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.
The Ohio State University Bee Lab recently featured a series of 5 well crafted pollinator-focused presentations. This series was co-sponsored by the OSU Department of Entomology and Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens with support from NIFA’s IPM Pollinator Health grant and the Manitou Fund. Jamie Strange, OSU Department of EntomologyVideo: Conserving Bumble Bees Across North America Heather Holm, Books by …
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Welcome to Alamance County Swarm and Bee Removal Honey Bees in Swarms If you are requesting that a swarm of bees (honey bees ONLY) be removed from your property in Alamance County, North Carolina, and surrounding areas, please contact: Jeff Telander at 919-618-8094. He will call the nearest available local beekeeper to collect the …
Here is a “honey” of a bee book that can be a guide to the identification of some of the more than 500 “other” North Carolina bee species visiting the flowers in pollination gardens or flower beds. The guide is available as a free PDF. (Paperback copies are also available for $14.) It’s published by UNC Press for NC State …
At noon on Sunday, November 24, 2019, bees were flying and foraging on the Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus) in the apiary. This not only included honey bees, but also Bumblebees and small native bees. Honey bees were nectaring and gathering pollen. This member of the Asteraceae plant family is a native perennial vine that produces abundant pale purple to lavender flowers beginning …
Thanks are due to all club members who participated by preparing and contributing entries that garnered a 1st place winning booth. Special thanks are due to Sheyenne Michelizzi, Zivon Price, and Johnny Mills for designing and assembling the booth and for coordinating the delivery and arrangement of all contributors entries. County Display Booth EntriesPlace: 1 County Display Booth (Sheyenne Michelizzi, Zivon …
Need a queen? There are several producers of local queens in our area. Alamance County Beekeeper Paul Jollay is raising locally mated queens. Call 336-213-0912 to check on availability and to reserve a queen. Only a limited supply will be available. Beez Needz3662 Edgar Rd. Sophia, NC 27350 336-431-BEEZ (2339)beezneedz@northstate.net Triad Bee Supply4062 Evergreen Dr.Trinity, NC 27370 336-475-5137 triadbeesupply@gmail.com
