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CCBA Announcements
New meeting location: Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community Bldg. on 16th St. & Fisher St.
We need more pictures of your bees and hives and working in your hives to add on our website. We want people to see new things in case they are tired of seeing the same old stuff so they will keep coming back to our website. Send me anything, I'll put it on. Russ
One of our newest members, Terry Beckner, has been called to Afghanistan and will be leaving on November 14. He's built an amazing solar wax melter that he has offered to the club. All that's left to be done is sanding and painting! As you can see from the photos, it's a beauty and you can rest assured it's well built. Terry's hobby is woodworking. Besides solar wax melters, Terry's made unbelievably detailed, hand-carved walking stick handles, beautiful canoes and--are you ready?--violins!!! You can see the solar wax melter at Tia's house if you want an up-close viewing. Thanks to Terry's generosity, we're raffling it off, proceeds to purchase a much-needed laptop and projector for use at our presentations. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 and can be purchased at our meetings on November 9, at the Christmas Party on December 14, or before the drawing at our January 11, 2010 meeting. Or you can send a check to Tia Douglass, President, CCBA, PO Box 791, Williston NC 28589-0791 and she will mail your tickets to you. Once again we wish to thank Terry for his generosity, we wish him well and will keep in touch with him during his tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Tia
News ReleaseFrom: Tia DouglassDate: September 27, 2009 The next meeting of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers Association is scheduled for Monday, October 12, at 7 PM. at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community Center, 1600 Fisher St (Corner of 16th St) Please note change of venue. Our speaker for the evening will be Brian Beasley. Mr. Beasley is Vice President of the Onslow County Beekeepers Association and will be speaking to us about the small hive beetle. To view the full agenda for the evening, visit our website at http://ccba.webng.com. The purposes of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers are to promote a better understanding of the honeybee, encourage beekeeping as a hobby and teach better methods of beekeeping. Membership in the organization is open to any person who currently maintains bees or has an interest in beekeeping.
News ReleaseFrom: Tia DouglassDate: July 4, 2009
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ten Crystal Coast Beekeeper graduate to New NC State Beekeepers Association Certified Journeyman Class NC State Beekeepers Association has confirmed that all ten Certified Beekeepers from the Crystal Coast chapter who took the state exam on June 13 have been graduated to Journeyman Level. The graduates are: Nancy McNiff, Gerlinde Geier, Gus Dowdy, Earl Gross, Marian Beard, Michael Dean, David Bertram, Suzanne Rutherford, Jennifer Griffin, and Anne D Edwards. Donna Lynk was graduated to Journeyman and Tia Douglass to Master last year. Classes to prepare newcomers for the Certified test will begin on July 28. North Carolina reports it has lost nearly 90 percent of its wild honeybee population and about 30 percent of its domestic bee colonies in the past few years. Crystal Coast Beekeepers are proud to be at the forefront of protecting our endangered honeybee from extinction and to keeping Carteret County well pollinated. Meetings of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers take place every second Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Morehead City Parks and Rec Building, 16th & Fisher Street. Anyone interested in becoming a member or seeking additional information may contact Tia Douglass at 729-5491 or tdouglass@ec.rr.com.
News ReleaseFrom: Tia DouglassDate: July 5, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Crystal Coast Beekeepers Tap Russ Lewis as 2008-2009 Member of the Year At
its first meeting at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community
Building, Crystal Coast Beekeepers recognized the diligent work of Russ
Lewis by naming him Member of the Year 2008-2009.
A plaque was presented that stated, “with sincere gratitude for
your excellent service and extraordinary commitment to our club’s
success.” Crystal Coast Beekeepers is a chapter of North Carolina State Beekeepers and was established in May of 2006. Since that time we have grown to over sixty member-beekeepers. Mr. Lewis is responsible in large part for the growth and success of CCBA. In keeping with his fine character and his willingness to always help the club grow, Mr. Lewis, at the meeting, volunteered to take over the vacated Director’s slot on the board. He is also webmaster of the club’s site (http://ccba.webng.com), and is Past President of our chapter. In 2008, as a result of Mr. Lewis’ efforts, the club hosted 34 beekeeping and honeybee presentations and exhibits within Carteret County. Meetings of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers take place every second Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community Center, Fisher & 16th Sts, Morehead City. Anyone interested in becoming a member, having a speaker visit your group, or seeking additional information may contact Tia Douglass at 729-5491 or tdouglass@ec.rr.com.
News ReleaseFrom: Tia DouglassDate: June 11, 2009 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Crystal
Coast Beekeepers Tap Russ Lewis as 2008-2009 Member of the Year At its first meeting at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community Building, Crystal Coast Beekeepers recognized the diligent work of Russ Lewis by naming him Member of the Year 2008-2009. A plaque was presented that stated, “with sincere gratitude for your excellent service and extraordinary commitment to our club’s success.” Crystal Coast Beekeepers is a chapter of North Carolina State Beekeepers and was established in May of 2006. Since that time we have grown to over sixty member-beekeepers. Mr. Lewis is responsible in large part for the growth and success of CCBA. In
keeping with his fine character and his willingness to always help the
club grow, Mr. Lewis, at the meeting, volunteered to take over the vacated
Director’s slot on the board. He
is also webmaster of the club’s site (http://ccba.webng.com),
and is Past President of our chapter.
In 2008, as a result of Mr. Lewis’ efforts, the club hosted 34
beekeeping and honeybee presentations and exhibits within Carteret County. Meetings of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers take place every second Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Community Center, Fisher & 16th Sts, Morehead City. Anyone interested in becoming a member, having a speaker visit your group, or seeking additional information may contact Tia Douglass at 729-5491 or tdouglass@ec.rr.com.
News Release
From: Tia DouglassDate: April 19, 2009
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Crystal
Coast Beekeepers Create a Bee Spill Remediation Task Force Although there’s never been a major bee spill in Carteret County, the Crystal Coast Beekeepers Association felt that what with green awareness and growth in demand for local produce which requires an increase in pollination, it would be good to prepare for such an event. Twenty-four members of Crystal Coast Beekeepers have volunteered to be on call to clean up a bee spill should one occur in Carteret County. Lee Simmons, Proprietor of Coastal Equipment Rentals, 1504 Bridges Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, 252-726-0423 has generously agreed to provide us with a bobcat for reloading the boxes on the trailer. The twenty-four beekeepers who will promptly respond to a call for assistance from EMS or the police are: David Bertram, Mike Dean, Johnnie Dennis, Tia Douglass, Gus & Mary Dowdy, B.C. Dowty, Jeff Garner, Gerlinde Geier, April Goodman, Annie Gorgone, Jennifer Griffin, Loren Hale, Bruce Kinnaman, Russ Lewis, Dan & Eva McLaughlin, Nancy McNiff, Dwayne Mercer, Steve Murdoch, Frank Roberts, Glenn A Taylor, Scott Taylor and Jarvis Weeks. Meetings of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers take place every second Monday of the month at 7 pm at the C-MAST Building of the Carteret County Cooperative Extension, 303 College Circle, Morehead City. Anyone interested in becoming a member or seeking additional information may contact Tia Douglass at 729-5491 or tdouglass@ec.rr.com.
Crystal Coast Beekeepers Association A
Chapter of North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, Inc Carteret
County Cooperative Extension Office Please
reply to: PO
Box 791 Williston
NC 28589-0791 Phone/Fax: (252) 729-5491 Cell:
(252) 725-3246 Email:
tdouglass@ec.rr.com
News Release
From: Tia DouglassDate: March 16, 2009 The next meeting of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers Association is scheduled for Monday, April 13, at 7 PM on the 3rd Floor of the CMAST Building on the campus of Carteret Community College. Following the business meeting we will break for refreshments, and then proceed with the educational program, followed by a discussion of what is happening in our members’ beeyards. Our speaker for the evening will be Certified Beekeeper and Master Gardener Suzanne Rutherford who will tell us how to plant a “bee garden.” To view the full agenda for the evening, visit our website at http://ccba.webng.com. The purposes of the Crystal Coast Beekeepers are to promote a better understanding of the honeybee, encourage beekeeping as a hobby and teach better methods of beekeeping. Membership in the organization is open to any person who currently maintains bees or has an interest in beekeeping. Is your group looking for a speaker? Our members would love to come speak to you at one of your meetings! Whether you’re interested in bees, beekeeping, honey, plantings for pollinators, or whatever, we can provide a speaker with the information you are looking for. For further information, contact Tia Douglass at 729-5491 or tdouglass@ec.rr.com. This organization is open to anyone regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
If there is anyone who doesn't want their pictures or email or address or phone number listed on our web site, please contact me at russlewis@ec.rr.com
If there is anyone who would like to add their info or pictures, please send or contact me at russlewis@ec.rr.com . I will scan any pictures for you if necessary.
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