August 27

6:30 p.m.

Monthly Meeting Features Expert Panel Discussion 

The time to start preparing your bees to successfully overwinter is now! Learn more from our expert panel discussion, featuring beekeeper and podcaster Leigh Wilkerson, NC Apiary Inspector Lewis Cauble, and NCSBA Senior Western Representative Willie Pascal.  

Come with questions because the panelists will be taking them from the audience.

 This meeting is open to the public and will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the the Trinity Episcopal Church, 15 Hemlock St., Spruce Pine, NC 28777.

If you cannot attend in person, consider joining us via Zoom using this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83167772104?pwd=cEhc1JmoWXeDx5ZYVHdxaBzf9Nz1Ix.1

September 24

6:30 p.m.

Monthly Meeting will Feature Guest Speaker Greg Rogers

Greg Rogers will discuss his research on extended release oxalic acid pads, a new and exciting method for mite treatment.

Nominations will also be open for board members. Members in good standing should consider stepping forward and volunteering to serve the TCBA.

This meeting is open to the public and will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the the Trinity Episcopal Church, 15 Hemlock St., Spruce Pine, NC 28777.

October 2

6 p.m.

The 9th Annual Mayland Black Jar Honey Contest

Help pick the best tasting honey in Mitchell Avery and Yancey counties, bid in the silent auction, and enjoy dinner and an adult beverage at Homeplace in Burnsville.

Area beekeepers are welcome to enter the contest as long as their honey was harvested in Mitchell, Avery or Yancey counties. TCBA members get one free entry. There is a $15 fee for additional entries and entries by non-members. All entries must be dropped off at the Yancey County Cooperative Extension office, 30 E U.S. Hwy. 19E in Burnsville by October 1.

This event is open to the public. Anyone can taste the honey but there is a $10 fee to vote.