
Regular Monthly Meeting: March 13, 2023
This month’s program will be an open forum discussion. Bring your questions. Share your experiences. Read More …
This month’s program will be an open forum discussion. Bring your questions. Share your experiences. Read More …
At the monthly meeting of the Surry Beekeepers on Monday, November 14th, the group voted to donate $1,000 for research to a new NC bee-related start-up company called Optera. Read More …
Join us on December 2nd at Little Italy in Dobson starting at 6:00 pm. Read More …
The 2023 Surry County Bee Schools will be held for six Tuesdays starting on February 7th. Classes are free but registration is required. Registration opens January 2nd. Read More …
Jim and Eugene’s interview with 100.9 WIFM RADIO is scheduled to air this Saturday, November 5th at 9:05 am. Read More …
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 …
SCBA is selling honey at Walmart on Friday through Sunday. Read More …
We will be discussing some new bee yard positions that we will be putting into place in 2023. Read More …
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 …
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 …