On April 9th at 7PM, Anya McGuirk will present “Monitoring the SAS Hives: Lessons Learned”. SAS is currently monitoring hive weight, internal temperature and humidity, acoustics, and bee activity using computer vision. The goal of the SAS project is to Read More …
OCBA monthly meetings will still be happening every 2nd Thursday of the month! We will be meeting by Zoom instead of meeting in person, as a way to continue to learn about bees, and share with each other, while practicing Read More …
The monthly membership meeting of March 12, 2020, has been cancelled. Dr. Olav Rueppell will be rescheduled at a later date. More information will be posted within the next day or two.
CANCELLED This month Dr. Olav Rueppell, professor of biology at UNC-Greensboro, will present some of the results from his research in his talk entitled “Studying the Varroa-Virus-Honeybee Disease Triangle”. Varroa and viruses cause significant honey bee health problems and few Read More …
Our next meeting on Thursday February 13th will feature NC State Apiary Inspector Adolphus Leonard. Adolphus will speak on “Reducing Winter Colony Mortality & Managing Spring Buildup”, an appropriate topic as our bees transition from winter to spring. Join us Read More …