We hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year will find you happy and healthy. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BREAK INTO AND LEARN ABOUT BEEKEEPING! GET A HEAD START AND GET READY FOR SPRING! We will have an…
Want to learn to keep honeybees alive? Want to learn how to evaluate information and the beehive? Want to get good and complete information for our area from trusted and experienced beekeepers? The Cherokee Beekeepers Club and local beekeepers (Jason Segers, and BJ Weeks) are…
Unveiling Honey-Laundering: Ensuring Authenticity in Your Honey Purchase By James Murray Read the original BeeCulture article here https://www.beeculture.com/real-or-fake-honey/ Thunder Bay – Business – Almost everyone loves the taste of honey. In an age where food authenticity is increasingly scrutinized, a lesser-known but significant issue has emerged in…
The Cherokee Beekeepers Club is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting current and future beekeepers, of Cherokee and surrounding counties in Georgia, as well as promoting public awareness of the benefits, necessity, and value of the honeybee throughout human existence. Cost for an annual club…
From BJ Weeks: Due to a limited enrollment in the 2024 Practical Beekeeping Class, Jason and I have made an alternative plan. Schedule is as follows: January 11- 6:00-8:30pm January 18- 6:00-7:00pm with the Cherokee beekeepers regular mtg following 7:00-8:30pm February 1- 6:00-8:30pm February 15-…
Want to learn to keep honeybees alive? Want to learn how to evaluate information and the beehive? Want to get good and complete information for our area? The Cherokee Beekeepers Club and local beekeepers (Jason Segers, and BJ Weeks) are hosting a 5-week course on…
Hello beekeepers! Please see the PDFs below from our Cherokee County UGA Extension Agent, Josh Fuder, regarding a new invasive pest that arrived in Georgia earlier this month. It is called the yellow legged hornet and can be a voracious feeder on honeybees. As of…
A study from the journal Science reveals how young bees are given lessons to perfect their moves By Angelica Stabile | Fox News The honeybee sure knows how to move its bee-hind. A new study from the journal Science revealed that adult honeybees teach young bees how to dance. The…
By: Discovery Family Channel Click here to watch the segment Or enter the following address in your browser: https://fb.watch/iFrSstVyTy/ Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens…
Cherokee Bee Club’s friends Bob Binnie, Owner of Blue Ridge Honey Company, and Keith Delaplane, Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia, discuss the new vaccine for American Foulbrood, along with ongoing research and the possibility for future vaccines, how long the generational vaccines…
