Lake Hartwell Beekeepers, 1951 Bowman Highway, Hartwell, GA (2026)

06/03/2026

Good morning! One of our followers, Mark Blakely, would like to have some hives on his property. He has 8 acres on the Bowman highway he is offering as a location. If you are interested, please contact him at 706-961-9042.

05/31/2026

This Thursday we have the pleasure to hear from Justine Nguyen from the University of Georgia Bee Lab. In the latest GBA Newsletter, Lewis Bartlett recently shared the following announcement:

"We have also been expanding the roster of the bee lab, and we’re delighted to welcome Dr. Justine Nguyen as our first postdoctoral researcher. Dr. Nguyen received her B.S. in biology at Loyola University Chicago, where she was also an undergraduate researcher in a freshwater microbial ecology lab. Dr. Nguyen then received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in Dr. Chelsea Cook’s honey bee lab at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her thesis work focused on characterizing the effects of a common apiculture antibiotic, oxytetracycline, on a critical collective thermoregulatory behavior in honey bees, fanning, which is important in regulating internal colony temperatures".

Dr. Nguyen is going to share the work she is wrapping up for the USDA-Sustainable Agriculture and Education grant on the effects of antibiotics on honey bee colony health and thermoregulation.

Join us at the Hart County Ag Center on Bowman Highway. The meeting starts at 7:00 but come early for refreshments, conversation, and to enter the drawing for door prizes. We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday.

05/03/2026

It’s once again time for our monthly meeting of the Lake Hartwell Beekeepers. This month we have the pleasure of hearing from David Miller. David will be speaking about Invasive Species that Affect Honey Bees in the Southeast. This should be interesting to learn more about things that impact our honey bees and hopefully some things we can do to mitigate these impacts. David is a South Carolina Master Beekeeper and aside from our own club meetings, you may have seen him at various beekeeping events. He is a vendor and provides Beetle Jail traps, Swarm Traps and other items to help with your beekeeping practice.

As usual, we will start gathering around 6:30 and will have David's presentation start at 7:00. We will meet at the Hart County High School AgriScience Center located on Bowman Highway.

We look forward to seeing everyone there.

03/31/2026

We will meet this Thursday at our usual time and place. So plan on arriving around 6:30 or so and the meeting will begin at 7:00. We will be at the Hart County High School AgriScience Center located on Bowman Highway.

This month's topic will take a look at three of our very own beekeepers and how they inspect their hives. Stan O'Bannon, Holli Kircher and Randall Kerlin will discuss their approaches and tips and tricks they have acquired over the years. We can also ask additional questions of them during the presentation. The goal is to share what some of our most experienced beekeepers do day in and day out so others can learn and grow in their beekeeping practice. It should be an interesting conversation and we fully expect to hear from others in the audience as we share additional tips and tricks.

As a reminder we will have snacks ahead of the meeting so get there a bit early. I also know the swarms have been flying so I expect a lot of stories will be shared. Tom Hankins has an interesting swarm adventure that just happened this week, but you will have to come to the meeting to hear about it!

Look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday.

Address

1951 Bowman Highway
Hartwell, GA
30643

Website

http://lakehartwellbeeclub.org/

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