Advisory Committee ndash Grant Stiles bigbuzz11yahoocom NJBA Newsletter Editor - Angelo Trapani 609-259-7457 atrap69530aolcom Public Relations Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet and Frank Mor timer frank-mortgmailcom Meadow Committee Joe Alvarez phytamanver izonnet Membership Committee Martha Dor is mdor iscomcastnet NJ APIARY INSPECTOR -Tim Schuler 609-406-6939 Fax 609-406 6960 TimSchuleragstatenjus

Branch Presidents Central Jersey - Gene Ar mstrong atstreemanoptonlinenet Essex County ndash Joe Triemel sailbeejoeaolcom Jersey Cape - Bill Eiselemdash beeeiselecomcastnet Morris and Somerset County ndash Patti Campbell pms0225aolcom Mid State - Eloise (Lou) Naylor mdashlou1799comcastnet Northeast Jersey ndash Frank Mortimer frankmortgmailcom Northwest Jersey ndash Kevin Inglin nwnjbalivecom Raritan Valley - Cynthia Wer ts CynthiaWer tsaolcom South Jersey ndash Ned Morgan nedmorgancomcastnet Sussex County ndash Debbie Cowell drcwarwicknet

Branch Club Dates Central See cjbanjbeekeepersorg for meeting infor mation Essex Monthly meetings on Tues 7 pm Gar ibaldi Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave Rose-land See ecbsnjbeekeepersorg or the Essex Facebook page groupsECBSnj for more infor-mation Jersey Cape Third Thurs of the month 7 pm Cape May County Cour thouse 355 Route 657 Cape May Court House See their Facebook page for outreach events httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsJCBAmail See South Jersey for Winter Banquet information Mid State Dec 13 Winter Banquet 1-5 pm Robinrsquos Nest Restaurant 2 Washington St Mt Holly Jan 21 2016 Rutgers Eco-Center 7-9 pm Officer elections and guest speaker Morris-Somerset Meeting are the third Fr iday of each month unless notified via email North East Third Fr iday 730 pm Rm 135S (the Amphitheater ) Anisfield School of Business Ramapo College 505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah Dec 18 Holiday Party See httpwwwnnjbeesorg for details North West monthly meeting See httpnwbanjbeekeepersorg for details Dec 5 1 pm Echo Hill Lodge Holiday Meeting potluck supper election of 2016 officers Raritan Third Thurs of month 7 pm Somerset 4H Bldg 310 Milltown Rd Somerset Details are emailed to members South Jersey Dec 8 7 pm Gloucester County Offices of Government Services 1200 N Delsea Dr Clayton ldquoSpring Preparationrdquo Annual meeting and officer elections Jan 23 2016 SJBAJCBA Winter Banquet 6 pm Martinrsquos Custom Catering Landisville Reserve by Jan 15 Sussex Oct 10 Honey and Garlic Fall Festival See httpwwwscbaclubcalendar for updates

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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NEW JERSEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Membership Form

Check one New Renewal

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City ________________________ State _______ Zip ___________

Phone ______________________ E-mail ________________________

Check here if you agree to have your name city phone and e-mail address published and made available to other NJBA members only (your full mailing address will not be published)

Check here if you would like the NJBA newsletter sent to you by email as a PDF attach-ment instead of a hardcopy via the US Postal Service Make certain to provide a valid email address above

Make checks payable to your local branch (eg ldquoEssex Beekeepersrdquo) and mail the dues with a copy of this form to the appropriate branch treasurer listed below

Membership is for a full calendar year ending December 31st Dues are payable by January 1st of the current year and are considered delinquent as of March 1st New memberships paid for after July 31st are good through December 31st of the following year Dues must be current to receive the state newsletter informational emails from the state be listed on the product or swarm collector web pages and to enter the annual honey show If yoursquod like to join additional branches once you have joined the NJBA through a primary branch you can do so by paying the branch-only portion of the dues ($8) to the additional branch or branches

Junior Membership (under the age of 18) $ 8 Membership Morris-Somerset Branch Primary Branch $ 30 Membership All Other Branches as Primary Branch $ 25

Select your primary branch below whose meetings are most convenient for you Mem-bership in your primary branch includes membership in the state association

o Central Jersey Branch Curtis Crowell 152 Broad St Hightstown NJ 08520 o Essex County Beekeepers Joseph Triemel 124 Boulevard Pequannock NJ 07440-1204 o Jersey Cape Branch Fred Steinman 6 Devonshire Dr Egg Harbor Twp NJ 08234 o Morris-Somerset Branch Michael Smith 45 Main Street Succasunna NJ 07876 o Mid State Ann Auerbach 12 Wicklow Court Cherry Hill NJ 08003 o North East Branch Bob Jenkins 314 Graydon Terrace Ridgewood NJ 07450 o North West Jersey Branch Barbara Hill PO Box 379 Ringoes NJ 08551 o Raritan Valley Beekeepers Janice Zuzov 506 Brunswick Pike Lambertville NJ 08530 o South Jersey Branch Doris Morgan 838 Tuska Ave Millville NJ 08332 o Sussex County Branch Marney Ostrowski 24 Mill Street Branchville NJ 07826

Secondary Branch-Only Membership (Optional) $ 8

Secondary Branch _________________________________

Most branches will allow members of any NJBA branch to attend their meetings Already a member of one branch but want to get newsletters from another Check the box next to lsquoSecondary Branchrsquo write in the name of the branch yoursquod like to be an lsquoassociate memberrsquo of and send the $8 branch portion of the dues and membership application separately to that branchrsquos treasurer Remember you must have a Primary Branch membership at one branch before requesting a secondary or associate membership at an additional branch or branches

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