Gaston County Beekeepers Association

10/09/2026

Day 1 of cotton ginning days underway

10/08/2026

🌾 Are y’all ready for Cotton Ginning Days?! 🤎 We sure are! 🍂🚜

Swing by and be sure to say Hi! We look forward to it

09/30/2026

Tonight's winners for bragging rights in our annual blackjar competition. Members tasted and cast votes for the honey they felt tasted the best.

1st Tom Hammond
2nd Scotty Gilman
3rd M. Nichols

09/29/2026

Monthly meeting tonight: our annual blackjar honey competition. Prizes award to the top three finishers voted on by you the members. Bring your honey and your taste buds for this sweet treat to close out national honey month

09/15/2026

09/11/2026

Our apiary crew is at it again inspecting our hives for mites and preparing them for winter!
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09/02/2026

September is National Honey Month. Buy local honey from your local beekeepers and support their stewardship of the amazing honey bee

08/31/2026

https://beeculture.com/varroa-a-persistent-threat-to-honey-bees/

Roman Bondarenko, Beekeeper and Apitherapy Specialist Figure 1. Varroa on a pupa. Photo: Roman Bondarenko. Varroa destructor is an external parasitic mite that feeds on both brood and adult honey b…

08/22/2026

The Members picnic was a blast! So many members brought deserts for us all to try. Bo and Kim Fletcher cooked our dinner.

Henry Bess won the clubs most prestigious award, President Emeritus. Thank you Henry for all the hard work and love you’ve put into our club!

08/21/2026

https://entomologytoday.org/2026/08/20/koldo-belaska-trap-protect-honey-bee-hives-yellow-legged-hornets/

A simple tubular trap placed in front of honey bee hives cut yellow-legged hornet attacks by about fivefold in Spanish field tests, helping bees forage normally while capturing the invasive predator and limiting impact on nontarget species.