NC Pollinators

Busybee Apiaries, Jack Tapp, 1201 New Hope Church Rd., Chapel Hill, NC   27516,  919-942-2006, blueberries,strawberries,watermelons,and cucumbers in the Northern coastal plain of S.C. and Eastern N.C.  600+ hives.   (listed 2002)

Henry and Sons Bees, Henry Soloshenko, 10318 Paxton Run Rd., Charlotte, NC  28277,  100 hives for Mid-Atlantic and Eastern US. Any crop.   (listed 01-2-10)

Jeff Kish, Charlotte, NC  10-15 colonies available for Charlotte area. 704-779-7346  (Listed 04-2012)

Timothy R. Holt, 132 Holt’s Ln., Siloam, NC 27047, 336-374-4921 or 336-710-4904  ME blueberries    (listed 12-26-09)

Lee’s Bees Inc., Jeffery R Lee, 1818 Saddle Club Rd., Mebane, NC 27302, 919-304-3669,  919-949-6140 cell     (listed 12-26-09)

LFC Pollination of North Carolina, Charles & Nancy Fleckenstein, 3414 Gibbs Ln., Hillsborough, NC 27278     (919) 732-4134, 100+ hives, Will travel to all of NC, any and all crops considered.     (listed 2002)

Mendenhall Family Farms, Chris Mendenhall, Thomasville NC 27360  336-442-9835   Will travel 25 miles for one hive; go father for multiple hives; 20 hives available, any crops, esp. blueberries, and fruit trees   (listed 7-2011)

Walter Moore, 68 Nathan Dudley Rd. Clinton, NC   28328  (listed 2002)

David Owen, 564 Ward Rd.,   Denton NC   27239 336-859-9778      8 hives, anywhere in NC     (listed 2002)

Peaceful Valley Honey, Greg Fariss, Mocksville, NC  27028, (336)-998-2975  (Farmington area), 35 colonies. Cucurbants, blueberries, strawberries and orchards, willing to consider any crop.

Turtle Island Apiaries, Richard Gunderman, Jerry Johnson, 9516 Virgilina Rd. Roxboro, NC   27573  336-322-4222 or 919-608-1320 or 919-608-1338.  200 or more hives.   Available NC, SC, VA, WV, MD, PA.  (listed 2002)


See Also VA:  Thom Bradley

See Also VA:  Windsong Apiaries

Western NC:

By: Marvin A. Owings, Jr., Hendersonville Co. Agricultural Extension Agent

1997 BEES FOR RENT

Pollination season is just around the corner! Bees will be in short supply this season, especially our wild population. Now is the time to contact your beekeeper for bee rentals. Because of the mite problem many beekeepers have gone out of business or cut back the size of their operation.

We recommend using one hive per acre of orchard. This recommendation will provide adequate pollination under our worst weather conditions (in most years).

Place strong hives around the orchard (groups of four) when you see the first king bloom. To make sure hives are strong enough we recommend hives should have 6 frames of brood. Also you should be able to count 75 bees going in and out at the hive within one minute at temperatures of 70 degrees or more on a sunny day.

Hives should be removed from orchards at petal fall. Below is a listing of beekeepers who have hives for rent:

1997 List provided by Marvin Owings
BEES FOR RENT
#HIVES NAME PHONE # ADDRESS
2 HAROLD BRADLEY 693-4601 TUXEDO, N.C.
45 L.C. METCALF 2250 N. MAIN STREET, HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.
50 CECIL WORSHAM 693-4565 2134 N. MAIN ST., HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. 28739
25 STEVE WORLEY 692-8479 648 STONEY MTN. ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. 28739
100 GREG ROGERS 704-298-7639 15 GRAHAM RD., ASHEVILLE, NC.
200 BRIAN BROWN 693-3093 RT. 6, BOX 85, HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. 28792
5,000 DYSON FISHER 1-800-736-6205 FISHER BEE FARM, LEWISTOWN, PA
200 ED BUCHANAN 704-669-8936 602 BLUE RIDGE ROAD, BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. 28711
25 ROY BALLARD 692-7904 RT. 1, BOX 432, BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. 28711
20 TIM STAMPER 910-372-2721 STAR RT. BOX 39-A, SPARTA, N.C. 28675


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