
09/21/2023
Learning the 6 M’s of Overwintering Success for your honeybees from Stephen Taylor!
Welcome to the official page of the Montgomery Co Beekeepers Chapter of the NC Beekeepers Association
Montgomery County NC Beekeepers meet the third Thursday of each month except July and December at 6:00 pm in the multipurpose room of Montgomery Community College, 1011 Page Street, Troy NC.
Learning the 6 M’s of Overwintering Success for your honeybees from Stephen Taylor!
Join us for our September 21 meeting when Stephen Taylor will present his program on "The 6 Ms of Overwintering Success." We hope to see you there!
Special shout out of thanks and appreciation to the honey contest judges at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair: NC Regional Apiary Inspector, Shirley Harris and multiple award winning Fair entry expert, Frank Kissell. They’ve encouraged the winners to get their honey ready for the State Fair in October!
Congratulations to the winners of the Honey Contest at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair!!! First Place: Cindy Martin, 2nd Place: Cecelia Miller, 3rd Place: Mike King. Well done!
Come see us! We are at the Montgomery County Ag Fair at the Ag Center on Glen Rd. We’re here until 7pm. Chicken show starts at 5:30pm!
Honey bee facts:
1. A honey bee can fly up to 15 miles per hour.
2. Worker bees (females) make honey and do all the chores.
3. A honey bee visits 50-100 flowers in one trip. Pollen is packed into special baskets on their legs.
4. A honey bee worker only makes an average of 1/12 of a teaspoon in her lifetime which is about 5-6 weeks long.
5. An average hive has 50,000 to 60,000 worker bees.
6. The queen can live up to 3 years and can lay as many as 2,000 eggs per day.
7. Honey bees see in the ultraviolet spectrum.
Learning from NC Wildlife Biologist Rupert Medford tonight!
Join Montgomery County Beekeepers today at 6 pm.
Rupert Medford presents on equipment storage and protecting the apiary from black bears.
MCC 1011 Page Street, Troy
THIS THURSDAY join us for our regular monthly meeting on at 6 pm.
Our speaker this month is Rupert Medford, beekeeper and biologist with North Carolina Wildlife, who will present his program on protecting the apiary from black bears and storage of equipment during the winter.
Rupert is a native of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, home of the very best honey in the world.
After graduating from NC State with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Rupert began his career as a wildlife biologist and settled in the Southern Piedmont.
As a family man, career biologist, and pastor of Hamer Creek Baptist Church, Rupert's focus on bee-keeping revolves around efficiency in management and in production of high-quality, single-ingredient honey made only from flower nectar just as it has been for thousands of years.
He lives in Troy with his devoted wife and three children.
Please bring your favorite dish to share and an item for the door prizes, if you're able. Please plan to purchase your tickets for the door prizes and 50/50 drawings.
You won't want to miss this interesting meeting, which is open to the public. Anyone who is a beginning, established or just interested in learning about beekeeping is encouraged and welcome to attend.
Don't forget to join us for our regular monthly meeting on Thursday, August 17 at 6 pm.
Our speaker this month is Rupert Medford, beekeeper and biologist with North Carolina Wildlife, who will present his program on protecting the apiary from black bears and storage of equipment during the winter.
Rupert is a native of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, home of the very best honey in the world.
After graduating from NC State with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Rupert began his career as a wildlife biologist and settled in the Southern Piedmont.
As a family man, career biologist, and pastor of Hamer Creek Baptist Church, Rupert's focus on bee-keeping revolves around efficiency in management and in production of high-quality, single-ingredient honey made only from flower nectar just as it has been for thousands of years.
He lives in Troy with his devoted wife and three children.
Our meeting begins at 6 pm with the covered-dish dinner, followed by business, Rupert's presentation and the drawings for door prizes and 50/50.
You won't want to miss this interesting meeting, which is open to the public. Anyone who is a beginning, established or just interested in learning about beekeeping is encouraged to attend.
Join us for our regular monthly meeting on Thursday, August 17 at 6 pm.
Our speaker this month is Rupert Medford, beekeeper and biologist with North Carolina Wildlife, who will present his program on protecting the apiary from black bears and storage of equipment during the winter.
Rupert is a native of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, home of the very best honey in the world.
After graduating from NC State with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Rupert began his career as a wildlife biologist and settled in the Southern Piedmont.
As a family man, career biologist, and pastor of Hamer Creek Baptist Church, Rupert's focus on bee-keeping revolves around efficiency in management and in production of high-quality, single-ingredient honey made only from flower nectar just as it has been for thousands of years.
He lives in Troy with his devoted wife and three children.
You won't want to miss this interesting meeting, which is open to the public. Anyone who is a beginning, established or just interested in learning about beekeeping is encouraged to attend.
Exciting opportunity for Montgomery County residents……beekeepers, we have our very own Honey Contest at the Ag Fair!!! Check it out. Look forward to seeing you there!
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If you need to treat your bees for Varroa mites, Beez Needz is having a sale on Apivar and Apiguard, so you have synthetic and naturally derived treatment options! For a Varroa Management Decision Tool, check out: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/resources/varroa-management/
A bit of humor during this soggy Pollinator Week.
It's National Pollinator week, so I'm here to help you get to know your bees:
Happy Pollinator Week!
https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week
"Pollinator Strong"
Bonus new comic! "Drone's Day"
Learning from Ms. Nancy!
Nancy Ruppert, retired NC Apiary Inspector, will be presenting a timely program on control of honeybee pests at our meeting TONIGHT! You don't want to miss this!
We are so privileged to have Nancy as a source of her wealth of knowledge of beekeeping, as a member of our own association!
Our meeting will begin at 6 pm with a covered dish meal, followed by a business meeting. Nancy will present her program, then drawings for door prizes and the 50/50 will follow.
This will be our last meeting before summer break, with the next meeting scheduled for August 17.
If able, please bring a covered dish and an item for the door prize drawing.
Most of all, bring your questions for Nancy! She will be happy to answer your concerns.
Our meetings are open to the public and we encourage all beekeepers, those thinking about becoming beekeepers and anyone curious about beekeeping to join us. You will enjoy food, friends and fellowship.
We meet at Montgomery Community College, 1011 Page Street, Troy NC, Multipurpose Room in Building 200.
We can't wait to see you!!
Nancy Ruppert, retired NC Apiary Inspector, will be presenting a timely program on control of honeybee pests at our meeting this Thursday evening. You don't want to miss this!
We are so privileged to have Nancy as a source of her wealth of knowledge of beekeeping, as a member of our own association!
Our meeting will begin at 6 pm with a covered dish meal, followed by a business meeting. Nancy will present her program, then drawings for door prizes and the 50/50 will follow.
This will be our last meeting before summer break, with the next meeting scheduled for August 17.
If able, please bring a covered dish and an item for the door prize drawing.
Most of all, bring your questions for Nancy! She will be happy to answer your concerns.
Our meetings are open to the public and we encourage all beekeepers, those thinking about becoming beekeepers and anyone curious about beekeeping to join us. You will enjoy food, friends and fellowship.
We meet at Montgomery Community College, 1011 Page Street, Troy NC, Multipurpose Room in Building 200.
We can't wait to see you!!
Always BEE Kind 🐝
At our June 15th meeting of Montgomery County Beekeepers Association we will continue to tap in to the wealth of knowledge of members of our own group.
Retired Apiary Inspector Nancy Ruppert will present a timely program on Pests of Honeybees and Their Control. It will be a great presentation and you don't want to miss it!
Learning all about proper labeling of honey from our State Regional Apiary Inspector, Ms. Shirley Harris. Thank you so much!
Join us THIS EVENING for an important presentation by our Apiary Inspector Shirley Harris on the requirements for properly labeling your bottled honey.
Covered dish begins at 6pm followed by our business session. Shirley will then have her program.
As always we will have the 50/50 drawing and door prizes. If you're able please bring an item for a door prize.
1011 Page Street, Troy NC is the address. Montgomery Community College, Multipurpose Room in Building 200.
Our meetings are open to all and we welcome your presence!
Join us this Thursday for an important presentation by our Apiary Inspector Shirley Harris on the requirements for properly labeling your bottled honey.
Covered dish begins at 6pm followed by our business session. Shirley will then have her program.
As always we will have the 50/50 drawing and door prizes. If you're able please bring an item for a door prize.
1011 Page Street, Troy NC is the address. Montgomery Community College, Multipurpose Room in Building 200.
Our meetings are open to all and we welcome your presence!
🍃Go tell it to the Bees
Ye olde Tradition of telling the Bees, is one that is still done to this day. Tis known that it be the Bee keepers duty to tell the Bees of any news that needs to be told. Such things like weddings, death or birth must be told to the Bees🍃
🍃And, they do say that if the Bees aren’t told of such things, Well, there be trouble indeed. Why, the Bees would surely take to rest and not produce honey, or they would leave the hive or in the worst case they would sadly pass away🍃
Written by Athey Thompson
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More winnings for Mike King from the endowment raffle. His prize included plants from Uwharrie Mountain Native Plant Farm.
Plant Sale Tomorrow!!! Rain or shine—the sale will be inside. 9AM until 1pm.
Join us for our Spring Plant Sale on April 29th and May 6th from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Montgomery County! We will have vegetable, landscape, house, and native plants for sale. Cash and check only, please!
Plant Sale TODAY until noon. Should be a break in this weather by then.…
Plant sale next two Saturdays…between the Sheriff’s office and the library. Look forward to seeing you there!
Join us for our Spring Plant Sale on April 29th and May 6th from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Montgomery County! We will have vegetable, landscape, house, and native plants for sale. Cash and check only, please!
Congratulations to Mike King!!! Mike won our fundraiser raffle: VSH nuc, complete hive, native trees and retro beekeeping photos. Proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the NCSBA Endowment Fund. Many thanks to everyone who bought tickets, and to Bearding Bees Farm, Sweet Bee Farm, Uwharrie Mountain Native Plants, and Janno Lewis for generous prize donations.
Learned a lot from our speaker, Sam Coble, at tonight’s meeting. Bee safe and have an Epipen nearby, especially in the bee yard. Even if you have no reaction from stings, that could change.
Please join us THIS EVENING as Sam Coble joins us for an important presentation for ALL beekeepers.
Sam will share his program on Using an Epi-Pen in the event of an allergic reaction from a bee sting. This information could save your life or the life of a family member or friend.
We will start the evening at 6:00 pm with our covered-dish meal (there's always good food), followed by a business meeting then Sam's presentation.
Be ready to purchase your tickets for the 50/50 drawing and if you can, bring a little something to add to our door prize table.
We'll have a good time, good food, good information and GREAT fellowship.
Montgomery Community College, 1011 Page Street, Building 200 Multipurpose Room, Troy NC.
We can't wait to see you there!
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Please join us April 20 as Sam Coble joins us for an important presentation for ALL beekeepers. Sam will share his program on Using an Epi-Pen in the event of an allergic reaction from a bee sting. This information could save your life or the life of a family member or friend.
We will start the evening at 6:00 pm with our covered-dish meal (there's always good food), followed by a business meeting then Sam's presentation.
Be ready to purchase your tickets for the 50/50 drawing and if you can, bring a little something to add to our door prize table.
We'll have a good time, good food, good information and GREAT fellowship.
Montgomery Community College, 1011 Page Street, Building 200 Multipurpose Room, Troy NC.
We can't wait to see you there!
Learning from Libby Mack!
Our March meeting is about swarm management, presented by our friend, Libby Mack, from Mecklenburg County and Treasurer of th NC Beekeepers Association.
This Thursday, March 16, covered dish begins at 6 with meeting and presentation to follow.
Proceeds from this months 50/50 go to the Janno Daniel Scholarship fund.
Tonight!!! Look forward to seeing y’all at the bee mtg tonight to learn Beekeeping Hacks from Bryan Fisher. All skill level of beekeepers are sure to learn something they can use—even wanna beekeepers. Bryan brings the items he talks about for show and tell. You can go look at them up close🐝🐝🐝
Thursday evening's meeting was good for winners! Congratulations to Sol Schales, who went home with $65 from our 50/50 drawing, and Charolette Norton walked away with the swarm trap, winning the drawing for the piece that was custom-built by Kirk Kern.
Y'all should see the big prize we're giving away in June! More info to come!
Meetings: MCC Bldg 200 1011 Page Street
Troy, NC
27371
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