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FOR THE COMMUNITY

FOR BEEKEEPERS 


THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A BEEKEEPER?

Join us for our Spring 2024 Beginner Bee School.

See details and registration here on our website

or

Send us an email at personcountybeekeepers@gmail.com or text/call us at (919) 599-4790


DO YOU SEE BEES?  Call Us NOW!

Honey bees swarm in the early spring to late summer. If you see  a cluster of bees hanging on a tree or other object, that is a swarm and we have members who can come collect them and give them a nice home.

If you see bees going in and out of a hole or crack in a building, they have already moved in and we have members who can safely remove them and all of the comb so you won't have unwelcome neighbors.

Click here to make sure you see HONEY BEES and to learn more.

Contact Whitney Barnes, 919-599-4790, our Swarm and Cutout team leader.

DON'T GIVE UP TRYING TO REACH US! WE WANT TO HELP!!!

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SPRING 2024

2-DAY

BEGINNER BEE SCHOOL

Person County Beekeepers Association is ANNOUNCING

the Spring 2024 Beginner Beekeeping School!!!

Two Saturdays-- March 16 & March 23

8:30AM - 4:00PM

Cooperative Extension Auditorium

304 S. Morgan St.

Roxboro, NC 27573


March 16th will cover

Intro to beekeeping

Getting your bees

Anatomy of bees

Equipment, clothing and tools of the beekeeper

Products of the hive

Q&A

Discussion of the Community Apiary


March 23rd will cover

Planting for bees

Pests and threats to bees and hives

Varroa mites

Seasonal management/Calendar of beekeeping

Review of full course & materials

NCSBA Certified Beekeeper Written Test will be offered


Registration

Cost is $60/Individual


CLICK HERE TO REGISTER


What does this include?

2 Full Saturdays of classes

Snacks/Water

2024 PCBA Club membership

NCSBA Master Beekeeping Certification Exam and Practical Exam

Free mentoring from experienced beekeepers

Free access to the Community Apiary


What you will need?

A bag lunch each day


The class uses the textbook "The Beekeepers Handbook" which can be obtained here.


Still have a question about Bee School?

Send us an email at personcountybeekeepers@gmail.com

or text/call us at (919) 599-4790



Advanced Educational Opportunities

for 2024

North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Spring Conference
Mar 7, 2024 Mar 9, 2024

New Bern Waterfront Convention Center

Visit the NCSBA website for more information.



Did you know that PRBA won 2nd place at the North Carolina State Fair in 2023 for Bee Club educational booth? Our members actively participate in events and win awards for their honey and wax products. Members, submit your information and we will post it for our community to see.

  • Person County Beekeepers Association booth won 2nd place at the North Carolina State Fair in 2022?
  • Our members actively participate in events and win awards for their honey and wax products?

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

3rd Thursday of the month

Person County Office Building

304 South Morgan St., Roxboro, NC 27573

 6:30 PM

We always welcome prospective members and guests to our meetings.


 Meeting Date
Main Program
SpeakerSmall Talk
 Presenter
  Jan 19
 Equipment styles
 David Bailey
 Winter Maintenance
 Larry Barnes
  Feb 16
 Swarms & Cutouts

 Bob Brauer &

Richard Dunnagan

 Relocating or

starting a new hive

 Open Forum
  Mar 16
 Splits & NC Inspector Services
 Don Hopkins
 Nucs & queen castles
 
  April 20
 Managing for honey
 Phil Uptmor
 Treatment timing
 
  May 18
 Hive Inspection Techniques
 Allen Hunter
 Show & Tell
 Bob Brauer
  June 15
 Harvesting Honey & Wax
 Randall Austin
 Prepping and labeling products for sale
 
  July 20
 Dearths and feeding
 Dana Stahlman
 Summary of Treatments
 
  Aug 17
 Colony Triage
 Shirley Harris
 Doctor my hives
 
  Sept 21
 Winter Prep
 Thomas Hannah
 Combining hives
 
  Oct 19
 Alternative and Natural Beekeeping
 Tara Lynne Groth
 Pursing other things in the bee world
 
  Nov 16Panel Discussion Open Q & A

Don Hopkins, apiary inspector,

Johnny Coley, Horticultural Agent

Chris Hagwood, President Wake County Beekeepers

 Put your questions together on ANY topic about beekeeping. One of our panelists can answer it.


Live and streaming

 
  Dec  (tbd)
 Holiday Celebration
  Year in Review/Recognition
 
      
      

UPCOMING EVENTS

Beginner Bee School for 2023

 

We wrapped up or Bee School on March 25 and will be looking forward to helping new beekeepers in 2024 with a new and revised bee school curricula.

We have great speakers coming in for our monthly meetings this year.

We have apiary day at our community apiary every week, pending weather.

And we have some workshops and other events in the works.

Stay tuned for more events and educational opportunities.


ADVANCED EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

For information go to the NC State Beekeepers Association website or click here for registration.

THESE ARE NOT BEGINNER BEEKEEPING PROGRAMS. Our Bee School is  the way to get started.

Born and Bred program has announced a day long class in Greenville, NC on April 22. Go to NCSBA for more information.

Summer Conference for the NCSBA is announced for July 13-15 at the Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC. Registration and details coming soon.


  • We are a local chapter of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
  • We have members of all ages that are very active at both the state and local levels.
  • We discuss a wide variety of topics regarding beekeeping in Person County, North Carolina and the surrounding area.
  • Many of our members live or keep bees in neighboring counties.
  • All are welcome in our club.        

For more information, contact us at:       

      Person County Beekeepers Association

      PO Box 222, Hurdle Mills, NC 27541



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