Welcome to the Coweta Beekeepers Association Website

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Celebrating our 14^th year!

Our members offer for sale Pure, Raw and Unfiltered Coweta County honey. 

Thinking of becoming a beekeeper?

If you live in or near Newnan, Georgia or Coweta County, Georgia, and you’re interested in becoming a beekeeper, we can help you learn about this very old and interesting endeavor.

If your group is looking for a speaker please contact us.  We are always looking for opportunities to explain the importance and fascination of honeybees and honey.

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Beekeeping Course in Newnan, Georgia, January 28, 2012

The Coweta Beekeepers Association is offering a beekeeping course January 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM, at the Asa M. Powell, Sr. Expo Center, 197 Temple Avenue, Newnan, Georgia. 

This course is an introduction to beekeeping and includes the knowledge required to become one. Topics include honeybee biology; the functions of the colony; equipment; assembling a beehive; lighting a smoker; best location for a beehive; honeybee installation; hive inspection; a year in the beehive; potential problems and how to harvest honey. 

During the day of instruction students will meet members of the Coweta Beekeepers Association who are available as mentors to help guide new beekeepers.

Cost, which is $50.00 in advance or $55.00 at the door, includes instruction, snacks and lunch, a copy of First Lessons in Beekeeping and 2012 membership in the Coweta Beekeepers Association. 

Preregister by sending a check for $50.00 to Coweta Beekeepers Association, Steven Page, 180 Barrington Grange Drive, Sharpsburg, GA 30277. Include name, address, telephone number and email address.

This year a family option is available. The fee is $50.00 in advance or $55.00 at the door for the first person. Additional family members may attend for $10.00 each. Each family will receive one copy of First Lessons in Beekeeping.

Early registration deadline is January 21, 2012. Registration will be accepted on the day of the class but space is limited.

Coweta Beekeepers Association was established in 1999 and meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Asa M. Powell Sr. Exposition Center. Most of the members, who live in Coweta and surrounding counties, keep bees. 

For more information, please contact Steven Page at  steve@cowetahoney.com  770-683-2465 

Click here for the application

Click here for the flyer

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Pure, Fresh, raw and unfiltered, local honey is available for purchase from our members.

More information on where to purchase local honey from our members.

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Help, I have honeybees living in my wall!!

Contact  

Jerry Edwards    678-333-6889  jedwarga@bellsouth.net

Or

Bobby Torbush   770-927-0077

More information about removing honeybees from buildings

Woman relocates bees to more loving home

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Why buy Pure & Raw Local honey? 

Honey laundering conceals country of origin to avoid tariffs and sneak contaminated honey into the USA.

Honey Laundering

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Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves

FDA has the laws needed to keep adulterated honey off store shelves but does little, honey industry says.

Click here to continue reading....

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Beekeeping Supplies

Beekeeping Supplies and Nucleus Hives (nucs)

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