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
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
No September Meeting 2019
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
08-31-2019 Apiary Workshop
08-31-2019 Workshop at Root Cause Farm (formally known as The Lord’s Acre) This Saturday 10 am to noon, at the BCBC Apiary we will apply the final Apilife Var mite treatment on all of the hives and talk about feeding your bees during the dearth and fall build-up. We will assign volunteers to feed the club bees, and Marshall 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 Apiary, 828-231-8284, mars1952@gmail.com Upcoming workshops 09-14-2019 Sugar Shake mite check. Inspection, Fall feeding 09-28-2019 Inspection, Preparing hives for winter. 09-21-2019 Sugar shake/Alcohol mite wash inspections. 10-12-2019 inspections. Oxalic vapor treatment for mites 10-26-2019 Sugar shake mite Inspection 11-09-2019 Mid-December-2019Read More
08-17-19 BCBC Apiary, Treatments and Feeding
Want to learn how to use a natural mite treatment in our bee yard this Saturday? We will use ApiLifeVar and Formic Pro if the weather forecast allows. (Under 85 degrees). 08-17-2019 Mite treatment and feeding during the dearth, 10 AM to Noon The Lord’s Acre is now called Root Cause Farm, same place. All BCBC members and guests are welcome at the Apiary workshops. Bring a veil and some water. Marshall Mullins, State Certified Beekeeper, Manager of the BCBC/Root Cause Farm Apiary, 828-231-8284 mars1952@gmail.com Questions? If you respond to this email, it does not go to me so be sure to cut and paste my address in you email. Upcoming workshops at the BCBC RCF bee yard this summer. 10 am-noon 08-17-2019 MiteRead More
BCBC Member Extraction Demo This Tues
Do you want to participate in the whole honey extraction process? BCBC is hosting an educational, honey extraction party for this Tuesday 08/13/2019, 6:00 pm. We will be extracting the honey of the club’s apiary on Root Cause Farm (renamed from The Lord’s Acre). Member Brian Friel has generously offered his house to get tagged with stickiness. He lives between Woodfin and Weaverville: 124 Naples Street, Asheville, NC 28804 Parking is limited. It is best to RSVP to Marshall Mullins, 828-231-8284, mars1952@gmail.com You will learn the set up of the club’s extractor (that members can rent), uncap the frames with the hot knife, see the centrifugal force it takes to remove the honey, strain and bottle the honey. Bring a rag, a snack/drink, a smallRead More
08-03-2019 BCBC Apiary Workshop
08-03-2019 Workshop at TLA This Saturday 08-03-2019 10 am to Noon, at the BCBC Apiary at the Lord’s Acre (directions at the bottom of this page): We will do a quick inspection of all of the hives and talk about feeding your bees during the dearth and I will answer your questions. Always bring some water. We have a mean hive at our bee yard. I have requeened it but it will not calm down until most of the old bee are dead and the new bees take over. I will close up the mean hive the night before the workshop and release them after so they will not pester us during the workshop. We STILL need a volunteer to host an extraction party. WeRead More
August BCBC meeting next Monday August 5th 2019
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