6:30 PM: Annual Fall Plant Exchange & Club Swap Shop
Plant Exchange
Fall is the best time to divide most perennials. With the approaching cold weather, plants focus on root development and wait until spring to focus on blooms. Plants suffer less stress with being planted in the fall, and although you should water regularly (at least once a week) after transplanting, and continue until frost, after that, baring any droughts, most plants can handle a lot less attention going into the spring.
Want to participate? Here is how it works: You bring bee-friendly plants you want to exchange, and receive a ticket for each plant you bring, that can be exchanged for plants that others bring. You are welcome to bring other plants that you think people might want, but you will only receive a ticket for bee-friendly plants.
Each plant should be accompanied by a tag indicating what it is, and each group of plants that are the same should have a description on an index card, suitable for taking a picture
Equipment Sale (tools, woodenware honeybee products):
If you plan to sell - be at the parking Lot by 6:15, to set up. The parking lot will be marked for the sale and look for volunteers to answer any questions. Also any items not sold during parking lot sale must be taken back by the owner and is not eligible for raffle. However, items can be donated for club use.
You can also post your items on the Wake County Facebook page.
If you plan to buy - the event starts at 6:30. Please bring cash
7:30PM- Regular Meeting- Dr. Brad Metz
Herein Brad will describe his experience developing a catastrophic anaphylactic reaction during his graduate studies and how it's affected his research over the last 20 years. He will describe the elements of the bee and body involved in severe allergic reactions, the medical treatment he's undergone (and is still undergoing) to mitigate the symptoms thereof, and hopefully demystify the experience that so many beekeepers encounter.
Dr. Brad Metz is a Research Scholar with NC State Apiculture Program under David Tarpy. He is the lead scientist in charge of the Honey Bee Queen & Disease Clinic, an extension effort bringing lab-quality disease and reproductive assessments to industry and government partners. He additionally runs a small research program concerning the impact of abiotic stressors on honey bee and wild bee physiology & reproduction, impacts of environmental stress on pollinator communities and, honey bee microbiome & behavior. Brad is married with two children, both of whom think working with stinging insects is crazy -perhaps his greatest failure. Sting Allergies
Following the presentation we will have our annual club officer elections. Nominees presented at the October meeting, but any additional nominees from the floor will be accepted.
Up for election: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Sgt. At Arms, Program Chair, and 1st year Director. The remaining two directors will fulfill the remainder of their terms and the current president will move to immediate vice president.
