Annual Holiday Party
December 7th at 5:30pm at Chuck and Beth Rushings' home
OABA will provide meat and we ask that you bring a side dish
We are planning on having a cookie exchange, so bring a dozen of your favorite cookies (and the recipe)

Text 912-660-0276 for directions or questions
                                   Welcome to Paul Cerpo​vich, our new president of OABA for 2025! 
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Old ​Farm Days at Andersons General Store
Volunteers from OABA attended "Old Farm Day" at Andersons General Store in Statesboro on October 26th from 10-1. Along with East Georgia State College, OABA provided patrons with FREE educational books, brochures, honey, stickers and candy with the purpose of promoting beekeeping in our area and educate our community about the importance of bees.



We are rapidly coming to the end of the Bees productivity for the year. 

OABA monthly meetings will resume on Thursday, January 30th at 6:00pm 

Don't forget to visit gabeekeeping.com for more information about beekeeping in GA, upcoming events in our state, purchasing a Save the Honey Bee license plate and also to join the GBA.


​Ole' Times Country Buffet provides one of their banquet rooms to us for free, so come early and join us for supper!


​ Winter is a great time to inventory, repair and replenish equipment. Things will get busy in February, so you want to be ready for Spring!

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KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A SIGN
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​ If you don't have a BEE tag on your vehicle you should!​



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Fall! Fair! Fun!
Ogeechee Area Beekeepers Association and 4-H

Local 4-H members exhibited their marvelous mini-booths at the 62nd Annual Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair, which was held October 14-19 in Statesboro, GA. Ogeechee Area Beekeepers Association sponsored a honeybee category for all 3 divisions. There were mini booths educating us about "Bee Genetics", "Unbeelievable Facts", "Honey Bees in Agriculture", "Buzzing Through the Seasons", and "Hive Wars" to name a few. OABA had the pleasure of judging and awarding participants with cash prizes and as a bonus a one-year club membership.
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Welcome to the Ogeechee Area Beekeepers. We are in the process of updating our web page. 

​November 2024

Welcome to our Beekeeping page. This is our ninth year in Statesboro and our purpose is to share knowledge of beekeeping, for people that have an interest in bees, wanting to try beekeeping or have a hive or two or more. Our club is a member of the Georgia Beekeepers Association, one of the oldest bee organizations in the United States. We encourage you to join us and participate in the many programs, and conferences. Sharing and being mentors for new beekeepers is the greatest feature of attending our meetings. The club invites speakers with various that offer insight and shared knowledge to the beginning and experienced. We invite you to attend our meetings and explore beekeeping.

Club activities include field trips to local beekeepers, participation in the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair in Statesboro, a Holiday dinner and other events. Our members attend the state beekeeping conference, other bee clubs and demonstrations at some of our local schools.

We encourage you to attend our meeting and become a member. A raffle is held at all meetings with proceeds deposited into the club bank account. Raffle tickets are $1.00, raffle items are bee or garden related donated by our members. Donators receive a free ticket per item. We invite you to become a member, we offer individual and family memberships. Membership in the club is less than you will pay for a new beekeeping book and we welcome you to attend one of our meetings, held the last Thursday of every month. We do not meet in November and December to allow you family time at the holidays.  You can meet fellow beekeepers, compare experiences, ask questions and be a part of the "hive." Just like in a beehive, it isn't the work of the one, but the work of the many that make a successful place to call home.  There are other nearby clubs that meet monthly on different nights, presenting different topics and one may be closer to you that Statesboro. Visit the Georgia Beekeepers Association to find the club nearest you. 





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