Setting up Anthony Rago’s hive.
Thanks to Select Bank for providing the burgers, hot dogs, and a small assortment of drinks. Please bring lawn chairs. The pool will be available for use.
Please use Rt. 221 to Goode Station. (Goode Road Bridge is closed due to construction)
The speaker for April’s meeting was Davanna McClellan. She addressed her recent research on the potential medicinal uses of Lantern fly “honey”. Davanna is a junior at Liberty University and is the president of Liberty’s beekeeping club. She is pursuing a degree in Zoo & Wildlife Biology and hopes to someday work in the field or in a zoo.
Adult and Nymph Lantern Fly
Nymphs hatch in spring and develop into adults by summer.
Davanna McClellan
Davanna and club member, Dr. Morgan Horning, are working on a research project involving European honeybees and the invasive spotted lanternfly. Their project examines the differences in the antimicrobial performance of wildflower honey and honey contaminated with spotted lantern fly honeydew. The team decided to undertake this research because honey is used as medicine, and if it is found that one honey outperforms the other, then that specific type of honey could be marketed as more effective against bacteria.
Julie Arthur demonstrated how to do a mite wash.
Check out our photo gallery page to see the swarm pictures sent in by our club members.
