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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-10-08, Page 5Beekeeper's Association is local By David Emslie I A.YFIELD - An office of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association (OBA) is currently tieing housed in the home of Patricia Westlake of RR3 Bayfield. Mrs. Westlake, who is the business co- rdinator for the association, explained that the group has been around for a long time, as it was established in 1881. "We address the problems within the bee ,ilfldustry and promote the uses of honey," •4.lrs. Westlake said of the activities of the ;association. "We keep up with the research ,ibeing done within the industry and marketing." l,; Other activities carried out yearly by the ,association to keep their beekeepers inform- oet1 on what is going on within the industry in= „Nude a two day conference every December In Toronto where a variety of speakers from the United States and Canada participate. "We also have people from Ottawa from the research department of Agriculture Canada, and certainly from the provincial government too," Mrs. Westlake noted. Other methods of passing along informa- tion include seminars, summer meetings and a newsmagazine, The Sting, that comes out four times a year. Currently, the OBA'a largest .project is their newly published cookbook, Ontario Honey Recipe Book, however, they have concerns which may be as important to them as the book. "Our biggest concern is the honey bee trachiel mite," Mrs. Westlake said. "It is really a disease that weakens the mites." She explained that the disease is Rebecca Schoonderwoerd Jill McMahon Kathryn Jankowski Turkey is safe. • from page 4 Beat Roth didn't have much to say on the ;;whole subject but that the turkey is cooked 1n the oven with nothing else. He knows, however, what his favorite part of the meal is, and that is french fries, which he likes even better than turkey. ' "We have turkey and sometimes we have pumpkin pie and sometimes chocolate cake," Erin Marshall said of their holiday meal. She added stuffing, peas, carrots and apple sauce to this list. When asked how her mother cooks their turkey, Erin replied, "She cooks it medium rare, I think." On the method of cooking she said her mother puts it in, "A big pan, she puts it in the oven and puts gravy stuff in it, when it comes out it has gravy and she puts it in a dish and everyone gets some." As to cooking time, Erin said it takes, "Oh, about 10 minutes." Although she likes eating the big meal; she said eating is only second best. "I like, sometimes I get to dress up and I get to do a little speech or something," she said was her favorite part of the celebration. Stuffing tops her list of the best part of the meal, and she said, "Me and my dad always take lots and lots of stuffing and a bit of turkey." Rebecca Schoonderwoerd gets turkey and stuffing for her big dinner, but she wasn't sure of how her meal is cooked. She did know, however, part of the preparation necessary for the meal. Scott LeBeau •• "I think she gets it (turkey) out the night before she bakes it because she has to let it thaw before she cooks it." There are. no favorites for. Rebecca when it comes to meal time, as she said, "I like them both." Turkey and jello are on the menu for Jill McMahon's holiday dinner, with red jello winning out over turkey in the taste test. Jill said she didn't know how her mom cooks their meal because, "Mom doesn't cook it, my grandma does." Her grandmother puts salad on a plate, puts the turkey on the salad and cooks the whole works. "She cooks it with tomatoes too," Jill said. Although she didn't know how long it might take to cook the turkey, she said, "She has a fast oven." When Kathryn Jankowski sits down to her dinner of turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, she doesn't play any favorites. She said she doesn't know what she likes best about the meal, then added, "I don't like any of it." The final student polled , was Scott LeBeau, and for his meal they have turkey, gravy, potatoes, cooked carrots and dressing. Scott's mother cooks their turkey, "In the oven, and she stuffs it. It takes three hours maybe." Turkey again lost out in the taste test with this last student, as his favorite part of the meal is dessert; pumpkin pie. • • • from ()CITIZEN • Diamond Set Dial ayaway Now The quality timepiece for that man of distinction Layaway terms available ANSTETT JEWELLERS MEMBER AMERICAN BAIbert Si CLINTON 284 Main St EXETER 26 Main st S. SEAFORTH 135 Queen St East ST. MARYS 203 Durham St E WALKERTON 2 The Square GODERICH GEM SOCIETY r widespread in the U.S. but no one is really sure what effect it will have in the northern climate. "It obviously weakens the bees, it has been discovered that it decreases the population of the bees and decreases honey production," she pointed out. Because the association fears the disease may spread to Canada and because not very much is known about the disease, they lob- bied the government for border closures for the import of honey bees. "We don't want the mite in Canada," Mrs. Westlake said. According to Mrs. Westlake, John Wise, the Minister of Agriculture closed the eastern border, the Ontario -Manitoba border for eastern Canada in March because of their concerns. "We see it as a forerunner to two more problems; the varroa 'finite and the Africanized bee," Mrs. Westlake said of the OBA's push for closures. "They are two very serious problems that we see in the future. They are in South America and Central America and are mov- ing this way." While the varroa mite is another disease, Africanized bees are a form of bee that are very egressive and very hard to handle. "That's why we feelit is soimportant to close the border," Mrs. Westlake said. Another reason she feels the border closure would be beneficial to the beekeepers is it makes them more self suffi- cient, as they can't get their bees from across the border. Within the association there is another club, that of the commercial beekeepers. "Anything over 200 hives could be classified as commercial," Mrs. Westlake stated. This commercial club works more on marketing and how to market honey, she said. In this area Bill Ferguson of Hensall is the only beekeeper to be designated as commer- cial,, and he also keeps the largest amount of bees in the area. According to Mrs. Westlake, the associa- tion is growing. -"We're seeing the associa- tion become stronger, more aggressive and more vocal in dealing with the government to address the concerns within the in- dustry," she said. "We have approximately 300 members, and we've seen it increase rapidly over the past few months." A Londesboro man, Kazimierz Kiezik, is one of these 300 members, and at one time was considered a commercial beekeeper as he had 600 hives. "I gradually cut down, every year I cut down. This year I have 160 hives," he said. Originally from Poland, Mr. Kiezik went first to England, and came to Canada in 1949. When he first arrived here he worked for the radio station at the Air Force base in Clinton, and in 1950 he began working for a Kinburn beekeeper. "Then I decided to get some of my own, I got about 40 hives in 1952," he said. Four years after purchasing his own hives he moved to his home and business establish- ment in Londesboro. He explained that he begins working with the bees in April and continues through Selftehiber. "In Oabbet t start"Oreput'ing. • for the' Winter, abbiit1bctober'We are finish- ed all the work." Over the winter he does not have as much work to do, but when he had more hive he made frames and boxes for the business. "Now in the winter )( check the boxes and sometimes make frames," he said. During the summer months, though, he is kept very busy. "It is a' full . time job, one Turn to page 7 • Kootstra site• . . • from page 1 where the committee reveals the ministry findings to the residents. Subsequently if the site meets with approval formal applica- tions must be made to the Ministry of the Environment in order to proceed further," said Mr. Byes. "We've been working on getting a new landfill since 1981 and it involves a lot of public paritcipation. It can't be moved along quickly. We have to follow the process." 0 the process is followed, and if the land- fill site is approved at all stages of the pro- cess, Mr. Byes estimates Seaforth and Tuckersmith residents could be dumping garbage at the'new site as early as next fall. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986—Page 5 Kaz (left) and Jadwiga Kiezik have been working as beekeepers in Londesboro for 30 years. 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