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Click here for the full March newsletter Join us on April 1st for an extraordinary evening with Greg Rogers! At our upcoming Buncombe County Beekeepers Club meeting, we are thrilled to welcome Greg Rogers, the owner of Haw Creek Honey Company nestled in the beautiful mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. With an impressive forty-two years of beekeeping experience, twenty-five of which have been full-time, Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our community. His three hundred-fifty to four-hundred hive operation, focused on honey production and apple pollination, showcases his dedication to sustainable beekeeping practices. Greg has shared his insights on honey bee management at various levels, from local to regional, and in 2023, he embarked on his first honey bee research project onRead More

March 7 @ 6:30 Groce United Methodist Church BCBC meeting This is a “Hands On” meeting in stations so participants will be able to examine any of the display materials and ask questions about their uses to experienced beekeepers. The Center for Honey Bee Research’s Bee School will be finished on Sunday and we are expecting a crowd with lots of questions they need to know more about. If you have the experience, please come and answer how-to-get-started equipment questions. There will be displays of all the hive components from the bottom board (screened vs solid) to the tops, (migratory, telescoping and English garden hive tops), tools, smokers and different fuels; queen excluders and bee escapes. We will have some fencing materials on hand, plusRead More