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Our apiary tours start up again in May and run through September. During a visit to our mountain top apiary, you can learn about the life cycle of a bee, see inside an active hive, participate in a honey tasting and pour your own bottle of honey. Read on for more details of all the activities during one of our summer tours.
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Standout presentations at the recent 2019 NCSBA Spring Bee Conference by Dr. Katie Lee and Dr. Allison McAfee challenged some common beekeeping practices and demonstrate the exciting research that is being done now that will help us all better manage our beehives.
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Killer Bees Honey is proud to announce that we have been accepted as a Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) honey farm. CNG farms and apiaries are inspected by Agricultural Extension Agents, Master Gardeners, customers, and other CNG farmers, and subject to random pesticide and herbicide residue testing.
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Many WNC beekeepers were overwhelmed with mite-infested hives this year. I’ve never seen such high mite counts in my apiary.
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Ever noticed you're not cleaning the windshield as often to your car? Entomologists call this the windshield phenomenon and it is a warning that toxic chemicals combined with climate change are having a deadly effect on all creatures.
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