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2008 Scholarship Hive Winners
We would like to again congratulate our 2008 Scholarship Hive winners! With many thanks to our generous donors, the hives were given to our winners on Saturday, April 12 at the 4-H center in Black Mountain, NC.
Hive winners included (not all pictured): Buck Ball, Ray Briggs (Yancey Co.), Tom Cagle (Taccoa, GA), Kefyn Catley (Jackson Co.), Sherry Ellis, Gary Fluno, Hartwell Francis (Jackson Co.), Pia Goforth (Madison Co.), Karen Hansen (Madison Co.), Alison Hayes, Michael Higgins, Deanna High (Madison Co.), Gabriel Johnson, Arthur Mandler, Mary McKenzie, Andrew Melchionna, Lauren Moore (age 12), Milissa Ellison Murphree, Claudia Norton (Haywood Co.), Aneta Payne ( Madison Co.), Wayne Smith (Yancey Co.), Sister J. SpiritVoice, Stefan Stackhouse, Cynthia Trisler (Madison Co), Laura Walters and Scott Walters
Welcome to an Exciting Lifelong Hobby!!
BCBC Logo Contest Announced
Our club needs a logo for ball caps, t-shirts, envelopes and business cards! Lots of other clubs have them but we want ours to be unique. Research other designs (or not) then bee creative!
Requirements:
-- Design may be multi-color, but must look good at reduced size and one color. Look at ANY company logo, and they all pass the ‘shrink’ and ‘monotone’ tests. When you think about having to place the logo on envelopes, small invitations, business cards, etc., you’ll see why this is important
-- The words “Buncombe County Beekeepers Chapter” somewhere in the design (don’t use “BCBC”)
Submission:
-- Submit entry in any graphic format or PDF
-- Submit via email attachment to deforrest.hipps@gmail.com
-- Membership will have an opportunity to view the entries and give input at the May 5th deadline.
The Board of Directors will consider all input up until then narrow down the entries by June 7th, Field Day, and present them for a final vote.
Thank you for your interest!
North Carolina Master Beekeeper Program
Attention Aspiring Initially Certified Beekeepers
Those beekeepers who have passed the initially certified exam and who have experience manipulating their bees may sign up to take the "practical" part of the exam the BCBC picnic on June 7th, 2008 between 11 am and 2 pm at the 4H center in Black Mountain/Swannanoa (Google Maps | Driving Directions from Asheville)
Bring your bee suit, your smoker and fuel, and prepare to go in a hive of bees as you discuss what you see with your examiner, a master beekeeper or journeyman.
Sign up through Janet Shisler, president, at a monthly meeting (April 7, or May 5) or through the email on the website, www.wncbees.org. There may be up to 24 openings that will be filled on a first come, first served basis. All registrants will be confirmed by email or phone call.
Janet Shisler, president
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Beekeeping News (5/8/08 - 3:35PM)
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(21/05) Beekeeping talk in Bletchley (Buckingham Today)
NORTH Bucks Beekeepers' Association presents an illustrated talk by Roy Cropley, entitled Beekeeping in Foreign Lands on Wednesday, May 21 at 7.30pm at Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley. (07/05/2008 13:14:07) (5/7/08)
Study: U.S. honey bees in dramatic decline (Moldova.org)
The Apiary Inspectors of America says the United States has seen a dramatic decline in the number of managed honey bee colonies since 1980.Dennis vanEngelsdorp of Pennsylvania State University, president of the AIA, said nationwide colony numbers have dropped from 4.5 million managed colonies in 1980 to 2.4 million in 2005.To quantify the degree and extent of losses in U.S. beekeeping operations ... (5/7/08)
Local beekeeper peeks into ancient history (The Citizen of Laconia)
COURTESY PHOTO LOCAL EXPERT beekeeper Ernie Bolduc is shown here tending to one of his many beehives. Bolduc says that the history of the relationship between man and the honeybee is one of the most fascinating aspects of beekeeping. (5/7/08)
H agen-Dazs Tries Beekeeping (AdWeek)
Disoriented by stress? Suffering from immune deficiencies possibly caused by exposure to antibiotics, pesticides, radiation or even too much high-fructose corn syrup? (5/6/08)
UK honeybee population in crisis as winter weather devastates colonies (Guardian Unlimited)
British honeybees have been devastated by bad weather, stress and disease with more than one in five colonies thought to have been killed off over the winter, according to the government and the British Beekeepers' Association (5/8/08)
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