What to further your knowedge about honey bees? There are still openings for MBP Beginner Certified Study Group. Wednesday nights 6:30-8:30 pm Meeting Room at HomeGuage, 122 Lyman St, Asheville. Registration online under “Events” on wncbees.org (or just show up), Pay at the door $25 and you supply the book although we will have 6 more copies for sale. The Beekeeper’s Handbook Fourth Edition Diana Sammataro Seven classes are scheduled for each Wednesday May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26 to be taught by members who have achieved their certification. Prerequisite: BCBC and NCSBA member, 4 months of beekeeping experience or attendance at 2019 BCBC bee school
Reminder – Beginners Certified Classes Start TONIGHT! COme one Come ALL!
MBP Beginner Certified Preparation for Testing BCBC 2019 Must have 8 people minimum. Wednesday nights 6:30-8:30 Meeting Room at Home Gauge, 122 Lyman St, Asheville. Registration online, pay at the door $25 and you supply the book. The Beekeeper’s Handbook Fourth Edition Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Available ISBN: 978-0-8014-7694-5 2011 published by Cornell University Press 308 pages you do NOT NEED TO PREREGISTER to attend this course! Hi BCBC Beekeepers, Seven classes are scheduled for each Wednesday May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26 to be taught by members who have achieved their certification. You must register online at www.wncbees.org or call Janet. Bring your donation/tuition of $25, highlighter marker and a notepad. (and any snack, drink you require for 2 hours). Anyone thatRead More
CANCELLED Apiary Workshop 5/11/19 RAIN!
CANCELLED This Saturday 05-11-2019, 10 am to Noon, at the BCBC Apiary at the Lord’s Acre is, obviously, CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. However, we MUST keep up with our protocol Mite Check Sugar Shake on our donated Nuc, so for those who can come, this will happen on TUESDAY, MAY 14 at 5 PM. The sun is forecast to shine! The next workshop is in two weeks on Saturday, May 25. Lewis Cauble has agreed to demonstrate a State Apiary inspection and answer your questions.
FW: Live Webinar: Explore Veto-pharma Behind Closed Doors
Greetings, Please feel free to pass this announcement on. Join Veto-pharma next week for a rare exclusive live from France! In association with “The Kim & Jim Show”, Veto-pharma will open the doors where Apivar is manufactured giving you a glimpse into the product, immense quality control and all the people committed to the health of your bees. Together we will also visit one of Veto-pharma’s varroa testing apiaries, discover the hive type used in France and experience the Espace de Valorisation de l’Abeille (EVA) which is Veto-pharma’s impressive Honey Bee Center. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, interact with the team, and be part of this once in a lifetime event. Register free for this event airing live May 9, 2019 12:00 PM EDTRead More
BCBC May meeting Groce United Methodist Church Tunnel Rd Asheville Monday May 6th Come EARLY!
For new beekeepers, (and anyone else!) you’re welcome to come early. We will have two hives setup in the parking lot, sans bees, to cover any questions anyone may have with feeding, inspections, etc. we will be in the parking lot ready to take questions around 6:15pm. See you all there! Thank you! Scott Scott A Davis Immediate Past President Buncombe County Beekeepers Club A Chapter of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Asheville, NC Catch the buzz.. www.wncbees.org
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