Member Meeting: April 1st (Allen Johnson)
Tue, Apr 01
|Platt Springs United Methodist Church
Allen Johnson plans to give us a brief intro to queen rearing and a demonstration on installing a queen cell. Queen cells will be available to purchase on-site. We kindly ask you to pre-order by calling 803.645.6725 or visit his website is: www.johnsonsbeesandsupplies.com.
Time & Location
Apr 01, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Platt Springs United Methodist Church, 3215 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia, SC 29170, USA
Guests
About the event
I worked at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta GA for over 30 years as a certified Recreation Therapist. My patient care was with veterans dealing with mental health difficulties primarily diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I began beekeeping in 2006 to improve the yields of my gardening. Several years later, I began producing queens and nucs to sell. In 2012, the opportunity to start a farm and garden retail store allowed Marie and to start selling beekeeping equipment and supplies. In 2017, we separated the beekeeping from the farm and garden store and started Johnson's Bees and Supplies. Retirement on Sept 30, 2021 has allowed us to focus all of our attention to beekeeping. We are continuing our involvement with the Charlie Norwood VAMC as a community partner to introduce veterans to all of the wonders of beekeeping.
As far as preordering for delivery, those orders can…