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OCBC Meeting 

Monday, January 20th 2025

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Doors open at 6:45pm

Meeting Begins at 7pm  

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Farm Bureau 925 Athens Road
Crawford, GA 30630

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Speaker: Anne Frye

 

Topic: Work Smarter, Not Harder - Ergonomic Beekeeping

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  How a lightweight, short, slight, young, old, etc. beekeeper can handle the gear of beekeeping from brood boxes to supers, to buckets of honey.

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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:

Please pay Club Dues! The current fee is $15.

 

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!

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Save the Honey Bees License Plate is Now Live! 

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http://www.gabeekeeping.com/Georgia/LicensePlate

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Make sure to order through the GBA website!

Buy some Honey! 

Elizabeth Mackey

    -706-224-3615

Susan Wilhelm

    -770-316-4064

    -wilhelm4@yahoo.com

    -Athens/Winterville/Oglethorpe

Peter and Ashley Wright 

    -757-374-3583

    -grownwrightfarm@gmail.com

    -Oglethorpe/Washington-Wilkes

Beekeeper with Bees

Questions? Comments? Concerns? 

Pictures?

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To contact us, email

ocbcbeeclubcommunications@gmail.com

Honey Bee Swarms

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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

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Check back again in the future when some of our members may be certified for structural removals.

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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 - Ashley Wright

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