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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	Speaker	Small 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 16	Panel 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:

personcountybeekeepers@gmail.com

Person County Beekeepers Association

PO Box 222, Hurdle Mills, NC 27541

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