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Shelby beekeeper Aaron Billheimer briefs council on pollinator threats, hive management
Summary
Local beekeeper Aaron Billheimer told the Shelby City Council about how honeybees forage and orient, the varroa-mite threat, and local swarm-response resources; council thanked him but took no formal action.
Aaron Billheimer, a Shelby beekeeper and owner of a downtown shop, told the Shelby City Council on the evening the council met that honeybees are central to local food production and face persistent threats.
Billheimer, who said he has kept bees for five years and now manages dozens of hives, explained that honeybees are most active from roughly April through September and that beekeepers commonly move hives at dusk or dawn to allow the colony to reorient. “Bees orient to the spot that they…
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