Buncombe County Beekeepers Club (BCBC) A Website by Beekeepers in Western North Carolina, for Bee Keepers everywhere!

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

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    

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

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

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

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

More holiday goodies !   •20% off all retail and honey •5% off beekeeping supplies (select items not included)   Honey + the Hive 23 Merrimon Ave  Weaverville, NC 28787 828-484-9466 www.honeyandthehivenc.com    

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