Wee Bee Crazee

02/26/2026

Plant the Change 🌼🐝🇺🇸 — Transform your backyard into a vibrant bee paradise and become part of the movement to protect America’s precious pollinators. Every flower you grow provides food, every garden you plant creates hope, and every small action helps secure a healthier, more beautiful future for generations to come. Grow flowers. Feed bees. Save the future.

02/13/2026

Yes I’ve been in all five of my hives and fed them. All doing good.

Are we right?? Great day to pop the tops and make sure your girls have enough food till Spring gets here! We hope everyone had minimal losses over the winter - but winter isn't over yet - the critical time is starting soon as they start brooding up and will need more food to keep that at 95*.

01/12/2026

THE MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE DUE TO WEATHER RELATED BUILDING CLOSURE.

Club members can access the zoom link through their newsletter.

This month's meeting will be Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm at Wildwood Environmental Academy with speaker Emily Mueller. Emily is a dedicated beekeeper, educator, and founder of Mueller Honey Bee in Akron, Ohio, committed to honey bee preservation and public education. She is an active local member of beekeeping associations and a traveling public speaker, focusing on community outreach through educational presentations and beekeeping instruction for both children and adults.

Emily's presentation will be on Medicinal Beekeeping (Bee Products That Heal Us and How to Make Them) - This presentation explores the hive as a source of powerful natural remedies, focusing on the healing properties of bee products used in apitherapy. Participants will learn the medicinal value of hive products, including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax, and bee venom, as well as gain an understanding of their therapeutic uses, basic methods of preparation, and essential safety considerations related to their use.

09/10/2025

🐝📸 Who’s the Real Tweet-Heart, ready to flock together for the 2025 The City of Oregon Honey Fest Photo Contest? It’s going to be un-bee-lievably fun!

Buzz on over Saturday, September 20 from 10am–5pm and drop off your photo entries between 10am–11am.

Two categories: Pollinators & Birds—so whether you’re all a-buzz or just winging it, we want to see your best shots Oregon!

The Biggest Week in Birding: Time to Spread Your Wings and Snap to It—Let’s See Who Rules the Roost with Their Photos!

Photos must be 5x7, matted or framed. No pre-registration required—just swoop in and bee part of the action!

Winners will be announced starting at 4pm.

Full contest rules: oregonohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-Oregon-Honey-Festival-Rules-Updated-7-31.pdf

Let’s make this contest the tweet and buzz of the town Oregon! 🐦🌻

08/29/2025

Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Control for Your Property

The Ohio Department of Agriculture does not currently remove SLF or tree-of-heaven from private property.

✅ What You Can Do:

Inspect Items - check furniture, tools, firewood, and other outdoor items for SLF before moving.

Follow quarantine rules when relocating to another area.

Remove Host Plants and cut down invasive host plants like:
Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Wild grapevine
Black walnut saplings, if infested

🥚 Destroy Egg Masses (Fall–Spring)

Scrape off egg masses into soapy water or rubbing alcohol

Use horticultural oils to treat eggs in winter/early spring

🪰 Control Nymphs & Adults (Spring–Fall)

Swat, stomp, or vacuum when populations are manageable

Dispose of vacuum bags immediately

🧴 Use Low-Toxicity Insecticides

Apply insecticidal soap or horticultural oils

Safe for general use; reapply as needed

🧪 Apply Stronger Insecticides (as needed)

For spot treatments: Bifenthrin, carbaryl, malathion

For longer control: Dinotefuran, imidacloprid (systemic insecticides)

Consider professional pest control for heavy infestations

⚠️ Special Notes:

Protect Pollinators: Don’t apply systemic insecticides when plants are flowering

Avoid runoff to nearby flowering plants

Follow the Label: Always use pesticides exactly as labeled

“The Label is the Law”

🔗 More Info: visit the ODA page: agri.ohio.gov/spotted-lanternfly

08/28/2025