November Meeting and Pot Luck

Time: 6PM (an hour earlier because of the time change) Good evening BCBC Members, I hope that you and your girls are doing well and enjoying this warm weather. Just a  short reminder that we are having our last meeting /pot luck next Monday November 4th. Please bring a dish (with serving utensil) to share and of course we will be having fun playing some bee related games.We will have plates and utensils but if you are Eco-conscious and want to bring your own please do so.  On the business end we will be electing two officers; Vice President and Secretary, as well as two directors to the board. I hope that you all can make  it and break bread with your fellow members. AlsoRead More

BCBC Apiary workshop this Saturday 10/26

This Saturday 10-26-2019 Noon to 2 PM, at the BCBC Apiary at the Root Cause Farm (formally The Lord’s Acre) (directions at the bottom of this page): At this workshop, we will evaluate honey stores, clean the feeders, feed the bees, install entrance reducers and make mouse guards.  As always I will answer your questions. Always bring some water and a veil. I hope you can make it on Saturday Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions. If you respond to this email I will probably never see it. Marshall Mullins, State Certified Beekeeper, Manager of the BCBC/Lord’s Acre Apiary,  828-231-8284, mars1952@gmail.com Upcoming workshops at the BCBC TLA bee yard this summer. 10 am-noon until further notice 11-09-2019 make and install fondant. Sugar shake mite checkRead More

BCBC Apiary workshop this Saturday

This Saturday 10-12-2019 10 am to Noon, at the BCBC Apiary at the Root Cause Farm (formally The Lord’s Acre) (directions at the bottom of this page): It is time to do another sugar shake to evaluate the effectiveness of the oxalic acid vapor mite treatments. We will also do a general inspection, evaluate honey stores, and feed the bees. There is a lot of work to do so we will probably run overtime.  Always I will answer your questions. Always bring some water and a veil. I hope you can make it Saturday. Marshall Mullins, State Certified Beekeeper, Manager of the BCBC/Lord’s Acre Apiary,  828-231-8284 Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions. If you respond to this email I will probably never see it. UpcomingRead More

October 7th BCBC Meeting

Hello BCBCmembers, I hope that you all can make it to tomorrows meeting as we will be having Sean Collingsworth come and speak.   Sean began raising bees at nearly age and then took it up again after his retirement.Sean is a certified bee keeper and honey producer with the N.C. Bee State Keepers Association. He recently achieved certification with the Italian Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey. Their 75+ hives are located in and around Lake Toxaway.   The goal of the presentation is to assist the novice and experienced beekeeper in developing a better understanding of why and how bees manufacture honey. Sean will provide participants the methodology by which to assess the quality of polyfloral and unifloral honeys. ThereRead More

FW: [BCBC Members] Monday October 6th 2019 Meeting

Good evening BCBC members, Monday October 6th Meeting at Groce United Methodist Church Tunnel Road I hope that you are doing well and getting the girls ready for fall (if fit ever comes) and winter. Next Mondays meeting will be a talk and presentation on Honey Grading. We will have Sean Collinsworth from Killer Bees Honey.I am sure that it will be interesting and informative. Meeting starts at 7:00 but come early and talk bees with your fellow members. More information to follow. We also have some of the apiary honey for sale and the money goes back to the club 100%. The cost is $20.00 for a pint jar. Help support your club. Hope to see you all there. Mark Traub Vice President BCBCRead More

09-28-2019 Workshop at RCF

09-28-2019 Workshop at RCF (formally TLA) Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions. If you respond to this email I will probably never see it. This Saturday 09-28-2019 10 am to Noon, at the BCBC Apiary at the Root Cause Farm (formally The Lord’s Acre-directions at the bottom of this page): We have a hive that is making drones so we will try to figure out why. We will evaluate the honey stores since golden rod and aster flow and the feeding and feed more. Otherwise, it will be a short workshop.  As always I will answer your questions. Always bring some water and a veil. I hope you can make it on Saturday. Marshall Mullins, State Certified Beekeeper, Manager of the BCBC/Lord’s Acre Apiary,  828-231-8284,Read More

FW: [BCBC Members] PICNIC!!!

Hey all you wonderful beeks! I hope everyone has had a great summer and their girls faired well! Thanks to all those great folks who volunteered at the fair. Everything seemed to go smoothly and there was a great turn out for entries into the honey products contest. Let’s do it again next year!   Remember that tomorrow from 1-4 pm, we are having a picnic out at Root Cause. Your officers have put together a nice spread for the entrée and are counting on you to bring something to go with. We will tour the apiary and the gardens, and meet with some of the folks who provide this space for us. We are also planning on presenting them with something special as aRead More

BCBC Workshop this Saturday 9-14-19

This Saturday 09-14-2019 10 am to Noon, at the BCBC Apiary at the Root Cause Farm (formally The Lord’s Acre) (directions at the bottom of this page): It is time to do another sugar shake to evaluate the effectiveness of the Apilife Var mite treatments. We will also do a general inspection, evaluate honey stores, feed the bees and, assign volunteers to feed the club bees. There is a lot of work to do so we will probably run overtime. As always I will answer your questions. Always bring some water and a veil. I hope you can make it Saturday.   Marshall Mullins, State Certified Beekeeper, Manager of the BCBC/Lord’s Acre Apiary,  828-231-8284, mars1952@gmail.com   Upcoming workshops at the BCBC TLA bee yard thisRead More

BCBC Picnic Sept. 15

Buncombe County Beekeepers Picnic September 15th from 1 – 4pm at Root Cause Farm (formally The Lords Acre). Members and family are all invited. Bring: a generous side dish or two to share, a chair if you don’t want to sit on a bench, Port-O-John available BCBC provides: Chicken BBQ and a Vegetarian Choice, drinks and dinnerware, tables, pop-up tents. 1:00-1:30  set up pop up tents, tables, We can  sit under the hickory tree which is all shade on the benches they have, or at the picnic tables which are in full sun, or people can bring their own chair and sit anywhere 1:30-2:00 set up food 2:00- 3 eat and talk bee 3:00 Presentation of Honey we harvested to Gabe Whitlock, grounds manager; TourRead More

No September Meeting 2019

Good evening BCBC members,   I hope that your girls are doing well. Remember to check their stores and feed if necessary. They can go through a lot this time of year. You want them to be loaded up for winter. Also I hope that you have been checking the mite load and acting accordingly.   This is a reminder that we are not having a September meeting. For our October meeting we have Sean Colinsworth from Killer Bee Honey presenting. A Certified welsh honey judge, Sean will be coming to talk to us about honey grading and activities at Killer Bee Honey. More to follow soon!   We will be sending out information for our upcoming picnic which will be September 15th from 1Read More