Text and photos by Tina L. Lavallee | June 2005

• Introduction
• Increased Maintenance for Beekeepers
• New Blood: Key to Shortage
• How to Start Your Own Buzz
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How to Start Your Own Buzz

• Check with your local Cooperative Extension office to attend one of nine scheduled “bee schools.”
• Visit the N.C. State Apiculture Dept. at
  http://entomology.ncsu.edu/apiculture
• Visit the N.C. State Beekeepers Assn. at www.ncbeekeepers.org
• Contact the state apiarist by e-mail at nchoneybees@ncmail.net or by phone at (919) 233-8213.
• To locate commercial pollinators, go to www.ncagr.com/beelinked