Author: dan

Club member and Journeyman beekeeper, Roger Kicklighter will present Meet The Buckfast Bee. This Hybrid line of the Western Honey Bee was developed by Brother Adam at the Buckfast Abby Monastery located in Southwest England over the past one hundred years.

Join us September 9th at 7pm, 275 Cleveland Rd in Bogart when Dr Lewis Bartlett from the Bee Lab will discuss Small Hive Beetles.

A follow on to Olivia Menard’s introductory talk “A Year in the Beeyard”, this talk will go through a seasoned beekeeper’s calendar of events.  Olivia will share more advanced strategies for timing different Integrated Pest Management actions, and setting up for queen rearing success throughout her typical year in the beeyard.

Olivia Menard is a UGA Master Beekeeper in Lawrenceville, GA. An Aerospace Engineer by trade, Olivia began keeping bees to practice mindfulness. Bees have since become an integral part of Olivia’s path toward learning about where our food comes from and looking for ways to make her food more local and sustainable.
Olivia is Regional Director for the Metro Atlanta Area of the Georgia Beekeepers Association where she also serves on the Legislative Committee. She is a member of Beekeepers Club of Gwinnett, Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association in Athens-Clarke County, and Tri-County Beekeepers club in Banks County.

Please join us at 7pm. 275 Cleveland Rd, Bogart GA 30607.

More than just honey, part 2! Our own Lena Franklin will teach us how she makes candles, lip balm, moisture cream, jewelweed and lotion bars.

Please join us at 7pm. 275 Cleveland Rd, Bogart GA 30607.

Making Cold Process Soap with Syleena Brownlee the Blue Ridge Honey Company way.

“Hacks and Techniques From an Experimental Beekeeper”.
Ryan Williamson of Sourwood Farm is a second generation beekeeper running a full time operation of 250 colonies with his family in Earlysville, Virginia. A proclivity to tinker and experiment has resulted in endless humbling mistakes but also occasional success. The presentation will focus on those tips, unique management techniques and equipment modifications that have proven useful in his operation with the hope that a few might be useful in yours.

Bob owns Blue Ridge Honey Company and has a long history of sharing his great knowledge freely to local and far-away groups as well as his YouTube Channel. He will talk with us tonight about Issues With Old Comb and Toxic Interactions In Our Colonies.

Long time club member Ron Putman will discuss the swarm prevention technique known as checkerboarding.

Our next regular meeting (December 5th is the holiday dinner potluck at Dan’s house) will be January 2nd. Master Craftsman Beekeeper, Cindy Hidges, will discuss the importance of propolis.