June 24, 2025

 Monthly meeting with Michelle Mejia Moral -POTLUCK DINNER – BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH

TCBA will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 15 Hemlock Ave, Spruce Pine, NC with a POTLUCK dinner starting at 6:00 pm.  Join us for an educational and fun evening.  Please bring your favorite dish to share.

This month our speaker is Michelle Mejia Moral of Moral Bees in Burnsville, NC. Michelle is a longtime member of our club and has been keeping bees on her family farm since 2014. She has been rearing queens, nucs and selling honey at local farmers markets for many years.

Michelle will be sharing some of her experiences producing high quality queens and nucs, so be sure to join us for this meeting.

Ju,y 10 – 12, 2025

 NC State Beekeepers Association (NCSBA) Summer Conference – Flat Rock, NC

NCSBA will hold its Summer meeting July 10 – 12 at Blue Ridge Community College, 49 East Campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC.

There will be many speakers including Bob Binnie, Dr. David Tarpy, Dr, Cameron Jack, Blake Shook, Carla Robertson and Brandon Simmons. A tentative schedule of events can be found here.

You can advance register for this conference at  https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/calendar/state-meetings/advance-registration.

July 26, 2025

 Annual Members Picnic and Day in the Beeyard – BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH

The much anticipated “Members Only Picnic and Day in the Beeyard” is scheduled for Saturday, July 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (this is a slight date change from previously announced date). The event will be held at Ed Geouge’s Blue Rock Apiary, 3885 Blue Rock Road, Burnsville. The club will provide burgers and hotdogs, please bring a covered dish to share. A special “Yard Sale” is being planned this year where you’ll be able to purchase deeply discounted bee equipment and supplies.