Hello, fellow beeks! We hope that you all are looking forward to the BCBC August meeting as much as we are. This meeting features Nancy Ruppert, one of our 6 very talented state apiary inspectors (and the only female, by the way). Nancy has been an NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services apiary inspector since August of 2010 and she covers the 17 counties along the North Carolina coastal region. A registered nurse since the 1980’s, Nancy worked almost 20 years as a family nurse practitioner before changing to what she calls a less stressful occupation. Nancy’s Montgomery county residence has been home to her own apiary for 15 years. Her particular apiary interests include hive pests and diseases, honey bee nutrition, and reducingRead More