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Honeybee swarm season is approaching, and beekeepers would like area residents to call them if they find a swarm. Swarms are one way beekeepers can remedy the heavy losses of bee colonies many experienced this winter.

Usually forming a clump anywhere from baseball to football size, a honeybee swarm settles on a bush, tree, or sometimes odd location while sending scouts out to find a new home. Unless the weather is cold and rainy, swarms usually remain in place at most two or three days. On warm, sunny days, they may leave within hours. The bees have no hive to protect and generally are not aggressive unless bothered.

Only rarely do swarms set up housekeeping and building comb without an appropriate cavity in which to do so. In any case, a call to police dispatchers or to beekeepers listed on the Southeastern Indiana Bee Club map at www.indianahoney.org will send an eager beekeeper to collect them. Please DON'T spray or otherwise bother the swarm in the meantime.

The SIBA site also can help with identification of honeybees versus other insects such as wasps and yellow jackets.

To learn more about SIBA beekeepers and beekeepers, pick up a copy of the Thursday, April 4, Dearborn County Register, or read it online at www.thedcregister.com.

CUT: Honeybee swarms often settle in trees before leaving for a new home. Beekeepers will collect swarms and can be reached through police dispatchers or the Southeastern Indiana Beekeepers Association website: www.indianahoney.org.

Kathy Bultman's quilt was selected as the 2013 Mayor's Choice by Rising Sun Mayor Branden Roeder at the 2013 Rising Sun QuiltFest. Highlight the link below to see more photos.

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On March 19 and March 20 Rising Sun Mayor Branden Roeder, City Clerk-Treasurer Rae Baker Gipson, Utility Superintendent Shawn Guidice, and Utility Office Manager Sue Bovard attended the 2013 Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Legislative Day held in Indianapolis.

The Legislative Day is an important part of the Association’s advocacy program. It not only provides municipal officials an opportunity to meet with legislators and state leaders, it also gives local leaders a chance to network with other officials throughout the state.

State Representative Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) provided testimony before the Public Policy Committee Wednesday, March 20 in support of an amendment to Senate Bill (SB) 528. In its original form, SB 528 tried to remove a requirement that Indiana must make up the difference if local communities ever fell below their 2002-level casino admissions tax collections.