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Buncombe County Beekeepers Club Articles
August meeting – Presenting Nancy Ruppert, NC Apiary Inspector! (And ice cream!)
Hello, fellow beeks! We hope that you all are looking forward to the BCBC August meeting as much as we are. This meeting features Nancy Ruppert, one of our 6 very talented state apiary inspectors (and the only female, by the way). Nancy has been an NC Department of...
June 6th Meeting and Field Day events!
Howdy, bee neighbors! Our monthly meeting on June 6 will feature a local allergist who will present our epi-pen training and certification. Local Beekeepers will also relate stories on epi pens and their uses in the field. The BCBC picnic and field day will be held...
Annual Picnic and Field Day arrangements!
Members, here's the agenda for our picnic/field day coming up on June 11th out in Swannanoa. Also attached are directions on how to get there and what to bring. We really think you're going to enjoy your day out with WNC beekeepers! ...
come one come all.. let’s get ready for Spring!
This month’s meeting will be a ‘working’ meeting! We will have examples/demos of how to do splits, wax , how to render wax and products of the hive, Pheromones and their role in hives and how bees use them, and a Top bar demonstration/work station for those of us...
Saturdays event for “Hiving a Nuc’ is canceled!
Everyone, We have had ‘timing’ issues with the arrival of nucs this year. Tomorrows scheduled event of hiving a nuc/package is being postponed for now. We hope to reschedule this event after the bee yard is more refined, and we have better timing of nuc or package...
Flowers/plants/trees.. its all new to me!
Tonight’s meeting will cover local flower and plant expert visiting to discuss flowers — the kinds that bees like, and the kinds that we like. Did you know that honeybees only work certain flowers for nectar and only certain ones for pollen? We will also have a local...
NCSBA Certified Beekeeper Exam scheduled for April 11, 2016 – Home Gauge training room – 5:30-8:00pm
The Beginner Certified written test has been scheduled for April 11, 2016 on a Monday evening between 5:30-8 pm at 122 Lyman Street in Asheville. You must RSVP to Janet before April 11 about what time you are coming between 5:30 and 8 PM. Bring a pencil, and plan to...
Workshop Updates – Build a Beeyard and “installing nucs or packages” for 3/19 rescheduled –
Everyone, We had an excellent workshop on building a bee yard /installing a bear fence this past weekend. Using our new partnership with the Lords Acre in Fairview, we have established the yard. The workshop attendees were involved in orienting the yard (north ,...
Workshop – let’s Build a Bee Yard! Joe Jenkins road – Fairview, nc 3/12/16 – 9:30am – 12:00pm
For those that are attending the workshop for ‘Let’s build a bee yard’ , on Saturday, 3/12 – 9:30am through 12:00pm. The location is the Lords Acre, located on Joe Jenkins Road in Fairview, NC. Follow hwy 74A/old charlotte highway as if you were going to lake...
Hands-On Meeting
March 7 @ 6:30 Groce United Methodist Church BCBC meeting This is a "Hands On" meeting in stations so participants will be able to examine any of the display materials and ask questions about their uses to experienced beekeepers. The Center for Honey Bee Research's...
FW: Brrrrr! its cold out! what do we do now in our bee yards!
Join us Monday, Feb 1st, 6:30pm Meeting starts at 7pm. Western NC Apiary inspector, Lewis Cauble; Varroa Destructor We hope everyone is ‘weathering the storm’ well. Its been a tough winter in many ways. Everyone should be doing a ‘heft’ test on their hives to...
Happy New Year! We hope it will ‘BEE’ abuzzzzz with activity!
Happy New year to everyone! We sincerely hope that everyone's bee yards are in good shape, that your ladies are happy, healthy and buzzing with activity in this most unusual winter. 2016 is shaping up to be and outstanding year for beekeepers, beekeeping in general!...
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