Location CHANGE TO LAUREL HILLS PARK

7pm Workshop: Products of the Hive by Susan Benton

Susan Benton attended WCBA Beginner Beekeeping school and

got her first honeybees in 2010.  She became a Certified Beekeeper in Jan 2013, Journeyman in 2015, and Master on 11-22-2025.  She has helped organize and speak at Bee School, volunteered at Bug Fest, State Farmer’s Market, Heritage Day ("Wild About Nature"), Mud Day, Hands on in the Hive and the State Fair for the WCBA.  She served as club Secretary 2016 – 2018, club Treasurer 2019-2022, and Director in 2023-2025.  She coordinates the club’s Certified testing and serves as Chapter Master Beekeeper Coordinator. She has 6 beehives in her backyard in Southeast Raleigh, next to her vegetable garden.  She works as Lead Wholesale Billing Analyst for ElectriCities of North Carolina.  She attended East Carolina University where she earned a BS in Mathematics in 1976 and MA in Mathematics in 1978.  She is married to Steve and they have lived in Raleigh, in the same house since 1980. Susan loves working with bees, the smells and sounds of the hive, growing a garden, playing ball with her black lab Lucy, and her family.

7:30pm Topic: Hive Tracks Record Keeping/Hive Monitoring

Speaker: James Wilkes PH. D