As a precaution, all beekeepers should be learning about Tropilaelaps mites. The Honey Bee Health Coalition’s Tropilaelaps webpage has all the info you’ll need, including PDF guides such as the below 2-page info sheet.
Category: Publications
Curious about Plants for Bees?
If you’d like to learn more about plants for honey bees, then check out these free resources:
NC State Guide to Native Bees
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 …
Honey Bee Nutrition guide
The Honey Bee Health Coalition has published an updated version of Honey Bee Nutrition: A Review and Guide to Supplemental Feeding. This short guide is jam-packed with useful information and worth your time.
Protected: Bee Culture Discount
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HBHC Varroa Management Guide
The Honey Bee Health Coalition has just released a revised version of Tools for Varroa Management Guide. The guide is free and invaluable, so take a look!
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!
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.
Newsletter Archive
Read the latest club newsletter or peruse an older issue. This archive contains all of the newsletters from 2012 – present. 2021 NewslettersMarch 2021February 2021January 2021 2020 NewslettersDecember 2020November 2020October 2020September 2020August 2020July 2020June 2020May 2020April 2020March 2020February 2020January 2020 2019 NewslettersDecember 2019November 2019October 2019September 2019August 2019July 2019June 2019May 2019April 2019March 2019February 2019January 2019 2018 NewslettersDecember 2018November 2018October 2018September 2018August …
Guide to NC Native Bees
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 …