Overton County Beekeepers

Auction for fundraising

Need Hive Bodies?

Help us raise funds for our club by bidding on these great cypress medium hive bodies. These boxes were treated with eco-wood prior to painting with a coat of exterior acrylic enamel paint. Then the 8th grade class at Rickman Elementary painted the boxes for an art class! These boxes will last forever! They did an awesome job and they look amazing. Everyone will notice these in your apiary and the purchase price will be used to increase education in beekeeping in Overton County.

Bid high and bid often!  The boxes can be seen in person at the Overton County Agricultural Fair this week under the grandstands in the Overton County Beekeeping booth.  You can bid in person and online until Saturday night July 26th 8:00 pm.  Boxes can be picked up Sunday the 27th, 1-3 pm.

Thank you for your support!

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Overton County Beekeepers Association

Growing our honeybee population is crucial and we are proud to provide education and classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced beekeepers.

We welcome everyone to our meetings at Millard Oakley Library on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm.

 
‘If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive’
Abraham Lincoln
‘The lovely flowers embarrass me; they make me regret I am not a bee’
Emily Dickinson
'Bees… by virtue of a certain geometrical forethought, knew that the hexagon is greater than the square and the triangle and will hold more honey for the same expenditure of material'
Pappus
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't, they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.
Ray Bradbury
“A bee that makes honey is great, but a bee that makes other bees that make honey is extraordinary.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

Educational Events

Learn more
Hands on hive inspections
Hands on hive inspections
Monthly speakers from around the area
Monthly speakers from around the area
Elementary Classroom Visits
Elementary Classroom visits
Teaching the youth at Rickman Elementary School
Teaching the youth
Local Festivals
Local Festivals
Learning from mentors
Learning from mentors
detailed beehive parts
View Our Gallery
3rd Thursday Night 6:30 pm - Beginners Q&A begins at 6 pm

Monthly Meetings