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Dr. Greg Hunt
Dr. Greg Hunt, a retired Purdue University professor and a pioneer in honey bee genetics, will speak to the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association monthly meeting
Brandon Simmons
Brandon Simmons, owner of Foothills Farm & Apiary, will speak to the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association […]
Students at the TCBA Bee Basics school gather around as an instructor shows them how to inspect a hive.
If you are thinking about raising honey bees this year, attend the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association’s one-day, hands-on Bee Basics for Beginning Beekeepers class.
Ed Speer or Sweet Betsy Farm in Marion, NC
Ed Speer will present some interesting and sometimes surprising findings about our local honey content and color on Tuesday, Feb 27.
Dave
Dear TCBA Members and Friends, On behalf of the newly elected board, I am pleased to […]
Honeybee on a white flower
The October 24 meeting of the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association’s will kick off with a potluck […]
Photo from left to right: Knox Petrucci and Aly Wisely with Heart’s Relief Apiary, Yancey Jones with Hawk Branch Honey, and Ed Geouge with Blue Rock Apiary
The Toe Cane Beekeepers Association congratulates the winners of its 8th Annual Mayland Black Jar Honey […]
Beekeeper Ashby Millr and his wife Cori.
Beekeeper Ashby Miller of Ashby Farms will talk to the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association about how he is developing “a better bee.”
Help pick the area’s best-tasting honey at the 7th Annual Mayland Black Jar Honey Contest on Wednesday, October 4, at Homeplace Beer Company