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What Should I Be Doing in My Apiary This Month? November

November is when the nights start to get cold, and we can now say the bees are in winter mode. Daytime temperatures are usually warm enough that there will be flight activity, but as the sun sets and…

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Monitoring for Varroa Mites: More Information is Better

This is a guest post by Lewis Cauble. Lewis is the NCDA&CS Apiary Inspector for Western North Carolina, a staunch advocate for beekeepers and honey bee research, and dedicated to keeping the…

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New USDA Funding to Help Beekeepers in Flooded Areas

We're happy to announce that we have received funding from USDA-NIFA to help beekeepers in Western North and South Carolina grow their honey bee colonies back after devastating losses from Hurricane…

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2025 Online BEES School Starting in January

We are excited to announce a new opportunity for those interested in pursuing beekeeping as a hobby, or new beekeepers hoping to further advance their knowledge. NC State Apiculture program is…

Bees on honeycomb.

Happy National Pollinators Week!

Every year, we celebrate and acknowledge our reliance on pollinators for our food supply, as a third of everything we eat directly or indirectly relies on pollinators (mostly bees) for cross…