Our December Speaker is Larry Coble.
TOPIC: The Beekeeping Year - Yours and the Bees
Larry Coble of West Columbia, SC, is a retired Registered Nurse and started with bees in 2011 by relocating a colony which had taken up residence in a squirrel box on his property. The next spring the bees built up and swarmed twice, but by then, Larry was hooked. That year he bought 6 packages and collected local swarms growing to 18 hives, then 28 hives the following year.
Currently he fluxes between 30 -50 hives for pollination, extracted and comb honey, nucleus hive production, and sometimes, with luck, queens.
Larry also teaches local beginner's classes and at local events. He served 2 years as the Secretary for the Mid-State Beekeepers Association and co-founded their beekeeping library. Larry continues to contribute to the MSBA monthly newsletter and has published articles in Bee Culture and ABJ.
Larry has garnered first place in the South Carolina State Fair for honey and beeswax entries. In 2018 he became an Eastern Apicultural Society Certified Master Beekeeper.