Category: News & Announcements

The Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association will be hosting the November monthly meeting online with Zoom. Join us on Nov 19th at 7 pm online with Jerry Hayes, Bee Culture Magazine.  He will be presenting...

Congratulations to Lori Hawkins! The CCBA Board would like to recognize Lori Hawkins and present her with the “Worker Bee” Award. Lori’s hard work behind the scenes has continued during this challenging year. She...

The Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association will be hosting the October monthly meeting online with Zoom.  Our October speaker will be Phoebe Snyder and Kaira Wagoner, Ruppell Research Group, UNCG. They will be discussing the...

The CCBA September monthly meeting will be a Zoom session featuring Erin Mcdermott. Erin is the genetics technician for the Apiculture Program at NCSU, working for Dr. Tarpy between honey bee health and virus...

The CCBA August monthly meeting will be a Zoom session featuring Kim Flottum.  Kim Flottum served as Editor of Bee Culture magazine for 33 years. He started in the beekeeping industry studying soybean pollination...

FOR MEMBERS ONLY It’s time to start harvesting!  A reminder that Active Members can rent our CCBA honey extractor by simply reserving time and paying online. Rent Extractor Now!  

Author: Dr. Lane Kreitlow Propolis is the sticky resin honey bees collect from trees or other botanical sources and bring back to the hive for multiple household uses. Propolis is an antimicrobial, multi-purpose product...

The CCBA April monthly meeting will be conducted online using Zoom software.  It will start with our usual business update, followed by a presentation by Phoebe Snyder, part of the renowned Rueppel Research Group...

CCBA is proud to announce that we’ve donated $500 to Dr. Samuel Ramsey’s GoFundMe campaign to get ahead of a really tough new mite headed our way. A new potential danger to the American...

We’ve given more thought, based on usage data, to our audience and its needs and listened carefully to feedback from our users. What’s new?  The website now has a separate menu at the top...