It’s National Honey Bee Day — Come celebrate with us!

Saturday, August 19th
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Albert Cockerham’s bee yard, 504 Arlington Street,
Mount Airy, NC 27030 [ map ]

In addition to learning how to do a hive inspection for this time of year, there will also be demonstrations of Oxalic Acid Vaporization and the use of the “Mighty Mite Killer” product from the Bee Hive Thermal Industries that Lynn Williams presented on at the May meeting.

Bring protective clothing and your smoker if you want help learning to light it and keep it going.

This is a chance for new beekeepers to get your hands in a hive, to ask experienced beekeepers questions about what you are seeing (or not seeing) and to gain some confidence working with bees. Mentors who will come to you are in short supply so please take advantage of this opportunity to get hands on help with the bees. This is also a great chance to get to know other beekeepers and for them to get to know you so when you have questions, you’ll have people you can call.