Oglethorpe County Bee Club
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Helping Mother Nature, One Colony at a Time
OCBC Meeting
Monday, November 17th 2025
Doors open at 6:45pm
Meeting Begins at 7pm
@
Farm Bureau 925 Athens Road
Crawford, GA 30630
Topic: Better Beekeeping with BroodMinder Temperature Sensors
Speaker: Theresa Martin is the author of Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey: 10 Tips for Healthy Productive Bees, which includes a Foreword by Dr. Thomas Seeley. Theresa has achieved 99% colony survival and honey production that is twice the local average in her seven years as a beekeeper, with 20–25 colonies in Kentucky. Theresa is a Cornell Master Beekeeper, 2024 Kentucky State Beekeeper of the Year, and Vice-President of the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association. She worked at Fidelity Investments and Procter & Gamble in information technology and operations management.
Join the Club!
Interested in joining our beekeeping community? We would love to have you! Fill out our membership form and become a member or renew your existing membership today! Click on the Membership tab above to be directed to the CheddarUp website for processing. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to welcoming you to the Oglethorpe County Bee Club!
Upcoming Events:
October 25th - Jambor-Bee!
Follow the QR code to RSVP and sign up to bring anything! We can't wait to see y'all there!
We Meet Once a Month!
Come join the Oglethorpe County Bee Club, the third Monday of every month at
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:45pm) at the Georgia Farm Bureau, 925 Athens Rd., Crawford, Ga. — just a short drive east of Athens. We hope you'll attend!
Save the Honey Bees License Plate is Now Live!
Buy some Honey!
Contact our club through facebook or our club email!
Honey Bee Swarms
This space is reserved for members interested in removing low-hanging (up to 10 feet) swarms in Athens and surrounding counties. Service is usually free unless otherwise noted by the beekeeper.
If you would like to volunteer your services here please contact us (ocbcbeeclubcommunications@gmail.com) by email.
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Elizabeth Mackey 706-224-3615
NOTE: We presently don't have anyone who is certified (per new GA law) that can remove bees from buildings...best to contact Georgia Bee Removal for their services at gabeeremoval.com
Check back again in the future when some of our members may be certified for structural removals.
Board of Directors for 2025!
President - Elizabeth Mackey
Vice President - Paula Bartlett
Treasurer - Georgia McPeak
Secretary - Susan Wilhelm
At-Large - Mike Conner
At-Large - Dan Eggers
Librarian - A Wright