Jackson County Beekeeper's Chapter

Want to say congratulations to Chad. This is his first year of beekeeping and one of our new beekeepers of Jackson County Beekeepers for pulling over 50 lbs of Wildflower and Sourwood Honey.

Our next meeting is next Thursday, August 1! We hope to see you there! 🐝

Hey beekeepers! Our next meeting is this Thursday, June 6, at 5:30. The topic is…honey extraction! We meet at the JC Extension Office, 876 Skyland Dr. Sylva.

Great day in Sylva at the Greening up the Mountains festival! If you still need more information, visitors, check out our website: www.jacksoncountybeekeepers.org

WOW!!! A large swarm of beautiful bees on a fence post. Photo by Marvin Bredel

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🌼💛 “Hello, I'm a dandelion.
A lot of people call me a w**d but I'm a friend and come to help you!
My flowers are the first food for insects after hibernation and unlike most other plants, I have pollen AND nectar, not merely one OR the other! And I am generous with them! 😉
When you see me, remember that I'm the ONLY one who wants and can grow in that particular spot. Because:
Either the soil is too compact / hard / stomped and I want to loosen it for you with my roots.
Or there is too little calcium in the soil - don't worry, I will replenish that for you with the dying of my leaves.
Or the soil is too acidic. But I will also improve that for you if you give me the chance.
Or a mixture of the above reasons, of course. 😊
I'm here because your soil needs my help so best you let me grow without disturbing me! When everything is fixed, I will disappear again, I promise!
Are you trying to remove me prematurely with my root? However meticulous you are, I will return 2x as strong! Just until your soil is improved.
You can even tell by my growth at which stage my help is at. If my leaves are flat on the ground then I'm far from ready but if they all reach up then I'm already a long way on my way.
Something completely different is that I am 1 of the first bloomers in spring so I will announce spring / summer for you.
During the day when it's hot, I open my flowers but in the evening when it cools off I close them again quickly. In fact, if it's not hot enough during the day I won't open them at all!
My flowers are even delicious for you people by the way, did you know? I used to be called ′′honey (or gold) of the poor′′ because my flowers are so sweet in e.g. jam, sauce or salad! The internet is full of recipes - check them out.
But wait until the end of May or later before you start picking and even then, don't pick everything yet! The biodiversity and bees will be very grateful!”

Credit - Paula Kok - Den Boer

Field Day 2024 was 🐝utiful and so much fun! Thanks so much to Mitch Boughman for the ever-surprising apiary and lovely lunch venue. More thanks to NC Bee Inspector Lewis Cauble for the awesome hands-on practice and invaluable info. Tell your friends to swing by our booth at Greening Up the Mountains in two weeks for some pollinator seeds, information on beekeeping and NC honey!

Here’s a cool opportunity to learn how to raise queens!

Born and Bred Queen Rearing Workshops – NCSBA Born and Bred Queen Rearing Workshops The NCSBA is proud to present Born & Bred 2024 in cooperation with the NCSU Apiculture Program and the NCDA&CS Apiary Inspection Service.There is no better way to expand your beekeeping hobby or business than to know how to produce your own honey bees and queens...

Don’t forget, no meeting tonight for the JC Beekeepers. Instead, we have our April 13 field day! Text 352/431-0993 for more information.

Please visit our booth at the annual Greening Up the Mountains festival in Sylva, Saturday April 27!

Have you checked out our website yet?
https://www.jacksoncountybeekeepers.org/

Have you checked out our website yet?

Beekeeping Organization | Jackson County Beekeepers Association | North Carolina Jackson County Beekeepers Association helps veteran and new beekeepers through education and cooperation. We meet monthly in Sylva at the Jackson County Extension Agency.

Thanks to expert beekeeper, David Zachary, for imparting so much valuable info at our meeting last night. It was awesome to see so many new faces! Don’t forget to check out the app for tracking your apiary which he suggested: Hive Smart.

Our club is getting bigger. Thanks for all the great folks. I love it

The Bee's Knees: Celebrating Bees and Beekeeping Beekeeping tips, eco-friendly practices, and more. Join us in promoting a bee-friendly world!

Great article if you are just starting out or considering moving your hives like I am!

10 Factors When Considering Where to Place a Beehive Choosing where to place a beehive apiary is one of the hardest decisions a new beekeeper has to make. Your bee hives' location depends on how your backyard is set up. Do you have a lot of trees? Are you on a hill? Does your yard stay wet after the rain? There are plenty of elements you should consid...

Our March 7 speaker is interviewed in this interesting article! His name is David Zachary. Check this out, and check US out at Jacksoncountybeekeepers.org !

Dodging the honeypot: Local beekeepers feel the sting of counterfeit honey At a time when natural foods and medicines are becoming more prevalent, the popularity of honey has soared to record levels.  As demand for honey increased by 73% in the last 10 years, the world now consumes an estimated 238,000 tons annually.  The United States, where people consume 1.3 p...

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Not sure what other flowers are blooming, but they're finding pollen.

Honey Bee Health Coalition Our mission is to collaboratively implement solutions that will help achieve a healthy population of

Hope we will see you this year!

Meeting Reminder! We meet this Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:30 at the JC County Extension Service office, 876 Skyland Drive. This month's topic is "feeding bees in preparation for the spring flow". We hope to see you there! Here is the zoom link if you're unable to attend in person: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/93361358713?pwd=bnJqMWt4S1QvcUF3Tm5BVUZraUhBdz09
Meeting ID: 933 6135 8713
Passcode: JACKSONBEE

Whetting your senses for spring on this cold day!

Great article! “Nguyen invented a system that knocks a tiny bit of pollen off the worker bees as they return to the hive – enough for research, but not so much as to rob the bees of nutrition. Using laboratory analysis and AI models to establish some correlations between results, BeeOdiversity can identify more than 500 pesticides and heavy metals, as well as the plants in the area.”

Assisted by AI, a workforce of bees tracks pollution and boosts biodiversity - Microsoft News Centre Europe When Karl Wenner looks at his farm on Upper Klamath Lake in the mountains of southern Oregon, he sees a landscape in transition.