Cherokee Beekeepers Club

Beekeeping on a mountain side

beeadminNovember 14, 2016

And you thought your land was hilly. “Wooden boxes are balanced on the Karstic Mountains Reserve.” Share this beekeeping info: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on…

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Cherokee Beekeepers Club 2016 Annual Holiday Dinner

beeadminNovember 4, 2016

Thank you to all who responded to the invitation. The signup is now closed. All who responded in the affirmative are confirmed to attend. If you were a tentative response or decide at a later date that you wish to attend you must email me…

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Bee Club Meeting – Oct 20, 2016

beeadminOctober 19, 2016

The Cherokee Bee Club’s Next Meeting Will Be: Date: Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 Time: 7PM-9PM Location: First Baptist Church of Holly Springs! Presenter: Various Topic: Apitherapy and Bee Sting Therapy; plus general discussion The program will involve both a general Question and Issues portion as…

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Bumblebees trained to pull a string for reward

beeadminOctober 4, 2016

For more information, click here: Bees taught to pull string for reward and then train others Share this beekeeping info: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on…

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Practical Beekeeping 2017 Course

beeadminSeptember 18, 2016

The Pickens County Extension Service and local beekeepers (Randy Tudor and BJ Weeks) are hosting a 5 week course on beekeeping for beginning beekeepers. The course will cover starting beekeeping, building equipment, understanding bee pests, medications, strategies for keeping bees, producing and extracting honey. A…

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Bee School 2017

beeadminSeptember 18, 2016

A Beginning Beekeeping Workshop With strong emphasis on Practical Beekeeping Saturday, February 11th 8:00 am – 4 pm 7:45 am registration and $55. fee at the door Includes one year membership- Preregister 1/1 through 2/1- Cost $50. Lunch and handouts provided – Bees for workshops…

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Tracking bumblebees over their lives using radar

beeadminSeptember 7, 2016

Dr Joseph Woodgate, of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at QMUL, said: “This study provided an unprecedented look at where the bees flew, how their behaviour changed as they gained experience and how they balanced the need to explore their surroundings – looking…

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Death from the skies: Naled

beeadminSeptember 5, 2016

“This is what’s left of Flowertown Bees,” a despondent keeper says in the video. Company co-owner Juanita Stanley told the Associated Press her farm looked “like it’s been nuked” and estimated 2.5 million bees were killed. I’m afraid that we haven’t learned from history. To…

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Cherokee County Fair – September 19-25, 2016

beeadminSeptember 2, 2016

Hello beekeepers, Here’s your chance to highlight your bee made products! If you’d like to drop off honey for judging, drop it off on Sunday September 18th between 2 and 5pm, or on Monday 9am-noon, or on Monday 2 and 5pm. The location is the…

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Are you killing your bees with kindness?

beeadminAugust 18, 2016

You might inadvertently be bringing home pesticides from those flowers you bought at the hardware store. Sargent says it’s common practice for nurseries around the country to treat the seeds of the plants, or the plants themselves, with pesticides called neonicotinoids, that are highly toxic…