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
Month: September 2019
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