Oglethorpe County Bee Club
Helping Mother Nature, One Colony at a Time
Join the Club!
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Monthly Meetings
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!
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the new variant of Covid making its way around this area, we will NOT have our Annual Beekeeping Picnic
on August 20th.
In conjunction with this, there will be NO MEETING scheduled for August.
The next OCBC meeting will be on Monday, September 19th
**IF**
the number of cases has declined significantly enough to make the meeting safe for all.
(when will life ever become normal again?)
RECAP:
NO Annual Picnic
NO bee Club meeting
in
August
Board of Directors for 2022!
President - Joe Conti
Vice President - Cory Momany
Treasurer - Georgia McPeak
Communication - Elizabeth Gingle
At-Large - Mike Conner
At-Large - Steven King
Librarian - Bruce Breedlove
OCBC Honey Sales!!
We are starting something new!
If you are interested in purchasing local honey from members of the club, please reach out to Elizabeth at
ocbcbeeclubcommunications@gmail.com
She will pair you with a beekeeper that is local to your area!
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Save the Honey Bees License Plate is Now Live!
Note: Saturday, August 20th is
National Honey Bee Day!
NOTE: Our club's Annual Picnic on this day has been CANCELLED.
Honey Bee Swarms
This space is reserved for members interested in removing low-hanging (up to 10 feet) swarms in the Athens and surrounding counties area. Service is usually free unless otherwise noted by beekeeper in your phone conversation.
Contact Communications email if you want your name here. We presently don't have anyone who can remove bees from buildings...best to contact Georgia Bee Removal for their paid services at gabeeremoval.com