The State fair is quickly approaching: October 14-24.
We need volunteers to set up the Wake County display booth, work at the NCSBA honey sales stand, and work at the educational display areas. Volunteer shifts vary from a few hours to all day. Any amount of help is welcomed and needed.
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The wonderful new honeybee garden exhibit at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is proving to be very popular with the zoo-going public. This one-of-a-kind exhibit offers a great introduction to honeybees, beekeeping and to the role of beneficial insects in general. However, public interest and understanding is greatly enhanced by having beekeepers of any level available to answer questions and point out interesting facets of bee life that casual visitors might not notice.
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Thanks to WCBA members Charles Heatherly and Bob Matheny for submitting pictures and comments on the NCSBA Summer Meeting in China Grove, NC.
The NCSBA summer meeting featured great lectures, vendor displays, and an excellent way for beekeepers from across the state to gather and learn from one another. Two members of the WCBA were elected state as officers: Danny Jaynes, 1st Vice President and Wade Lucas, Secretary.
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Allow me to preface this entry with a fact: Each hive houses about 10,000 flying bees. As you know, each bee is armed with a stinger able to kill small creatures, and if multiplied, kill you or me.
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North Carolina beekeepers moved a step closer to the adoption of a honey standard that would limit the abuses of honey sold in the state. During its Summer Meeting in China Grove, the NC State Beekeepers Association voted to adopt a State Honey Standard. Negotiations are now underway with the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for incorporating the proposed honey standard into its rules and procedures that govern food safety
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There was a good story on NPR’s Morning Edition yesterday about the recent uptick in backyard beekeeping. You can read or listen to it here…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128574280
Just a reminder that our next meeting will be August 10th. Members should arrive at 6:30 pm with a side dish to share. Ricky will be cooking a pig or chickens or both…to be determined.
The Wake County Beekeepers will be conducting a beekeeping short course, on August 21, 2010 from 8am to 5:30pm. Cost will be $25 to include, book, handout and hotdog lunch. Class will be limited to the first 50 registrations and will be held at the Raleigh Police Club, 3500 Leonard Rd. Knightdale, NC. For more info contact Ricky Barbour at (919) 269-0108
Bug Fest is on September 11th 8:00 am – 4: 00 pm. We need volunteers for 2 time shifts options and 2 volunteer stations. Time shifts available are 8:00 am -12:00 pm and 12:00 pm-4:00 pm (Your Choice). The volunteer stations are food and educational (Your Choice). To volunteer contact Tim Huffman at: 919-269-6790 or timjoehuffman@aol.com.
Remember that your volunteer credits go toward the chapter of the year and the Master Beekeeper credits.
From the Governor’s Press Office:
On Tuesday, June 22, Gov. Bev Perdue suited up in beekeeper attire and approached a job perhaps no other North Carolina governor has tackled – pulling honeycombs from beehives with thousands of honey bees buzzing nearby. The governor assisted Danny Jaynes, vice president ofthe North Carolina Beekeepers Association and his wife Mary Jaynes, as they removed the trays of honeycombs from the hives.
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