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 Pickens Presbyterian Church, 311 West Main Street, Pickens.  Just west of the extension
office on the left.  Park in the western-most lot (large lot) and enter All Saints Hall through the glass doors,
past the church office, on the cemetery sidePickens.  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:
8
April 2012
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:   12 April 2012
This is a Thursday night.  The meeting will be held at the Pickens Presbyterian Church, 311 West
Main Street, Pickens.  Just west of the extension office on the left.  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.  
Come join us!  For a map to the Church, Click on the map box -
New PCBA President's Newsletter, check it out HERE  
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  
the WebWitch
Did ya'll know that NASA has a
website with honeybee
information on it?
click
HERE to check it out!
Changed
Pages!!!
Updates on Club Projects
Y por nuestros amigos Espanoles, estos
websites tienen information en Espanol -
USDA Noticias
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  
BeeWell Honey & Natural Market      
Carolina Honeybees Farm
Mary Bell's Apiary
Mitchell's Bee Supply
Porter Farm Honey Bees
Master Page Listing
Use the Master Page Listing to find any page in our site -
President's Newsletter
Master Page Listing
Messages from the
WebWitch
updated 21 March 2012
As of April 2012
NEW!!!
Some of the links to other webpages
NEW!!!
I have heard that the USDA
has reinstated the annual
honey stats, I will keep
watch and let ya'll know by
March 2012.  
The 2011 stats are here:
STATS
Check the weather to see if it is good beekeeping weather:

Pickens                Easley               Greenville         Liberty        

Paul Brown's Beekeepers Calendar
MAAREC beekeeping information factsheets
Pickens Presbyterian Church
Hey!  Check out this website from the Extension - it is pretty cool!

http://www.extension.org/bee%20health
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
There are so many beekeeping classes upcoming that I had to do
some drastic rearranging!  Check out what is going on at
Education & Conferences 1

The SC Honey Bill passed!    Here is the link to our page with
the information:  
HERE

Many of our SC Beekeeping Associations are getting their own
websites - check them out on our link page
HERE
Do you know a honey bee from
a hornet or a yellow jacket from
either?  You should!  
Click
HERE
Just added a new bee
removal service to our
page - check them out
either on the page or   
Bee Removal Outside
SC   
Mann Library at Cornell
University has a lovely
collection of beekeeping
information on-line.  Check
them out at:

Mann Library
Nuevo!!!
Nuevo!!!
We also have a Spanish language information link  USDA NOTICIAS
Permanent link to the Save the Hives projects.  Check out the info on our page link HERE
Latest news on beekeeping - maybe
people are beginning to understand
how important bees are - check this
out!    
Honeybees in the News
Honey bees in the News
Are you trying to find another beekeeping organization or association?  Check out the webpages with
various links.    
Beekeeping Organizations     Beekeeping Associations
Have a link to add?  Send me the link:  WebWitch
(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
Pictures by D. Blecke
The holly is starting to bloom!  I went out back to clean off the
satellite dish and heard this loud humming - ?????  It wasn;t the
dish, it was over my head - I looked up and the huge holly over
our deck was just a humming and buzzing with every type of
bee and insect around.  I have about 18 or so of these big
hollies, in all stages of bud, this is the first to bloom.
Glad I put
my supers on
-                the WebWitch