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

March 4th,2019 Buncombe County Beekeepers Club Meeting

Hello Buncombe County Beekeepers,, Hope that all is well with you and your girls.Here is a recap of last months meeting:   Non-Chemical Treatment Options   Peter Brezney and Joseph Salvatore  presented a mite treatment concept that focused on non-chemical treatment methods. These methods included the use of splits, re-queening, and making queens from survivor stock rather than chemical interventions. The emphasis on educating beekeepers about how the process of evolution in bees and the adaptation to the mites may become more necessary over the chemical treatment was reinforced. However, emphasis was made on the necessity of the beekeeper to know what the mite count was and when to interrupt the cycle as well as choosing to chemical treat rather than lose the entire hive.Read More

February Meeting on February 4th 2019 Groce United Methodist Church 6:30-8:30

Buncombe County Beekeepers Club, The next two meeting will be a part one and part two on treatments. For February we will be having Peter Brezny and Joseph Salvatore two of our own local beekeepers talk to us about chemical free treatments. What steps one would take and how to go about it. Then in March Freddy Proni will be talking chemical treatments. Hopefully this will help you toward better beekeeping with what ever path you go down. We are also going to have Dave Coward give a 15 minute talk on getting ready for spring before the main topic of discussion. Then in March Sarah Mckinney do the same on spring preparation.. Hope to see you all there and stay warm and safe .Read More

BCBC January meeting 6:30 -8:30 Groce United Methodist Church

Hello Buncombe County Beekeepers Club members, I hope that you all had a wonderful start to the new year and 2019 brings peace and happiness to you ,your family and your bees. Our first meeting of the year will be on Monday evening January 7th at 6:30- 8:30. Hope to see you there. Scheduled to talk to us is a biologist from the NC State Wildlife Dept..The topic will be on Bears!!!! If you have not renewed your membership please go to the website or bring your dues with you and signup Monday. Please come early (6:30 ) to mingle and talk bees with your fellow club members, meeting will start at 7;00 Groce United Methodist Church Tunnel Road Asheville.. Mark Traub vice President BCBCRead More

Sale @ Carolina bee farm this weekend

Black Friday sale for Carolina Bee Farm located at 1734 Brevard Rd., Suite C, Hendersonville, NC 28791. Nov. 23rd and 24th between the hours of 11-6. Suits, Jackets, and veils are 50% off and everything else store wide is 25% off. We also offer gift cards and for every 100.00 gift card purchase you get a 10.00 gift card for free. Carolina Bee Farm Mike Gecewicz 828-595-9899

Black Friday Sale November 23/24- Carolina Bee Farm – horse shoe NC (Hendersonville)

Black Friday sale for Carolina Bee Farm located at 173 Brevard Rd., Suite C, Hendersonville, NC 28791. Nov. 23rd and 24th between the hours of 11-6. Suits, Jackets, and veils are 50% off and everything else store wide is 25% off. We also offer gift cards and for every 100.00 gift card purchase you get a 10.00 gift card for free. Carolina Bee Farm Mike Gecewicz 828-595-9899

FW: BCBC Apiary Workshop at The Lord’s Acre, Oct 6th, Noon

Reply to mars1952@gmail.com with any questions.  Saturday, 10/06/2018, Noon-2PM at the BCBC Apiary at the Lord’s Acre: At Saturday’s workshop, we will demonstrate the tip test to evaluate honey stores.  Everyone will have a chance to try it. Next, and most important, we will give all the hives and extra equipment a coat of paint and decorate the fronts of the hives so that it is easier for the bees (especially mated queens) to locate their own hives. I will close up the hives the night before so that the bees will all be penned up in the hives. After we paint the hives I will release the bees. The last thing we will do is feed the bees if we have decided that theRead More