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Annual Meetings of the NCSBA

The NCSBA holds statewide conventions twice a year, in the Spring and Summer.  In odd-numbered years, the Spring Meeting is held jointly with the South Carolina Beekeepers Association, alternating locale between states.

Scheduled Meetings to date:

Meetings locations on map

March 5-6, 2010 Spring Meeting in Lumberton, Robeson Community College

Summer Meeting 2010 to be announced


NCSBA Spring Meeting
March 5-6, 2010 at Lumberton, NC

 

Hosted by Robeson County Beekeepers

at

Robeson Community College
5160 Fayetteville Rd
Lumberton, North Carolina 28360

 

Meeting

Registration starts Friday March 5 at 10:00 AM
Executive Committee Meeting, Friday at 10:00 AM
Meeting starts Friday March 5 at 1:00 PM, ends Saturday at 3:00 PM

Workshops Include:

  • Queen Rearing
  • Bee Venom Therapy
  • Bee Removal
  • Cooking with Honey
  • Crisis Management in the Bee Yard
  • Diseases/Lab Analogy
  • How to Build Top Feeders/Bottom Boards
  • In the Apiary
  • Preparing Honey Products for Competition/Sale
  • Master Beekeeper Exams
  • Mead Making
  • Proper Chemical Use
  • Local Chapter Management

Presenters Include:

  • Lilia I. de Guzman
  • Jennifer Keller/Juliana Rangelposada
  • Frederique Keller, Pres. American Apitherapy Society
  • Mary Alice Jaynes
  • Benjamin Chapman, NCSU
  • Will Hicks & Glenn Hackney, NCDA
  • James Knox/Bill Shepard/Jack Tapp
  • Don Hopkins
  • Danny Jaynes
  • Dr. David R. Tarpy
  • Ricky Barbour
  • Pat Jones
  • Paul Madren
 

Special Events:

  • Keynote Speaker, Friday evening:Lilia I. de Guzman, ARS, Baton Rouge
  • Vendor Displays and Sales
  • Door Prizes
  • Special Guest Reappearance of "Francios Huber”,
    Swiss naturalist (1750–1831)
 

Agenda (as of 1/24/2010, pdf)

   

Registration


Registration Fees Individual Family registration desk
Advance: $20 $25
At-the-door $25 $30
Non-members additional: $15* $15*
   

* pays 2010 membership for one person

Advance Registration Form (members and non-members, print and mail with payment)
Advance Online Registration (current members only)

Accomodations

Make reservations before Feb. 15, 2010 to get these special rates. Hotel tax is 10.25%
Hampton Inn   Holiday Inn   Comfort Inn   Super 8
$94.98 + tax   $108.98 + tax   $70.00 + tax   $49.99 + tax
(910) 738-3332   (800) 877-2120   (910) 739-8800   (800) 671-4444 or (910) 671-4444
Ask for
"Beekeepers Rate"
Group Code: Bee
  Use AARP or AAA , no beekeepers rate   Ask for
"Beekeepers Rate"
  Ask for
"Beekeepers Rate"
 

Highlights of Past Meetings

2009 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 9-11, Wilkesboro, NC

2009 SCBA/NCSBA Spring Meeting, March 6-7, Rock Hill, SC

2008 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 10-12, Pinehurst, NC

2008 NCSBA Spring Meeting, March 7-8, Burlington, NC

2007 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 12-14, Kinston, NC

2007 NCSBA/SCBA Spring Meeting, March 2-3, Monroe, NC

2006 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 13-15, High Point, NC

2006 NCSBA Spring Meeting, March 17-18, Clemmons, NC

2005 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 14-16, Marion, NC

2004 NCSBA Summer Meeting, July 8-10, 2004 in Charlotte, NC

   

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