NC State Apiculture Program

Today was the annual swarm demonstration for the Bees and Beekeeping class. The queen is in a cage hanging on the pole. The students get an up close look at honey bee behavior during a swarm which is always the highlight of the semester.

What better way to spend Wellness day then working with honeybee. These are students from David Tarpy's Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping class.

Tony Gaddis with Vance County Beekeepers assisting in the bees today for a public service credit.

Kim represented for us at the Georgia Beekeepers Conference. Sounds like it was a great conference.

Shaun Jones with Wake County Beekeepers Association is helping with hive inspections today.

Chris Aman from the Johnston County Beekeepers is helping Kim in the apiary today.

This feral colony of honey bees is located next to a heavily traveled sidewalk and was becoming a concern. Instead, it has become a great opportunity to educate the general public! Thank you to all involved in helping to protect the honey bees.

Claudia Roller has been very busy this summer working to understand more about laying workers. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has contributed to making this research possible. See her video in the link below.

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Calling all citizen scientists. The annual Southeast Pollinator Census is coming up this weekend. You can participate right from your own back yard. Check out this link to learn how.

🐝 Passionate about pollinators? 🐝 You can help us protect them by participating in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census!

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census on August 21 and 22 is a community science project that invites folks of all ages to observe and count pollinators in their yards and neighborhoods. This annual event aims to collect data on pollinator population levels and educate the public on the importance of pollinators.

Learn more about the census, save the date and join the count at the link in our comments.