Reminder - November 7th Indy Southside Beekeepers Club Meeting starts at 6:30......
Vickie TROUT -
Beekeepers,
Just a reminder, the Indy Southside Beekeepers Club meeting on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, will start at 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. (Please note the time for this meeting only.) Meetings are held at the Franklin Township Civic League office, 8822 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46239. We'll have plenty of pizza so be sure to join us for the last meeting of the year and help make Candy Boards or Bricks for overwintering our hives. All are encouraged to attend, even if you don't need to make any. Even if you don't have any bees yet. It is a great networking opportunity to help out, know each other better and to learn more about beekeeping. Also, we'll be having pizza. Bring your own beverage.
Recipe for the White Sugar Bricks
Bring your candy boxes to the meeting. Steve Pryor will have the sugar donated by Beekeepers of Indiana to our club. John Parks is bringing his magic stirring wand and drill and I'll bring some vinegar, but we'll need additional supplies. For Candy Board making you need sugar, vinegar (or Honey B Healthy), sugar board frames, and equipment. Some like to put tissue paper down and pack the sugar on top of it. (It's a little less messy in your car on the way home. Bring your buckets, tarps, big mixing spoons, a block of wood or other tool to tamp/pack down the sugar into the frame or mold, measuring cups and spoons. If you don't have it, someone else will and we can share. Here’s a recipe so you can gauge how much sugar to buy, you can figure about 8-12# of sugar for each candy board you make.
Recipe for the White Sugar Bricks
8 lbs. - 1 1/2 cups (12 oz.) water + 1 Tbsp. (Honey Bee Healthy or vinegar)
10 lbs. - 15 oz. water + 2 Tbsp. (HBH or Vinegar)
12 lbs. - 18 oz. water + 2 Tbsp. (HBH or Vinegar)
14 lbs. - 21 oz. water + 3 Tbsp. (HBH or Vinegar)
Another basic recipe is 10# sugar + 10 ounces water + 1 T Honey-B-Healthy or white vinegar. This one is harder to mix but seems to dry hard faster. If you have another recipe, please do a reply all and share with the Club members.
Make sure that you bring supplies and tools to the meeting.
This is the last 2023 Club meeting. Watch for an email with 2024 dates and check out the Indy Southside Beekeepers Club Facebook page. If there is another Beekeeper website or Facebook page you like, please let us all know.
thanks, Vickie