The 2024 Spring conference is March 7-9 in New Bern, NC. Visit the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association’s website for a list of speakers and more information.
Spring NCSBA Conference
Category: Community Events
Tobacco Road Honey Classic
The OCBA (Orange County Beekeepers) is collaborating with the DCBA (Durham County Beekeepers) to hold an ‘official’ honey competition on Saturday, September 30, at the Durham County Ag Center at 721 Foster Street Durham. This venue is right downtown near the Durham Farmers Market, restaurants, and parks and it also has free parking. The name of the show is the Tobacco Road …
Burlington Christmas Parade
Once again, the Alamance County Beekeepers were represented at Burlington’s annual Christmas parade, held this past Saturday, November 19. Ira Poston and Mike Ross and family were among the members parading with their veils and smokers.
Homegrown in the Park & ACB Field Day
On Saturday, May 21, the Alamance County chapter of the North Carolina Farm Bureau held “Homegrown in the Park” at Hawfields Community Park in Mebane. The festival hadn’t been held since 2019 due to COVID-19, and we were happy to see its return and participate. Club members staffed a display table, which included an observation hive, and answered questions from …
Arbor Day & Honey Bees
The town of Elon’s Arbor Day Celebration was held this past Saturday, March 19th, with more than fifteen organizations participating, including Alamance County Beekeepers. Club President Ira Poston, Jeff Telander, and Jay Rimmer had the opportunity to talk honey bees with the many interested community members. The exhibit materials—bee suit, demonstration deep, an observation hive (with some of Ira’s bees), …
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 …
2019 NC State Fair Booth Results
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 …
Recent November Happenings
If you attended our last meeting, we were treated to four different presentations. Our President, Ira Poston, initially introduced Mr. Richard French, the coach for FIRST LEGO League team of four kids from Alamance County. The next three presentations, by 1st-year beekeepers Sally Bryan and Darrell Holt and 2nd-year beekeeper Zivon Price, were both informative and entertaining. During the Burlington …
Gibsonville Elementary School
ACB members Jennifer Welsh, Linda Leister and Geoff Leister participated in Heritage Day activities at Gibsonville Elementary School on Thursday, November 10, 2016. A presentation designed for grades Pre-K&ndash2nd grades covered basic information on honey bees and pollination. A different presentation, for 3rd, 4th & 5th graders, also included images of a natural hive, as well as ancient, traditional and …
Heritage Day at Gibsonville Elementary School
Our club was invited to talk for about 15 minutes about honey bee anatomy; general beekeeping tools and equipment; and the importance of pollination during the newly resurrected Heritage Day Event at Gibsonville Elementary School on November 13, 2015. Our team was composed of Cynthia Pierce, Tony Abbruzzi, and Linda & Geoff Leister. The morning sessions included 10 classes of …