Oglethorpe County Bee Club
Helping Mother Nature, One Colony at a Time
OCBC Meeting
Monday, March 18th 2024
Doors open at 6:45pm
Meeting Begins at 7pm
@
Farm Bureau 925 Athens Road
Crawford, GA 30630
Speaker: Kathleen Bourne
Topic: Going Long: Your Bees, Your Back, and Your Bottom Line.
Keeping a few bees was supposed to be just another small project on Kathy Bourne’s farm in Hart County Georgia. After getting her first two hives in 2014, beekeeping soon became an out-of-control hobby. She manages 10-20 colonies in an assortment of hive styles. She builds her own Langstroths, Top Bars, Warres, Observation Hives, Layens hives, and Long Langstroths. She also enjoys designing and building a variety of beekeeping gadgets. Kathy is president of the Lake Hartwell Beekeepers and Georgia Beekeepers Assoc. (GBA) newsletter co-editor. She is a UGA-certified beekeeper and a member of the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers and the Tri-county Beekeepers Association. She is currently part of a team with Drew Harvey running a beekeeping program at the Whitworth Women's Facility, a medium-security prison in Hartwell.
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:
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Winterville Marigold Festival Saturday May 11, 2024
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!
Elizabeth Mackey 706-224-3615
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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Joe Conti 706-614-6890 (swarms...free)
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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.
Congratulations to the new 2024 Board Members!
Best wishes for a successful bee club year!
Board of Directors for 2024!
President - Elizabeth Mackey
Vice President - Joe Conti
Treasurer - Georgia McPeak
Secretary - Susan Wilhelm
At-Large - Mike Conner
At-Large - Elizabeth Gingle
Librarian - Ashley Wright