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    Marion Climate Data

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    How does climate & weather affect our bees?

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    1981-2010 Monthly Temperature & Precipitation Averages for Marion, NC

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    Interested in "Planting for the Bees"? Click here for a list of recommendations for our area. 

    North Carolina State Beekeepers Association

    South Carolina State Beekeepers Association

    American Beekeeping Federation

    Eastern Apiculture Society

    National Honey Board

    USDA Honey Bee Breeding Program

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    Local Beekeeping Organizations

    McDowell Honey Bees Facebook Page

    Buncombe County Beekeepers Chapter

    Henderson County Beekeepers Association

    Rutherford County Beekeepers

     

    Beekeeping Associations

     

    POLLEN SUMMARY 2016

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    Article - Pollen Confirms Purity of

    McDowell County Honey

    REFERENCE

    Beekeeping Overview 2020

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    AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL

    BEE SOURCE

    BEE CULTURE

    HONEY BEE GENOME PROJECT

    NC DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY

    PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    STING SHIELD

    WIKIPEDIA - WESTERN HONEY BEE

    WIKIPEDIA - BEEKEEPING

    EQUIPMENT / SUPPLIES
    This is not an exhaustive list, just some of the suppliers that club members have had good success with. 

    Painters Greenhouse Nursery (BEE FRIENDLY NATIVE PLANTS) 

    Better Bee

    Dadant and Sons

    Mann Lake LTD

    Miller Bee Supply

    Orr Bee Supply

    Revis Russians

    Sow True Seed

    The Walter T Kelley Co

    Rossman Apiaries

    Blue Sky Bee Supply

    Honey and The Hive

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