• Our purpose is to foster and promote the local apiculture industry in North Carolina by providing a series of beekeeper trainings that will provide new economic opportunities in agriculture, improve the overall health of the honey bee population, help secure our needs for pollination, and stimulate a new niche economy to bolster a challenged apiculture industry.

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• To foster a community of local "microbreeders" of honey bee queens, we provided specialized hive equipment and other materials to 12 local county beekeeping chapters or operations.

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• Following a committee review process, we will select the final participating groups and provide an intensive 1-day 'Advanced' BEES Academy on queen rearing, bee breeding, and logistics of a microbreeding operation.

 

• Please complete this gForm to apply for a grant, which will provide hive equipment and other materials to raise queens.

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Applications are currently closed.

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More information, please email Jennifer Keller (jjkeller@ncsu.edu) or David R. Tarpy