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Think maybe Janet has a "bee in her bonnet"? Here she is modeling her new favorite style hand made by Julia Freeman, in background.
Photo by Calvin Robinson
Photos by Janet Shisler
Kids of all ages LOVE honeybees
Photo by Janet Shisler
The blocks of bees wax were a hit with the kids also
Photo by Janet Shisler
The BCBC faithful hang out at the bee booth
Sourwood Festival Raffle Booth
Scholarship hive winner raises funds for 2008 bee school
Photo with Calvin's Cell Phone
Odds and Ends
Bees at Sourwood Knoll are busy removing rubber bands around frames of comb taken from structures and bee trees
Photos by Calvin Robinson
Quite a group effort! Good thing they are team players
Photo by Calvin Robinson
Carl could not figure what killed this bumble bee. He started poking around and a well hidden spider fell out.
Photos by Carl Chesick
Bee Removal at The Biltmore Estate
Edd Buchanan, Chris Mathis, Calvin Robinson and Larry Sebren recently took a colony of bees from an old dairy barn on the Biltmore Estate. A video was made, as well as lots of photos. Here are a few photos showing the comb being banded into frames and Larry Sebren's famous bee vac being used to capture some of the massive colony of bees.
Photos by Calvin Robinson
Wait Chris, I really don't think you should try to tickle the bees
Chris has that look that says, "I am taking this colony home with me today".
Chris just THINKS he is taking MY bees home.
Come on guys, you look like you are handling toxic waste or something
The famous Sebren bee vac (model LS1)
Open the top of the bee vac and there is your neat package of bees
Larry, do you do windows too?
More photos from Carl Chesick
Carl's method of trapping propolis
Carl's wild colony still is going strong
Calvin Robinson captured this colony from a bee tree and they made a super of Sourwood for him
Photos by Mackenzie Robinson
The brood nest was carefully cut out with a large serated knife.
A sledge hammer and a wedge were used to split a section out of the hollow tree so access could be gained to the brood nest.
The brood comb was secured into frames with rubber bands
Bee chapter members came together to remove a colony from old cabin in Edneyville.
Calvin Robinson, Carl Chesick, Diotima Booraem, Hannah Thornburg, Lee Banks, Rick Messer, and Shannon Thornburg made quick work of this removal. Rick made video which will be edited and copied to DVD
Carl has quite a following in beekeeping
Shannon and Hannah Thornburgs photos from the same cabin colony removal
The ever innovative Carl Chesick brought some frames with him that were prepared with a nylon mesh to hold the comb in the frames until the bees attach it. Notice the queen excluder below the brood nest. This is being used as a queen INCLUDER to keep her from leaving.
Darrell may be a first year beekeeper, but he successfully removed this nice colony from a house in Haywood County. He asked some advice, but pretty much went out there and did it on his own. Nice work Darrell!
preloading the rubberbands is helpful
Darrell was ready with an inventory of things he might need
The fact the house was being torn down was a huge plus as no worry about fixing things
Scarecrow Festival Booth for Sourwood Knoll. Raffle tickets for playhouse sold to help Bee school fund
Summer 2007 NCSBA Meeting in Kinston NC
BCBC President Janet Shisler was called upon to present the Golden Achievement Awards for 2006
Calvin Robinson accepted the award for Buncombe County Beekeepers Chapter
Janet presented the Chapter of the year title to President Buddy Marterre of Forsyth County
2007 NC Mountain State Fair photos from Larry Sebren
