Regular Monthly Meeting: January 9, 2023
This month’s program will be an open forum discussion. Bring your questions. Share your experiences. Read More …
Category: Beekeeping in NC
$10 Challenge: Help Establish an Endowed Professorship in Apiculture at NCSU
Surry Beekeepers have committed to match all donations from our SCBA members and new beekeepers up to $1000 as part of the NCSBA challenge underway to help establish an endowed professorship in Apiculture at NCSU. Read More …
Dr. Kaira Waggoner: A New Pheromone-Based Tool for Beekeeping
Our speaker this evening will be Dr. Kaira Waggoner from UNCG. Our speaker this evening will be Dr. Kaira Waggoner from UNCG. Kaira started a PhD at UNCG in honey bee health in 2011, and has been working with pollinators ever since. She graduated in 2015, completed 5 years as a post-doc at UNCG, and now works as a Research Scientist in UNCG’s Biology Department. During her doctoral studies at UNCG, Wagoner became curious about how bees communicate to perform hygienic behavior. She discovered that elevated levels of certain compounds on sick baby bees serve as a signal to adults. Read More …
New Positions for Bee Yard: October 10, 2022
We will be discussing some new bee yard positions that we will be putting into place in 2023. Read More …
29th Annual Cornshucking Frolic @ Horne Creek Farm
The Surry Beekeepers will have a table at the Cornshucking Frolic again this year. This is a great event and a great chance to educate the public about honey bees and beekeeping. Come join us! Read More …
SCBA at AG Adventures on Tuesday, September 27th – UPDATE!
Here are some pictures from the event. There were about 535 2nd graders that came by the booth (plus adults). The kids were pretty interested. One child raked her finger through the sample frame of honey to get a taste Read More …
Free Sustainable Beekeeping Class: Starting October 4th
Davie Simpson with the Surry County Beekeepers will be teaching a class on intermediate beekeeping at the Surry Community College Pilot Center . Read More …
No Meeting on August 8th
Just a reminder that we are not meeting on August 8th. Please join us at our annual summer picnic on August 20th. Read More …
Queen Rearing Workshop – August 6, 2022
The Surry County Beekeepers are excited to present a queen rearing workshop. Pre-registration is required by July 15th. Read More …
Spring Field Day – Rescheduled to May 7th, 11 am
Due to rain in the forecast, the field day is being postponed a week. Now May 7th at 11am. The field day at the bee yard at 730 Zephyr Mountain Park Rd. in Dobson. Read More …