Galleries
Past Spring Sling Pics
See what Jim and Cindy's spring sling day consists of. See what it takes to get honey from the hive to the honey house and into settling bucket. You are welcome to come see and help. Just let them know ahead of time so they can accommodate you.
NEW! 2013 SIBA Member Swarm Photos
15 items added 05/22/13Swarm photos submitted by SIBA beekeepers.
Making nucs with Garry Reeves May 19 2013
A trip through one of Garry's apiaries to split hives in to nucs. We made 18 on this day, and he made 10 the day before.
St. Leon cut-out May 2013
Cut out the floor of a second floor bedroom to get bees out. The power went out midway through, so we needed to get a generator for the bee vac.
Jason presents to cub scouts
Jason presented an observation hive, a short bee discussion and showed the beekeepers basic equipment to the cub scouts for their May pack meeting.
May 16 2013 SIBA Meeting
In hive presentation ran by Shannon and Jason.
Jim Farmer SHB Hive Beetle Trap
This trap was designed and built by Jim Farmer. You might say it's a prototype. Jim Farmer is a SIBA member and has been keeping bees since the 70's. We consider him the senior beekeeper in our organization. No conversation is complete without his input.
Winter Workshop 2013 #3
Sat. Feb. 16, 2013 was the final workshop #3 at Garry's. It was the biggest turn-out to date... approx. 13 people or so. I never heard the final count from Garry, but if I had to guess, we made about 20 medium bodies. I brought in my bee vac and did some tuning on it to get it ready for the spring and I also did some final tweaks to the SHB bottom board prototype that Jim Farmer made. Others built frames and worked on final odd jobs with their equipment.
Winter Workshop 2012 #1
Sat Dec. 8, 2012 was the first winter workshop at Garry Reeves. We made 14 deep hive bodies.
Winter Workshop 2013 #2
Sat. Jan. 19, 2013 was winter workshop #2 at Garry's. We made 280 frames, 5 deep hive bodies, 2 nucs, 14 bottom boards and a pinewood derby car.
SIBA Beekeeping Basics 101
SIBA presented a series of discussions catered to new beekeepers on Jan. 5, 2013. The event was full and each session was recorded. You can find these videos under the news section of the site if you'd like to view them.
Clifty Falls Buzz About Bees 2012
Great day with a huge turnout. Thanks for all who volunteered... and a huge thanks to Ginger Davidson for her direction on making this event so special, and successful!
2012 Beekeepers Picnic
Hosted by the Fanchers.
Saturday Grafting at Garry Reeves
On Sat. July 21st, about 13 people came to Garry's to try their hand at grafting queens the way Garry does it. Here's some pictures!
Spring Sling 2012
Jim and Cindy's Spring Sling 2012
May 2012 Meeting Pictures
Pics from the May 2012 SIBA meeting.
Bee Log cut-out
On Sat. May 5 2012, the guys opened up a large log of bees and hived them. See the pics here.
April 19 Meeting
Over 80 people were in attendance at the April 19, 2012 bee meeting.
Honeybee Swarms
The odd places you might find bees when they swarm.
2012 Fungi Hunt
Pics from Jason Morgan's 2012 morel mushroom hunt.
Mel Disselkoen visits SIBA
Mel Disselkoen visits SIBA to talk about OTS Queen Rearing and Miticide-free beekeeping.
October 20 2011 Meeting
A recap of our October meeting discussing candy boards, protecting drawn comb from wax moths and ideas on how to package your honey bounty for retail.
American Foul Brood
AFB is likely the most serious of diseases in beekeeping. Once spotted, you should burn the equipment to reduce the spread of the deadly spores that can otherwise live up to 50 years!
Log cut-out at July 21 SIBA Meeting
We cut some bees out of a log at the last meeting. Check it out.
Jim and Cindy's Spring Sling 2011
Pics from the 2011 spring sling.
Indiana Queen Project
The Indiana Queen Project. How the SIBA took advantage of the program this year.
David Jackson's Hive Stand
Hive stand developed by David Jackson.
April 21, 2011 Meeting
Discussed Indiana Queen project and looked at bee vacs made by Garry Reeves and Jason Morgan.
May 17, 2011 Meeting
Big turnout. Tim Conley conducts a hive inspection and Garry Reeves shows us his plastic supers.
Building Bee Frames
Garry opened his shop to a few of us and got us track to build 230 bee frames in one day.
Spring 2011 Member Photos
Send us yours!
April 3 2011 Cutout on Eastside
April 2011 cutout on east side of Cincinnati.
2011 Honey Bee Fair
All the pics from the 2011 Honey Bee Fair. Thanks to all our volunteers and donors!
February 17 2011 Meeting - Mead Making
We covered basic mead-making in the meeting and all the winemakers brought wine and mead to sample.
January 20, 2011 Hive Autopsy
Cindy and Jim Farmer performed a hive autopsy on two dead hives. Photos courtesy of Jim Kinker.
Candy Boards
Making candy boards for the winter.
Bee Hive Wind Breaks
A gallery of different types of wind breaks.
Bee Mobiles
Batman has the bat mobile. We have bee mobiles. Let's see a photo of your bee mobile.
Varroa Mites and Wax Moths
Just a gallery of images to help you identify varroa mites and wax moths from their larva through pupa and moth states. Let us investigate the sticky board!
chimney cut out
Cutting bees out of the inside of a chimney with Jim Farmer, Garry Reves, Jim Orem. Hanging out with friends, perfect weather, free bees, free lunch, giving free bees away, What a wonderful day!!!!
Fall hive inspection with Ed and Cindy
Ed and Cindy doing a hive inspection. Getting ready for fall.
Spring Package Install with Doug Nelson
In the spring of 2010, I visited Doug Nelson of Nelson's Apiary and accompanied him to a couple of his outyards. Doug installed 50 new packages and I took some photos as I assisted.
Identify various types of bees
We are always adding to this gallery.
Jason Morgan July Hive Inspection
Pics include close-ups of the queen, brood and several interesting frames.
Small Hive beetle
Here's some SHB images I've collected. This is what you are looking for.
Garry's bee vac
Garry uses his bee vac to catch a swarm.
Spring Sling 2010
Please add your photos from the spring sling at Cindy's place here
Gallery of Bee Forage
This is a growing collection of weeds, plants and other bee forrage.