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August 2-6, 2010 -- Eastern Apiculture Society meets in Boone, NC

August 12, 2010 -- Zoo Honey Bee Exhibit volunteer training

Septermber 10-19, 2010 -- Mountain State Fair Honey Competition, Fletcher, NC

September 11, 2010 -- Bugfest, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC

September 18, 2010 -- Honey Bee Festival, Kernersville, NC

October 14-24, 2010 -- NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC

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Last 30 days News Stories in NC  on Honey Bees and Beekeeping

State Beekeepers Adopt Honey Standard
By Charles Heatherly, NC State Beekeepers Association
China Grove, July 8, 2010 -- North Carolina beekeepers moved a step closer to the adoption of a honey standard that would limit the abuses of honey sold in the state.

Governor highlights honey bees' agricultural importance
By: Jessica Cervantez , News 14 Carolina
RALEIGH, June 22, 2010 – In an effort to highlight the importance of honey bee pollination on North Carolina's agricultural sector, Gov. Bev Perdue suited up and harvested honey Tuesday morning at the executive mansion.

All A BUZZ at the North Carolina Zoo
NC Farm Bureau Magazine July/August 2009
Asheboro, NC, June 2009 -- It began in 1994 as an idea during a late-night conversation in a hotel room at the annual beekeepers meeting.

Beekeeper Receives Order of the Longleaf Pine
NC Farm Bureau Magazine, Vol. 79 No. 6
Raleigh, NC, November 2008 -- For his work promoting beekeeping, Edgecombe County Farm Bureau’s Irvin Rackley recently received the state’s highest civilian honor—
the Order of the Longleaf Pine.

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Last 7 Days News Stories Worldwide  concerning Honey Bees and Beekeeping

Pesticide build-up could lead to poor honey bee health
Penn State University
Philadelphia, August 18, 2008 -- Honey bees industriously bring pollen and nectar to the hive, but along with the bounty comes a wide variety of pesticides, according to Penn State researchers.

Excavations reveal first beehives in ancient Near East
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem via Huliq.com
Sept. 4, 2007 -- This is the earliest apiary to be revealed to date in an archaeological excavation anywhere in the ancient Near East, said Prof. Mazar. It dates from the 10th to early 9th centuries B.C.E.

An answer to the mystery of wanton queen honeybees
By Susan Lang, Cornell University, Press Release
July 19, 2007 -- Why do queen honeybees mate with dozens of males? Does their extreme promiscuity, perhaps, serve a purpose?