Pickens County Beekeepers
Association
Pickens County, South Carolina
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 explore our developing website or better yet - come join us at 7:00 pm the second Thursday of every
month except December.
We meet at the Clemson Extension Building on Main Street in Pickens.  For directions, scroll down and
click on the link.

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...
Our Bee Links page has links to equipment
suppliers, bee suppliers, research sites, other
clubs, bee & honey organizations, and
publications - come check it out!
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:
19 June 2009
Link to the USDA
website, Click
HERE
to review our
industry's stats -
check them out!
The WebWitch's  
Bloom dates for some
common bee plants
in the Table Rock
area - click
HERE
The next Pickens County Beekeepers Association meeting is:   13 August 2009
This is a Thursday night.  The meeting will be held at the Clemson Extension Building in Pickens.  
The address is 222 West Main Street.  

NOTICE!  There is no meeting in July, instead, we all attend the summer SC Beekeepers meeting at
Clemson University.  For direction on how to get there, click
HERE.

Come join us!  For a map to the Clemson Extension Building, Click HERE

Paul Brown's Beekeepers Calendar  
The Notice Board
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  
Did ya'll know that NASA has a
website with honeybee
information on it?
click
HERE to check it out!
Changed
Pages!!!
Updates on Projects
Y por nuestros amigos Espanoles, estos
websites tienen information en Espanol -
PCBA Pagina en Espanol
Abejas en Espanol
MielPura
Galeria Apicola Virtual
Permanent Index Liks
MAAREC beekeeping glossary
MAAREC-Bee Diseases & Pests
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  
We are so proud of the sponsors for our Scholarship Hives for the 2009 Beginners
Certified Beekeeping Course (photos) - for more info on them, click on the headings.  
Please help support honey bees by supporting them - and tell them how much we all
appreciate their concern!  Their support allowed us to award 6 hives to six of our
students.  To find out who earned a scholarship hive, go to
Page 4 of the 2009 Class
photos -

Gold Queen Bee Sponsors:
Riddle Farm Supply - Easley                 Whole Foods Market - Greenville
Mountain Springs Church - Piedmont     ServePro of Pickens/Greenville-Easley
Hay Day Farm - Pickens                         BeeWell Honey & Natural Market - Pickens

Silver Queen Bee Sponsors:
Blue Ridge Electric Coop - Pickens
BeeWell Honey & Natural Market      


Mitchell's Bee Supply

Porter Farm Honey Bees
Master Page Listing
Use the Master Page Listing to find any page in our site -
Other Clubs Page has 2 new sites:
MetroAtlanta
SW Florida
Education
2009 Award Winners
Messages from the
WebWitch
We are looking forward to seeing you at Hagood Mill every third Saturday this year.  
updated 19 May 2009
As of 19 June 2009 -
NEW!!!
Some of the links to other webpages
The 2009 stats are out, go  
check them out

      
the WebWitch
Check the weather to see if it is good beekeeping weather:

Pickens                Easley               Greenville         Liberty        

(This is an experiment - my thanks for brilliance to the Piedmont Beekeepers, whose idea
this was!
Jeff Friend, one of our
scholarship hive winners,
is telling his story of his
Scholarship hive.  Check it
out!   
Click here
Well, we've had enough
rain to bring us out of  
drought status, now we
need some sunshine and
nectar for our bees -
lavender is doing great
and sourwood is putting
on buds.  Cross your
fingers!

the
WebWitch
19 June 2009
I found acouple of neat websites today,
SW Florida Beekeepers - check it out
HERE
Metro Atlanta Beekeepers - check it out HERE
Sourwood from 2005
 and lavender from
this year -