We will have a meeting THIS WEEK to discuss a variety of subjects… The next couple of sessions will cover upcoming topics, speakers, elections, and meeting format.
Please bring a suggestion for anything the OBBG could try doing to better cater to you and others as far as a group. We would love any suggestions for speakers or topics as we go forward.
WHEN: 7:00 PM – Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to socialize/help set up chairs, meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. Library locks the front door at 5:00, so follow the sidewalk around the left of the building to the back door.
FOR SALE: Swarm Traps & DIY Equipment – Contact Robert Lotze in Duck at 804-475-9365. Some traps are in Stock, and any other equipment is about 2ish weeks out.
Excited for everyone to reunite and for us to get back on schedule!
Bee Package Pickup is TOMORROW 3/21/23 at 1:00 pm (**give or take) at the KDH Stackem High! 1225 S Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Don Babin is picking up and dropping them off, as we only have a small number of people who ordered for tomorrow from Sapony.
**Don will notify me of a more accurate timeframe when hes picked them up and is heading back, which I will text with everyone if it changes from 1pm.
Thank You to Nick Kiousis & Don Babin!!
Ive held off scheduling a meeting for Wednesday this week as people may need help with Package installation & current Hive consolidation… We will absolutely be making them up!
And if you’ve been delayed…
Start Feeding your 1:1 Sugar Syrup on your hives!!
Picking Up List:
Harvey Murray – 3 Marked Packages from Sapony 3/21
Chris Fischer – 1 Marked Package from Sapony 3/21
Charlotte Hester – 2 Marked Packahges from Sapony 3/21
**Please notify me immediately if I dont have you on the list!
NUC Pickup List:
Leslie – 2 Nucs from Nadeau Farms
FOR SALE:
Swarm Traps & DIY Equipment – Contact Robert Lotze in Duck 804-475-9365. Some traps in Stock, any other equipment about 2ish weeks out.
Thomas Dotson 252-217-8628 is selling an overwintered Hive with a local queen in a 2 x 8 frame Medium Box Hive.
State Meetings:
Summer 2023, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC • July 13-15
Spring 2024, New Bern Waterfront Convention Center, New Bern, NC • March 7-9
The Born and Bred queen rearing workshop is back in 2023! The workshop is a program offered by the NCSBA to instruct beekeepers on the complete process of queen rearing. Join us for a full day of queen rearing instruction, demonstration and hands-on practice. The specialized cell building and mating colonies required for queen rearing will be set-up on site. Grafting instruction will be hands-on with live honey bee larvae. The workshop will be held on Saturday, April 22 at the Pitt County Extension Center in Greenville, NC. Register soon because space for this popular workshop is limited!
Let me know if theres any questions or if you have Ordered anything from Sapony for the other dates… we currently have Heidi picking them up on April 15th & no one for the April 19th 2nd Package pick up.
LET ME KNOW if anyone has ordered packages from that date and is willing to pick up others.
Happy Spring,
Dalton Hyde
919-260-3265
Howdy, Everyone!
Please join us for an uncommon December Meeting with a homegrown speaker, our very own longtime member, hailing from Corolla – Heidi Leo – who will present a sort of Four-Season Review about her experiences, experiments, trials, & triumphs in a coastal apiary.
You don’t want to miss the last meeting of 2022… This will be a great meeting packed with insight and info for EVERYONE – whether you’re an established beekeeper, a new-bee member, or newly interested in beekeeping/ joining the OBBG!
WHEN: 7:00 PM – Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to socialize/help set up chairs, meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. Library locks the front door at 5:00, so follow the sidewalk around the left of the building to the back door.
Raffle ($1 donation each ticket) will be held at the end of the meeting if we have contributions! Feel free to bring anything bee-related or not! Regifting is not frowned upon!
ATTN – Fundraising Campaign for NCSU Professorship!!
If you haven’t heard or were at the last meeting and heard from Rick Coor about the NCSBA’s fundraising to help endow an NCSU Professorship, please follow the link below to learn more and chip in… or if planning to renew your NCSBA Membership, you will be given the chance to donate then as well.
If you are a new-bee to the scene and have not joined our NC State Beekeepers Association, the largest in the Nation, feel free to check this link out…
PS: Don’t forget to check your hives stores/ resources and feed them if low or light!
I would suggest fondant, sugar boards, or sugar patties at this time… 2:1 Sugar syrup is usually recommended but I’ve read that once nighttime temps drop below 50 degrees it is more difficult for them to process, along with acting as a heat sink and introducing moisture into your hive.
-Dalton Hyde OBBG President
Apologies for the late update… October Meeting is Canceled for tomorrow October 12th, 2022.
We will aim to reschedule this meeting in the coming month.
Unfortunately, our scheduled speaker could not make it this month, additionally I am out of town for a family member’s surgery.
Luckily – we have recently come across an NCSBA list of speakers covering a wide range of topics that we’ve reached out to and look forward to scheduling some fresh faces and insight in the coming year. Some are even available via Zoom.
There have also been suggestions of a Bee School or Class to be held in the spring that we hope would/will be a worthwhile event. More to come on this.
I will get much more information to everyone as soon as possible.
Don’t Forget – Check your Hives & Resources!!
FEED THOSE HiVES 2:1!!
Thanks, Dalton Hyde OBBG President
Thank You… for an AMAZING turnout at our first meeting in 2 years – it was great to see all of the familiar faces & many new ones!
Below is a quick recap of the info we covered:
KDH LIBRARY MEETING ROOM IS AGAIN OPEN!! Mark your calendars on… second Wednesdays of every month!
Beginning on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, regular meetings of the OBX Beekeepers Guild will be once again be held.
Arrive at 6:30 to socialize, meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. The front door of the Library will be locked because they now close at 5:00 p.m. on Wed., so follow the sidewalk around the left side of the building to the back door where the meeting room is located. Speaker & topic suggestions are ALWAYS welcome.
If you would like to participate in the raffle, bring a little cash for ticket donation and/or any items to be raffled (do not have to be bee-related – regifting welcome! :). The raffle is usually held at the end of most meetings.
NUCS (being picked up):
Bailey Bee Supply, Hillsborough, NC, end of April, $200:
Guild members Steve & Jeanne Brooks will be picking up their nuc from Bailey Bee sometime near the end of April, no definite date as yet.
Check their website for info if you’d like to order and let Bailey Bee know you’ll be picked up by the Brooks’, then contact Jeanne at 252-202-1442 to let her know.
Nadeau Farms, Elizabeth City, is now sold-out for their April order, BUT will have more nucs available in May!
These are local nucs with local queens produced by Etienne. $185 for 5-frame deeps, $170 for 5 frame mediums.
Call Etienne at 252-619-7308 to get on his list for May!
The Coastal Garden Festival is being held once again this spring on May 14th. 2022!
In the past we have held a booth where members volunteer to help set up, engage/educate/interact, breakdown/clean up… it’s always a great time! This has really become quite the event.
My concerns are the lack of fundraising materials that we usually have to sell to help benefit the OBBG and being unable to obtain them in time due to the disrupted supply chain. That being said, if anyone is up for volunteering and feels it’s worth our time attending this year, please let me know… I will do my best to join anyone else doing so.
REMINDERS: DONT FORGET about those hives you currently have! If you haven’t already, get out and check those hives the next warm day to ensure they have the honey/nectar/stores to survive spring. IF NOT – make some 1:1 Sugar Syrup & FEED those bees!
The Outer Banks Beekeepers Guild will not be asking for membership fees in 2022. COVID restrictions on our local public buildings are still preventing monthly gatherings. Alternative sites are being sought. Please suggest any ideas you may have.
In need of Bees this year?! Apologies this wasn’t compiled and sent out sooner, but here’s who we checked in with…
Everyone’s dates were dependent on weather and all had pricing info and how to order on their sites:
Hands on Beekeepers – Only Nucs! Maybe late April or early May, all info is on the website. Deep and medium nucs, locally raised in SE Virginia. VHS F1 queens are $20 more in a package if you want, or you get a Carniolan/Italian open-mated queen otherwise. (awesome) http://handsonbeekeepers.com, (757)-408-5201
Sapony Creek in Rocky Mount – Package pickup 3/22 ($135) and nucs ($193) in mid-April. http://saponycreekapiaries.com, (252)-904-1446.
James Wierman at 8 Veterans Farms: April 24 pickup at Currituck Extension Office from 11 am – 1 pm. $125 for 3 lb. packages and he will have nucs as they are ready in the spring $175 for 5-frames. (757)-354-1412.
Bailey Bees in Hillsborough, NC: Pickups on two weekends } 3/24-25 and also 3/31-4/1. $135 with a marked queen. http://baileybeesupply.com (919)-241-4236
Birdneck Bees: Pickup is mid-April at Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake. Nucs only, $242, raised in SC. May be ready around 4/15. (757)-718-3581
GROUP PICKUP: IF you are interested, PLEASE reply to this email or text Dalton with where you purchased from and I will add you to the list on my phone, if enough people purchase from one place, we’ll see if someone from that group is willing to pick up for others. If not, you’ll want to work out pick-up with the supplier!
If anyone is willing to pick up others orders from a supplier, please let me know by email or phone!
NCSBA Spring Conference in New Bern is THIS WEEK – March 5th, 6th, & 7th!
This is a great opportunity to mingle with fellow Beekeepers, attend seminars to expand your knowledge/skills, or purchase equipment from the many vendors!
I know of some that are planning to attend… It would be great to see y’all there.
The Onsite Registration rates are:
NCSBA Member Individual: $70 NCSBA Member Family: $105 NCSBA Non-Member Individual: $85 NCSBA Non-Member Family: $120
BEES Academy Info This spring, the NCSU Apiculture Program will be holding TWO different beekeeping trainings, one for beginners and one for intermediate beekeepers. Please forward to anyone who you think might be interested.
‘Beginner’ online BEES school Perfect for wanna-be beekeepers who couldn’t make their local bee school!
WHEN: March 4-25th
WHERE: Online Beekeeper Education & Engagement System (BEES)
HOW: Students will enroll in the ‘Beginner’ level BEES courses and learn the online content on their own time and at their own pace. Each Wednesday evening, we will hold virtual “office hours” with Dr. David Tarpy to discuss what you have learned and answer any lingering questions. An optional in-hive field day will be offered at the NCSU Lake Wheeler Honey Bee Research Facility in Raleigh on March 28th (rain date April 4).
‘Intermediate’ BEES Academy Great way to prepare for the MBP Journeyman exam!
WHEN: March 3-4th
WHERE: Craven County Extension Center, 300 Industrial Dr, New Bern, NC 28562
HOW: Two full days to immerse yourself in the theoretical and practical aspects of beekeeping. Mixture of both live and pre-taped videos from the Beekeeper Education & Engagement System (BEES) as well as hands-on activities. Numerous members of the NC State Apiculture Program will help you build upon your current knowledge of beekeeping by exploring a wide variety of topics.
For anyone that is not an NCSBA Member – I mentioned Bee Culture Magazine at our last meeting because they have some great articles and information, so I thought I’d include this offer they sent out.
NOTE: NCSBA Membership includes a complimentary subscription!
Spring Subscription Special – 1 Year to Bee Culture for $12.50 Online Order ONLY! http://www.beeculture.com Promo Code: Spring2020
