Author: mark Traub

  Topics: Our part in summer conference, Bee Yard update, Evaluation of nectar Flow, Club Business Dale Hayes “Solar Wax Melting”   Bring:  a donated door prize   Reminder: Register for the NC State Beekeepers Association Summer conference in Flat Rock at the Blue Ridge Community College, July 19-21 ( https://www.ncbeekeepers.org )    Dear Buncombe County Beekeepers,   Mark your calendar for our next monthly meeting on July 2nd at 7:00pm.  We hope that you and your apiary friends are doing well, despite any stress from the dearth or heavy storms that have been dominating our weather this past week…hopefully we’ll have another nectar flow soon.       Just a reminder that Buncombe County is one of the host counties for the NC State Beekeepers Association Summer conference heldRead More

  Good Evening to all Buncombe County Beekeepers!  Mark your calendar!  Our next monthly meeting is Monday, June 4th at Groce United Methodist from 7 – 9pm.  Come early for a greet-and-meet at 6:30, especially if you have questions for some our more “seasoned” beekeepers.  You can learn what is going on in and around the bee yards of Buncombe and surrounding counties. I hope you and your “girls” have had a wonderful Memorial Day holiday weekend!  Although rain has limited foraging and time in the apiary, we did have some occasions where the sun peeked through the clouds.  The first nectar flow of the season is in full swing, so be sure to check your hives for adequate space.  Remember the 70% rule…when aRead More

   Hello to all BCBC members!   This is a reminder of our May meeting, scheduled for Monday, May 7th  at 7:00pm.    The guest speaker for the May meeting is Ms. Leigh Knott.   Ms. Knott (formerly from the Ozarks) is owner of Five Apple Farm in Yancy County.  She is a certified natural grown beekeeper with 8 years of experience.  She is currently working on micro-queen rearing and cut-down splits.  She will be able to share a wealth of knowledge and provide information for both the experienced and novice beekeeper.  We are looking forward to hearing from her!   It is a busy time for both bees and beekeepers as the nectar flow is beginning.  Many of you may have purchased nucs and/or packages andRead More

  Hello Buncombe County Beekeepers, Hopefully the last of the crazy cold weather is behind us and your girls are doing fine.There has been plenty of warm days for them to start to get out and about. For the April meeting we will have the pleasure and knowledge  of our own member as well as NCDA Apiary inspector for our region Lewis Cauble come and talk to us about spring management. He will touch on.mites, feeding, swarm management, and capturing swarms and all things spring related to our bees. So bring your questions as well as your knowledge on how and what you do for all of the above so we might all learn from each other. Remember we meet at The Groce United MethodistRead More

Hello to all Buncombe County Beekeepers!   I hope all is well with you, and that your “girls” made it through the winter and are gearing up for spring.     The BCBC conducted our “hands-on” Bee School over the past weekend at Nesbitt Discovery Center, so we are expecting to see lots of new members at Monday’s meeting.  Be sure to look for new faces and make these future beekeepers feel welcome.     Based on the evaluation survey collected at the conclusion of the school, the responses of the participants were very positive.  It appears the new beekeepers walked away with a better understanding of beekeeping and now have the confidence to start keeping bees, along with the assurance that experienced beekeepers will be enthusiasticRead More

Hello BCBC members, Hope that you and your girls are doing well. We will be having our next meeting back at the church on Feb.5th Our long time friend and member/beekeeper Greg Rogers from Haw Creek Honey will be giving us another installment on Queen rearing. I am sure it will be informative and I hope to learn more as I feel that part of keeping our girls alive,healthy and strong is to be raising Queens that fit with our area. I hope that everyone who made it to the January meeting liked the location of our Bee School. Thank you for the feed back as we are working on getting any kinks out before February 24/25th Also a few thing I need to mention:Read More

New Location for this meeting only!!!!   Hello BCBC members, I hope that your girls are doing well and you are all staying warm on these crazy cold days and night. We are getting ready to kick off our first meeting of 2018 and I am hoping that it will be a very informative year for us all. On January 8th we will have one of the owners of Wehrloom Honey from Robbinsville NC in Graham County come up and talk to us. Aron will tell us about their operation, how they started and grew, what sort of pest management they use and why and where they are going next. I  think it will be informative and fun and inspire us to be better beekeepers.AlsoRead More

Hello Members, I hope that you and your girls are enjoying this warm weather and all are doing fine. As you know Monday Nov. 6th will be the last meeting of 2017 and we will be having our year end pot luck. So cook up a favorite dish to share maybe with honey in it. We will also be nominating and electing board members and directors whose terms are expiring. Also the board will be giving the club a year end financial report as to where we stand. Greg Rogers will be giving us a short recap of Randy Oliver’s study with Oxalic Acid. There is still time to let me know if you want to enter the Honey Contest and possible move on toRead More

BCBC Honey Contest Monday Night! The BCBC has over 120 members in the Club and we’d like a good representation for whose is the BEST TASTING HONEY. What part of the county produces the most delicious? Our panel of judges will determine Monday night (Nov. 6th) during the meeting – you can watch and you can taste the entries afterwards.It’s all in fun because it’s all good! Those who can bring 3 oz. of their bees’ precious honey need to let me know prior to Monday so we can assign an entry number and have containers  in which to transfer your “blind” entries.Remember,  WINNER will be awarded a Nucleus colony with 5 drawn frames, bees and brood and an over-wintered queen. This will be availableRead More

October 2, 2017 BCBC Meeting: Lynn Williams, Beekeeper and Inventor of Mighty Mite Killer Hello Buncombe County beekeepers. As summer is winding down and fall should be approaching (hard to tell with the warm weather) hope you and your girls are doing well. For October we will be hosting a South Carolina beekeeper and Inventor of The Mighty Mite Killer Lynn Williams.  His company Bee Hive Thermal Industries along with Oven Industries a 50 year leader in temperature controls ISO and aerospace certified have come up with a organic ,chemical free mite treatment. I think this will be a very informative and interesting topic and discussion. I have purchased and used it for the first time this year as well as a few of ourRead More