We would like to announce that starting on February 7, 2024, the Alamance County Beekeepers will begin the 33nd consecutive year of offering a Beginning Beekeeping Course. The objective of the course is to create an interest in beekeeping and provide information needed for a person to become a keeper of honey bees, a beekeeper. No prior experience is required …
NC Apiary Inspector Lewis Cauble has recently posted the “results of my varroa monitoring efforts in my own bees and the interesting things I saw in my monitoring” during 2021. It’s a quick watch that’s worth your time.
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An updated version of the Calendar for Beekeeping in Central North Carolina has been posted to the NCSBA website. Check out this useful guide!
The NC State Fair will be held October 14-24. I know we’re all glad that the fair will be held this year. As usual, ACB will have a display table! For more information contact Sheyenne Price. There are many competitions within the Bees and Honey category–why not try your hand and submit something? You can do so individually and/or under …
Have some full supers? Need an extractor? Borrow the clubs!
Trying to keep track of all the honey bee-related webinars can feel like a full-time job. So we should all thank the folks at The American Bee Journal who have added them to their Events Calendar. Check it out and enjoy!
Have you taken a mite count lately? Check out the Honey Bee Health Coalition’s Varroa management guides and tools. They include: …and much more. The HBHC’s website is an invaluable resource! Additionally, everyone should watch (and rewatch) Oxalic Acid Application for Varroa Control: What really works, what doesn’t by Jennifer Berry from our May 2021 meeting.
The Ohio State University Bee Lab recently featured a series of 5 well crafted pollinator-focused presentations. This series was co-sponsored by the OSU Department of Entomology and Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens with support from NIFA’s IPM Pollinator Health grant and the Manitou Fund. Jamie Strange, OSU Department of EntomologyVideo: Conserving Bumble Bees Across North America Heather Holm, Books by …
Welcome to Alamance County Swarm and Bee Removal Honey Bees in Swarms If you are requesting that a swarm of bees (honey bees ONLY) be removed from your property in Alamance County, North Carolina, and surrounding areas, please contact: Jeff Telander at 919-618-8094. He will call the nearest available local beekeeper to collect the …
