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Good Evening!. The Importance of Honeybees. " If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man ."" Albert Einstein. Why Be A Beekeeper?. My First Mentor.

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  1. Good Evening!

  2. The Importance of Honeybees

  3. "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.""Albert Einstein

  4. Why Be A Beekeeper?

  5. My First Mentor

  6. To Learn……. • A. About agriculture • B. About the environment • C. About Biology • D. About Animals • E. About how things work. • F. Adventure

  7. Truly, a beneficial creature…. 1. She Gives Us Sweet Honey 2. She pollinates our crops 3. She heals our hurts.

  8. To Be Part of Something Good • 10,000 Hobbyist Beekeepers in NC • Produce 5 million pounds of honey $15 million • Pollination = $185 million

  9. To Make Money • Hive Startup Costs = $200 • Yield 4 Gallons of Honey • 32 pints @$5 each = $160 • 8 pounds wax@$5 = 40 • Total Yield = $200

  10. U.S. Honey Statistics • U.S. Honey, $500 Million • Pollination, $20 Billion • 2.39 Million Colonies • (2006 Price +14%; Production -11%)

  11. HollyBlackberry Locust Cotton, Basswood Nectar Plants of North Carolina Sourwood White Clover Tulip Poplar

  12. NC State Beekeepers Association 2,000 Members (All Volunteers) 55 Chapters The Largest State Beekeepers Association in Nation

  13. What We Do For You!

  14. Who’s The Boss!

  15. Much of what you need to know…

  16. Know About Bee Space

  17. Enemies of the Hive

  18. Things I Have Learned! • 1. Humility • 2. Pain • 3. Courage • 4. Character • 5. Neighborliness • 6. Common Sense • 7. To Appreciate Beauty

  19. Building Character

  20. Hard at Work!

  21. Beauty In the Bee Yard Beauty in the Beeyard

  22. Another Beautiful Workplace…

  23. Busy, Busy Bee!

  24. Killer Bee?

  25. An Australian Bee

  26. A Beautiful Workplace….

  27. Another Beautiful Workplace…

  28. Another Beautiful Workplace…

  29. Another Beautiful Workplace…

  30. As Observed By William Shakespeare… • So work the honey-bees;  Creatures, by a rule in nature teach    The art of order to a peopled kingdom.      They have a king and officers of sorts;        Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;          Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad;            Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,              Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds;                Which pillage they, with merry march, bring home,                  To the tent royal of their emperor;                    Who, busied in his majesty, surveys                      The singing masons building roofs of gold;                        The civil citizens kneading up the honey;                          The poor mechanic porters crowding in                            Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate;                              The sad-ey'd justice, with his surly hum,                                Delivering o'er to executors pale                                  The lazy yawning drone.      - William Shakespeare

  31. Poplar Bud Damaged in Easter Weekend Freeze

  32. Is This the Source of Propolis from Polar Buds?

  33. You All Come Back!You Hear?

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