It’s Honey Tasting Time! Members! Bring at least 4oz of your best tasting 2022 season honey to enter into this year’s honey contest. This is a black jar (actually black cup) contest for NEGAMBA members only. When you arrive w/ your...
Read moreJesse Robinson – Feeding is more than just food: Blue Ridge Honey Company’s Fall Feeding Program Jesse has been a part of Blue Ridge Honey Company as a commercial beekeeper for five and a half years. His passion for beekeeping began when he...
Read moreHoney bee drones are the Rodney Dangerfields of the bee world, they (often) get no respect! Learn all about the amazing drones and their mysterious drone congregation areas (and how to find them using the other kind of drone) at this informative...
Read moreVarroa Treatments – Come see what your options are! This month we will host UGA Extension agent, Keith Fielder as he discusses the different (and important!) options for treating our nemesis: Varroa destructor. Keith is Putnam County...
Read moreIt’s extraction time, y’all! And at this meeting your club officers will demonstrate honey extracting techniques. We’ll have a hand extractor and a crush-and-strain bin…and we will be using REAL capped honey! We’ll...
Read moreKeeping a few bees was supposed to be just another small project on Kathy Bourn’s farm in Hart County Georgia. After getting her first two hives in 2014, beekeeping soon became an out-of-control hobby…and it lead to her becoming the 2021...
Read moreLearn the art of raising queens from Master Beekeeper, Dan Long! Dan Long is currently the President of Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association and volunteer beekeeper for Sandy Creek Nature Center. Founded in 2010, his Tallassee Highlands...
Read moreIt’s Back to BEE School Time! Saturday March 19th, 10:00am – 4:00pm @ North Georgia Technical College – In class learning Saturday March 26th, 10:00 – 1:00pm @ an Apiary in Toccoa – Field Day Learn everything you...
Read moreHappy 2022! Let’s try this again… While our honey bees are snuggling up for the winter months, we’re going to learn how to share our knowledge of honey bees by using observation hives…AND THERE WILL BE GIVEAWAYS! A former...
Read moreMark your calendars for the annual Honey Bee Jamboree! The beekeeping associations in the northeast will gather at Pittard Park in Winterville for food, fun, trivia, AND the top three honeys from each club will compete for the BEST Tasting Honey...
Read moreAttention all NEGAMBA members! Our October meeting will NOT be held on our usual day of the month. Instead, we will be meeting at Blue Ridge Honey Company for a special tour, guided by owner Bob Bonnie. This is a great opportunity for our members...
Read moreAre you planning to enter your honey in a honey show soon? 2017 GBA Beekeeper of the Year and Welsh Honey Judge, Brutz English will share his knowledge about honey shows and what exactly the judges are looking for. With the GBA conference coming...
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