First, take a breath. This is normal activity for honeybees in our area especially in late winter and early spring. Now that you’ve taken a breather, please contact our President Eddie Moses at 828-458-6625 to help find a local removal specialist.
Go to https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/resources/varroa-management/ for resources and an easy to follow decision management tool for treatment options.
Lewis Cauble handles Apiary Inspections for WNC, including Macon County. Contact him at (828) 230-4544 or Lewis.Cauble@ncagr.gov for assistance. Lewis is there for all your varroa mite, hive beetle, and nasty pathogen questions and will come to you to assist if warranted.
Join the Macon County Beekeepers Association at our monthly meetings! We meet the first Thursday of each month at the Macon County Extension Office at 193 Thomas Heights Rd, Franklin, NC, 28734 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Annual membership dues are $10 per household.
Yes! The Macon 4-H Beekeepers would love to have new members. New classes start up each January. Association supermentors Katie Wall and Larry Cooper serve as educators in this skill building, hands on program. Please email Tammara Talley (tammara_cole@ncsu.edu) , Extension Agent at the Macon County Extension Office, for more information.
Yes, and thank you for your service. Larry Cooper of Birch River Bees serves as a mentor in the Hives for Heroes program. Please email him at Honeybees854@gmail.com for more information and check out the full program at https://hivesforheroes.org
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