Hope you can join us for the next Transylvania County Beekeepers Association this coming Tuesday, March 18th. We now have the meeting facility at the Transylvania Community Services Building (106 E. Morgan St. Brevard) for an earlier time (6:30 pm) to socialize and get to know other beekeepers in the community. The official meeting will begin at 7 pm. If 6:30 is too early, hope you can make the 7 pm meeting.
We will have a special presentation: “Planning for late March and April in the Bee Yard”, by David Ellis. David is a retired commercial beekeeper from Maine. He managed thousands of hives for honey production and pollination across the US, and now manages a 50 hive operation here in Transylvania County. David raises excellent queens and consistently has very high winter survival rates. Come learn from David to help you feel more prepared heading into this year’s bee season!
Spring is just around the corner. The bees are out and about enjoying the warm, sunny days. I encountered a nice surprise when I found some honey bees feeding on the sugar maple in our yard. Attached is a picture of the bees filling up on the syrup. You may need to zoom in to see all the bees. The whole tree trunk was covered in bees.
