Where do we meet?
The Franklin County Cooperative Extension Office
103 S Bickett Blvd
Louisburg, NC 27549
When do we meet?
Day: Last Wed. of the month
Time: 7:30pm
Next meeting: Sep 29, 2010
Speakers: TBD
Topic: TBD
Refreshments: Larry Green
You can thank a honey bee for at least 1/3rd of your diet.
"See" us via our photos on [Flickr]. Or just click on the picture above to see a slideshow.
Pollination Services
for Farmers and Serious Gardners
Pollination is the #1 most important role that honey bees fulfill for mankind. Without honey bees we could not achieve the crop-yields that we do. Without honey bees many foods that we have taken for granted and the seeds to produce these foods would not exist or would be very scarce. These include most of our fruits, legumes, nuts, and others.
If you are farmer or serious gardener who wishes to boost their production by sometimes 2- to 3-fold, let one of these beekeepers, members of the Franklin County Beekeepers Association, guide you to the services you require.
Please contact one of the beekeepers listed below:
| Larry Green | 919 556 9212 | [email] | TLC Bees |
| Todd and Monica Warner | 919 728 0827 | [email] | The Carolina Bee Company |
Some helpful links:
- The Value of Honey Bees as Pollinators in N.C. [PDF]
- The definitive pollination guide: Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants.
- Pollinating Fruit Crops. Or download the PDF.
- Cucumber Pollination. The article was written in 1995 which makes this statement inaccurate due to the steep decline of native pollinators and feral honey bees in recent years: "A small cucumber field of less than three acres near undisturbed (non-cultivated) areas will probably have enough wild bees to adequately pollinate the cucumber crop." Small farmers, even if producing a native food crop, may not be able to rely on native pollinators or feral honey bees.
- Honey Plants of North Carolina, (PDF version). The primary honey (and pollen) producing plants of NC.
- Beekeeper+Grower pollination linking: Bee Linked.
- All links last accessed on March 3rd, 2008