BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 22,1982
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Societies
Lancaster Co, Society 1
Lancaster Farm Women 1 met Marjone Walters spoke on
f» thelr^ !a ?" neetu,gatthehome “Women’s Changing Status and
of Mary Decker the Power of Women.”
Ester Yeager presented a The June meeting will be held at
reading about wild flowers the home of Grace Krebs.
Guest speakers Amy Miller and
Lancaster Co, Society 3
Lancaster Farm Women 3 were Farm Women for the county
entertained Saturday, May 15 at project. A $lOO donation was given
the home of Beatrice Groff of to the Cerebral Palsy Fund,
kttjtz. Members of the Society 3 will be
Contributions of $5O were given entertained by Society 11 at the
each to the Lancaster County Mechanics Grove Church of the
Council of Churches for the fuel Brethren on May 27
fund and the Lancaster Society of
Lancaster Co, Society 7
Lancaster Farm Women 7 met in and craft sale,
the home of Anna Eby of Kmzer, The next meeting will be held at
Saturday. the home of Sylvia Martin of
The program was a plant, food Paradise, Monday, June 14.
Lancaster Co, Society 21
Lancaster Society 21 met May 13 Members voted to donate $5O to
for a progressive dinner. each the Office of Aging and the
Heart Fund
Berks Co, Society 1
Berks Farm Women 1 met at the farm near Breezy Comers
home of Ella Richard on May 12. Mary Jo Lawery, Boyertown,
Director of the Historial Society of was welcomed as a new member of
Berks County Harold E. Yoder the group,
presented a slide presentation on
farm art and barn decoration. The next meeting will be on June
A food stand is planned for the 9at the home of Grace Schaeffer of
June 26 sale at the Leroy Baer Oley.
Berks Co. Society 8
Berks Farm Women 8 met at the going to the Body Shop Mini Spa in
home of Joyce Deisemann, Shoemakersville
Strausstown. The next meeting will be a ham
On May 25, members will be on roll sale, June 5
&am
The Berks Farm Women 9 met. Guest speaker for the evening
May 5, at the home of Jean Hafer was Greg Douglas from the Amity
The Berks Heim picnic has been Fire Company who showed a film
scheduled for June 6. on fire safety
A $5OO scholarship is available The next meeting will be June 2
for members’ daughters or at the home of Ruth Hafer. Each
granddaughters from the Flora member is to bring a craft for show
Black Scholarship Fund. and tell
Berks Farm Women 12 held their Ballroom in Pottstown, Wed-
May meeting at the home of June nesday, May 19.
Beck.
Guest speaker was Judy Stoudt The next meeting will be at the
who showed the members how to home of Mary Leymeister of
make silk flower arrangements Bernville, June 14. Members will
Five members will be going to exchange birthday gifts at the
the spring rally at the Sunnybrook meeting.
Lancaster Co. Society 14
Lancaster Farm Women 14 met noon lunch,
at the East Towne Mall, Wed- The afternoon tours mcluded
nesday, May 12 to begin their Sturgis Pretzel House, Compass
second annual local Appreciation Mill and Butcher Shop, and Candy
Day Tour. Americana Museum.
Guided tours mcluded Linden The next meeting is Wednesday,
Hall in Lititz, Moravian Square June 9at noon to be held at the
and Church, and Johannus Mueller Farm and Home Center. Members
House. will be celebrating their 47th an-
After the tour members drove to mversary, and also will entertain
The Rome Mill Restaurant for a Society 6 and county officers.
Bee swarms are
“migratory miracles”
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - One of the
most interesting, but to some the
most frightening, happenings at
this time of year is the swarming of
bees. What such a phenomenom
represents, according to bee ex
perts, is a “miracle migration.”
I. Barton Smith, Jr., apiary
inspector for the Maryland
Department of Agriculture, says
this is the time of year for bee
swarms which can occur from
April thru June.
“Swarming is nature’s way of
producing a new bee colony,”
Smith explains. “When bees
swarm, the old queen and about
half of the bees m a hive leave m
search of a suitable location to
establish a new colony. The swarm
will cluster on a tree branch or
other temporary location for a few
hours or days until a new home site
can be found.
“Back at the original hive, a new
queen is born that will establish
her reign m place of the old queen
that left. Colony life soon returns to
normal.
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Berks Co. Society 9
Berks Co. Society 12
bee swarms,” Smith says, “is the
sheer number of bees that may
temporarily land in someone’s
yard. People are afraid that the
bees will stay permanently and
worry about getting stung.
“The truth of the matter is that
during swarming, bees are very
docile and will not sting if left
alone. They are concentrating on
the business at hand, namely the
migration to a new colony site.
If presented with a swarm of
bees, call the Department of
Agriculture or the County Ex
tension Service office. These
people will put you in touch with an
experienced bee keeper in your
area who would be interested in
removing the swarm at no cost to
you in a safe and efficient manner.
He or she will place the bees in an
unused hive to start a new colony.
“Please don’t let a bee swarm
panic you and please do not spray
the bees with an insecticide or
other chemical in an effort to get
rid of them,” Smith concludes,
“Bees are too valuable to use all as
pollinators of fruits, vegetables
and flowers to destroy.''
If no answer call 717-768-3568
Elizabethtown
Grange meets
ELIZABETHTOWN -
Elizabethtown Area Grange hei W
their meeting on May 6 at the
Commonwealth Bank basement,
here.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Tom McCoy of R 3
Elizabethtown. Having been a
butcher for 20 years, McCoy spoke
on meat and beef and pork by
products
Speaker for the next meeting will
be Luther Snyder speaking on
"Opportunities of Farming.” This
meeting will be held May 20 at the
bank basement
Md . pick -
your-own
available
ANNAPOLIS, Md -
Maryland Roadside Marketing
Association and Maryland
Department of Agriculture sav the
1982 edition of the popular “Pick
Your Own and Direct Farm
Markets in Maryland” guide is
now being rushed to county
libraries and Extension Service
offices throughout the state.
George Roche, a marketing
specialist with the MDA, reports
that the 1982 guide has a total of 93
locations listed for pick your own
farms and farmer-operated
roadside markets. This is an in
crease of a dozen over the 81
listings m last year’s edition.
Also, the handy harvest time
chart included in the guide has
been expanded and will take in 38
types of fruits and vegetables,
testimony that the pick your owr.(3P
business is expanding to meet
consumer demand.
If you desire a copy of the guide
to help you map your fresh fruit
and vegetable buying strategy for
the entire good eating freshness of
Maryland grown produce, stop by
your local public library or visit
the Extension office in your
county
In cases where this might not be
easy to do, you can secure a copy
by sending a self-addressed
stamped number 10 (business size)
envelope to: "PYO Guide,”
Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Parole Plaza Office
Bldg., Annapolis, MD 21403.
guide