The ACB honey sales program, a partnership with Carolina Sundries, is an opportunity for members to have a public space to sell their honey. Lean more!
Honey Sales Program
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ACB on Amazon Smile
Did you know you can shop Amazon AND support the ACB at the same time? Simply sign-in to Amazon using their Amazon Smile portal and choose Alamance Count Beekeepers as your charity. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the cost of eligible items to the club. Now you have an excuse to buy all of those Honey Bee books and whatnot you’ve …
2024 Beekeeping Course
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 …
Varroa Monitoring
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.
ACB on Facebook
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook! Our page is regularly updated with useful info, links, and videos.
Beekeeping Calendar for Central NC
An updated version of the Calendar for Beekeeping in Central North Carolina has been posted to the NCSBA website. Check out this useful guide!
2021 State Fair
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 …
It’s that time…
Have some full supers? Need an extractor? Borrow the clubs!
Webinars and more webinars..
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!
What’s your Varroa strategy?
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.