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

Happy New Year! January is an exciting month in beekeeping because the end of winter is in sight! Just a couple of months ago it felt like there was plenty of time to complete all of your winter…

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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Blueberry Pollination: The Role of Specialist Bees

This is a guest post by Emma Payne. Emma is an NCSU zoology major and research assistant in the Youngsteadt Lab. Gardens are filled with generalist bees, such as honey bees and bumble bees, that…

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

February in North Carolina might be considered the beginning of the beekeeping season, at least in most areas of the state. The maples should start to bloom, as well as some of the ornamental fruit…

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…

Table of clubs/counties with responses, hives lost, sister counties; totals: 13 responses, 524 hives, 55 counties

Disaster Recovery for Beekeepers in WNC

Update 11/02/24 We are tabulating a running compilation of the documented needs of beekeepers in Helene-affected areas. This table will be updated as more information is acquired. To add information,…

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

October in North Carolina can be tricky. Some years it is still hot through most of the month, and other years it might be cold and rainy. This is also the month where hurricanes and tropical storms…

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…