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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.
Leigh Knott speaking at the TCBA meeting on March 28, 2023.
By Leigh Knott NOTE: Beekeeper and host of the podcast Beekeeping on Five Apple Farm Leigh […]
Phoebe Snyder
How can we breed better, mite resistant bees? Our August 23 speaker will share some research […]
Toe Cane Beekeepers once again will have a booth in the Mt. Mitchell Craft Fair in […]
Saturday, July 23 — Toe Cane Members Appreciation Picnic and Day in the Bee Yard.Please join […]
Shirt designs
New T-shirts for beekeepers are available in several styles from the Toe Cane Beekeepers Association of Western North Carolina.
A maple blossom in the spring.
by Andrea Laine and David Reeder Spring was in the air. You could feel it in […]
hives in winter
February, not April, is the cruelest month, with apologies to T.S. Eliot. For beekeepers, the waste […]