Forsyth County Beekeepers Association
November FCBA Meeting @
The Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Building
Potluck Dinner: 5:30 pm Meeting: 6:30 pm Speaker: 7:00 pm
Nancy Rupert will enlighten us on GMOs, Pesticides and Other Man-made Products: Are They Making a Difference in Our Hives? How Do We Know?
Nancy has been an apiary inspector for the NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services since August of 2010, covering 17 counties in south- central/southeastern North Carolina. She has been active in beekeeping for 17 years where she lives in Montgomery County. Nancy has been a registered nurse since the 1980’s, and worked almost 20 years as a family nurse practitioner before changing to a less stressful occupation. Her particular apiary interests include hive pests and diseases, honey bee nutrition, and reducing honey bee stress.
