Author: mark Traub

Hello  BCBC members, I hope that you and your girls are all doing well and are staying safe during these unusual times. We are going to have our first virtual meeting this coming Monday June 15th starting at  7:00  and going until 8:15. I hope that you can all make it . We will be having Lewis Cauble, our regional inspector, talk about what he is seeing in the bee yards in and around our area. Please bring any questions you might have as to what is happening in your yard as  we can help you figure out what problems you might be having or help to identify what you are seeing. I will be sending out the link to our zoom meeting platform overRead More

Hello BCBC members, I hope that this email finds everyone and their girls doing well and staying safe. We are working on online meeting but have not finalized the format yet. So as of now we are not going to have our May meeting next Monday evening. Please join Scott and Shaneka as they are hosting Wednesday evening Zoom Q&A  sessions. If you are going out to the CHBR anytime this season please practice social distancing and remember to wear a mask under your bee suit. Also we will be posting times for you to come out and help in the club apiary so you can also help out there as well. If you have any concerns please feel free to  reach out as weRead More

  Good evening BCBC members First of all we are hoping that you and your loved ones are safe and stay safe during these turbulent times (bees included).    As of today we will be suspending our monthly meeting until we, as a planet, get the corona virus under control. We are abiding by the standards set by the CDC on gatherings of people in light of the COVID-19 virus. We are taking your health and safety as a priority…please do the same.   The board is working on setting up some online and virtual meetings using zoom or another platform, as we still want to keep everyone excited and learning more about better bee keeping. We will let everyone know via emails when weRead More

Good evening BCBC Members, Sorry about the delay in sending this as Marc was going to send out the meeting reminder as we were going to be doing a CPR class. But we had a little snafu and we will be talking bees all night tomorrow. I hope that you can come and particulate. See you tomorrow.. Meeting starts at 7:00 but fell free to come early and chat with your fellow members. Groce Unitd Methodist Church Tunnel Road. Asheville, NC Mark Traub  

Hello BCBC members, I hope that 2020 will be a great year with all your bee keeping endeavors..We will be having our first meeting of the year on January 6th at the Groce United Methodist Church Tunnel Road Asheville. Meetings start at 7:00 but we encourage you to come early to talk with your fellow club members. We will be starting the year off with a talk and class on mead making..Here is a little about the speaker and her talk:   Amber Shehan from Pixie’s Pocket as she guides you through the steps it takes to start a small batch of mead, how to know when it is ready to bottle, and the bottling process. This demonstration is great for anyone interested in learningRead More

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

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

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

Good evening BCBC members, I hope that you and the girls are al doing well and will be enjoying the break from the oppressive heat we have been having.I hope that you will all be coming to next Mondays meeting on August 5th. We will have Karen Stegall come out and talk to us about the AZ hive that is very popular and used in Slovenia. Karen is a 4 year beekeeper, North Carolina Journeyman  working toward master. She has been using the tradition AZ hive for the last 2 years. The AZ hive is used by most beekeepers in Slovenia. Here is a  link to start to get you interested. https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-slovenian-beehive-arrives-in-the-us/ I hope to see you all there on Monday August 5th  2019 GroceRead More