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!

MEMBERSHIP DUES:

We will forego our Guild dues this year once again, but please do consider joining the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association (https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/membership/join-or-renew-now).

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. 

Thanks,
Dalton Hyde
OBBG President
919-260-3265