Month: September 2018

Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions.  Saturday, 10/06/2018, Noon-2PM at the BCBC Apiary at the Lord’s Acre: At Saturday’s workshop, we will demonstrate the tip test to evaluate honey stores.  Everyone will have a chance to try it. Next, and most important, we will give all the hives and extra equipment a coat of paint and decorate the fronts of the hives so that it is easier for the bees (especially mated queens) to locate their own hives. I will close up the hives the night before so that the bees will all be penned up in the hives. After we paint the hives I will release the bees. The last thing we will do is feed the bees if we have decided that theRead More

Good evening, members. I hope that you all fared well through the bad weather that Florence brought our way. WNC didn’t experience too many problems, but our neighbors to the east weren’t as fortunate. David Tarpy, NC State’s extension specialist (apiculturist) has recently published an article titled “Protective Measures of Beehives during Hurricanes”. you can read the post here For our October meeting, We will be talking about last minute preparation for your bees as we head into fall. We may have a short discussion about bears as well. I have been trying to get a biologist from the NC Department of Wildlife to come and talk bears with us because bear activity is on the increase and ,as we all know, can be a nuisance to bee keepers and ourRead More