For new beekeepers, (and anyone else!) you’re welcome to come early. We will have two hives setup in the parking lot, sans bees, to cover any questions anyone may have with feeding, inspections, etc. we will be in the parking lot ready to take questions around 6:15pm. See you all there! Thank you! Scott Scott A Davis Immediate Past President Buncombe County Beekeepers Club A Chapter of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Asheville, NC Catch the buzz.. www.wncbees.org
Month: April 2019
BCBC May meeting Groce United Methodist Church Tunnel Rd Asheville Monday May 6th
Hello BCBC members I hope that you and your old girl friends as well as your new ones are getting along fine and starting to get out. If you installed packages or nucs I hope that it is going well and it went smoothly. Our next meeting is Monday, May 6th . I hope that you will come out and hear Greg Rogers BCBC member as well as a Master Beekeeper and a wealth of knowledge will be our speaker. Greg will talk about Swarms, Dividing Nucs,and treatment review. The meeting starts at 7:00 but come early and mingle with your fellow club members and talk Bees! Groce United Methodist Church 945 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC Also remember to checkRead More
Advanced and Beginner Classes announced
Advanced Study Group (free to BCBC members, all others $10) for Journeyman and Master Beekeeper certification will begin Wednesdays April 17-May 15 at 122 Lyman Street in Asheville. 6:30-8:30 pm We will follow the curriculum as outlined on the NCSBA site. So take a look and see how serious you are! Beginner Certified Study Group Classes are scheduled for Wednesday nights from 6:30-8:30 starting May 15- June 26 at 122 Lyman Street in Asheville. ($30) If you would like to become NC certified here are the requirements (and in this order): Be a current NCSBA member and Buncombe County Beekeeping Chapter member. (You can become a member for $10) Pass a written test, through our chapter at the end of the course or given atRead More
BCBC Apiary Hands On
Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions. If you respond to this email I will probably never see it. This Saturday 04-13-2019 noon to 2PM, at the BCBC Apiary at the Lord’s Acre (directions at the bottom of this page): We will do the first inspection of all four of our hives in the BCBC bee yard. We will do a regular inspection, a Sugar Shake mite check and mark the queens if we can find them. The next workshop is in two weeks on Saturday, April 27. We will do the first inspection of the new bees and try to mark the new queens. I hope you can make it. Marshall Upcoming workshops at the BCBC TLA bee yard this summer. Times to be announcedRead More