MARCH 2026 - Springtime and the bees are flying!
Join us and participate in a show-and-tell, tag-team presentation about live honey bee relocations (swarms and extractions) by Bee Wranglers James Craig and Russell Jewell, plus YOU can tell us about your spring swarm management plans!
We will also have updates about our Annual Honey Bee Expo April 18, 2026.
Always Free, Always Fun, and you don’t have to bee a member!
Please note that we will meet in a different location this month. (The map is to your left).
Location: Baxter-Patrick James Island Library
Room: Baxter-Patrick James Island - Community Room A
FEBRUARY 2026 - The bees are building!
What is going on this month
Our February 14th meeting is at the Charleston Diocese Assembly Hall (click the map button).
Ben Powell from Clemson Apiculture and Pollinator Program will provide an update on yellow legged hornet, plus a review of a colony splitting techniques.
CABA President Monika Bubacz plans to share her tricks to cream honey.
For answers to any questions, email us at charlestonbees@gmail.com.
Join us, it’s fun, it’s free, and you don’t have to 🐝 a member!
January, 2026 Can you believe it?!
Our first meeting is Saturday, January 10 at 9:00 a.m. We will meet at https://www.google.com/maps/search/3035+Sanders+Road,+Charleston+29414?entry=gmail&source=g. This is at the West Ashley Library location.
Non-members are always welcome!
January also brings the CABA bee class. It is the weekend of January 17 and 18. We need your help to present a segment of the class. There are excellent SCBA-Approved presentation resources, so you don't have to create the needed information from scratch. If you are willing to teach a module of the class, please contact Course Coordinator Rebecca Bills at .randrhoney@gmail.com.
January also means that it is time to renew your membership. Go to charlestonbees.org, navigate to the top of the page and click Membership to RENEW.
Discounted Bee Packages and marked queens are also available to members in the CABA Store with weather-dependent deliveries projected for March 2026.
December 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All members are welcome!
November 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
October 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
September 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
August 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
July 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
June 2025
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
May 2025
MNEETING LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
April 2025
THE ANNUAL HONEY BEE EXPO! Location to BEE announced. Free to the public! For inquiries about the location, vendor participation…or anything else, email charlestonbees@gmail.com.
February 2025
Agenda to come! Questions? Email charlestonbees@gmail.com! All are welcome!
December 2024 Holiday Bash at Mickey's Farm
It’s our yearly winter/holidays potluck, so bring an appetizer or a dessert to share. Bring your family to this one! New members are welcome with a membership registration!
November 2024
It is time for the November meeting. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. on November 9 at 901 Orange Grove Road, Charleston. After you drive through the gates, we meet in the building on the left. Our speaker is Betsy Nemeth who will talk about planting for bees.
I am struggling with 2 parts of our mission for CABA. One part is swarms. Although we are hopefully done for 2024, I have had some people calling me multiple times to find someone to remove a swarm. I always direct callers to our website, so if you signed up to be a bee wrangler, please check the website for swarm requests frequently. If you wish to become a wrangler, please contact Jim Craig at jamescraig1952@gmail.com.
The second area is education. If you would be willing to speak to a group or school, please let me know. I do have a small group who have volunteered to speak, but it would be wonderful to have more. The club itself has a box of materials to help with any presentation. When I have spoken to schools, the students want to see and touch equipment. You do not have to take live bees.
Our busy season for the club and for us as beekeepers starts in January. During this quiet time, we need to be feeding our bees and refreshing equipment.
See you Saturday,
Teaky