Pickens County Beekeepers Association Pickens County, South Carolina
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The Pickens County Beekeepers welcome you to beautiful Pickens County! We keep bees here at the edge of
the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is a fascinating occupation and we invite you to join us in learning more about
bees and beekeeping.
Come join us at 7:00 pm the second Thursday of every month except July, at the Pickens Presbyterian Church,
311 West Main Street, Pickens. Park in the western-most lot (large lot) and enter All Saints Hall through
the glass doors, past the church office, on the cemetery side. For directions, click on the link.
The next Pickens County Beekeepers Association meeting is: 11 April 2013
Contact us with questions or for more information: pcbeekeepers@yahoo.com
Are you looking for honey from a local
supplier? Check out our Local Honey
Locater Page - click on the picture...
How much do you know
about bees? Visit our Bee
Trivia page for some very
interesting information
about bees and honey
If you have things you'd like to see added, just e-mail the information to us at: pcbeekeepers@yahoo.com or WebWitch
Come visit us again and see what new things we've added -
This site last modified: 10 April 2013
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Link to the USDA website, Click HERE to review our industry's stats - check them out!
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The WebWitch's Bloom dates for some common bee plants in the Table Rock area - click HERE
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New PCBA President's Newsletter, check it out HERE
For old Newsletter listings, click HERE
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Do you need some bees removed? There are some people who can and will do
that. Click HERE to go to our Bee Removal Page. If you want to be added to
our page, just send your name, contact information, and list of what kind of
removals you can do to pcbeekeepers@yahoo.com
the WebWitch
Did ya'll know that NASA has a website with honeybee information on it? click HERE to check it out!
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This is really great - the Haagen-Dazs people have built a beautiful website to promote
and help honey bees - check it out! http://www.helpthehoneybees.com
Use the Master Page Listing to find any page in our site -
Messages from the
WebWitch
updated 10 April 2013
As of March 2013
Do you have a beekeeping question, problem, or issue? Or one about honey? PCBA has a mentor list,
some one will love to help you out, just call them! MENTOR LISTING
Do you know a honey bee from a hornet or a yellow jacket from either? You should! Click HERE
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Mann Library at Cornell
University has a lovely
collection of beekeeping
information on-line. Check
them out at:
Mann Library
We also have a Spanish language
information link USDA NOTICIAS
(Note: You have to go to the listing on the
right side of their page now to get to these
pages - they don't seem to link very well
otherwise.
the WebWitch
Link to bee video page - try it and let me know!
Bee Videos
Picture by D. Blecke
OK, I had an inch of snow on 16 February - how about ya'll? Anyway,
my red maple is just starting but some of my friends at lower altitudes
have had red maple for a couple of weeks already. I saw a red bud in
full bloom in Easley last Wednesday too.
Speaking of flowers and plants - it's important for you to know
something about what is growing around your beeyard. Is it a good
honey plant? When does it bloom? How close is it? Where can your
bees get good pollen from? (Remember: little pollen = few bees, bees
need a variety of pollens to get a good balanced diet) You need lots of
bees to pollinate your garden or to bring in a good crop of honey, so we
have to look out for them. Let's have a wonderful spring and a great
year!
the WebWitch
Notice Board -
Do you have questions about building a honey house? Who
you can sell honey to? Your labels?
The answers for South Carolina are on the SC Dept of
Agriculture website - Click Here
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Red Maple