Category: BRBS Workshops

Ms. Lindsey Carrico was back to talk about Government reimbursement programs for beekeepers.

Davie Simpson was back to talk about dealing with mites and discussing the various treatments available.

A Big Thank You goes out to Eugene Brown for doing our May Workshop on Swarms! We also would like to Thank all the Beekeepers who came out to be with us! Have a great weekend and Remember ” Bee there or Bee Square” BRBS staff

We would like to extend a huge thank you to Mr. Eugene Brown for teaching our workshop today! Also we would like thank everyone who came, there was a lot of good questions asked and we think everyone in attendance learned something new!

Mr. Eugene Brown was back to discuss different types of feed for our bees to get them thru the winter. Attendees had the opportunity to make some for their bees.

BRBS would like to say thank you to Mr Davie Simpson from Faith Apiary and Surry County Beekeepers Association for being our guest speaker at our Practical Beekeeping workshop, on different mite treatment methods. We certainly learned a lot and really appreciate all the hard work and research he put into it. We would also like to thank everybody who attended!

Mr. Greg Fariss, the local bee inspector, was here today to share what’s new in beekeeping with us.

We here at BRBS would like to give Early Parks a huge “Thank you” for teaching our June workshop on Cut Outs!

Thank you to everybody who came out for our workshop this past Saturday covering splitting hives and introducing queens. Thank you very much to Davie Simpson with Faith Apiary for instructing it!

BRBS would like to thank everyone for coming out to our April 2017 Practical BeeKeeping Workshop yesterday. We covered the fundamentals of swarm prevention and retrieval, then took it outside to hive a manipulated swarm! A special thanks to Dr Carl Rhoden for contributing his expertise in beekeeping and for directing the hands-on retrieval. Thanks again and Happy Beekeeping!

Here are some pictures from the event: