Sunday 26 July 2009

Central Beekeepers Alliance : Central Beekeepers Potluck Corn Boil : August 22, 2009

Central Beekeepers Alliance : Central Beekeepers Potluck Corn Boil : August 22, 2009


Central Beekeepers Potluck Corn Boil : August 22, 2009

Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:21 PM PDT

Central Beekeepers will hold our regular summer potluck supper and corn boil at Dave & Ruth McKinneys’ place. As always, visitors and new beekeepers are welcome. Corn will be provided — but do bring your favourite potluck supper dish and a good appetite!

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, 22 August 2009
Location: #769 Route 105, Maugerville, New Brunswick
(see map, below)

In CBA business at that meeting, we’ll also be looking for volunteers who will be available to work the beekeepers’ booth at the Fredericton Exhibition coming up in the first week of September.


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Central Beekeepers Alliance : Conditions and Instructions for Apivar Use in Bee Hives

Central Beekeepers Alliance : Conditions and Instructions for Apivar Use in Bee Hives


Conditions and Instructions for Apivar Use in Bee Hives

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:53 PM PDT

apivar As announced in “PMRA Approves Emergency Use of Apivar in Canada,” the Pest Management Regulatory Agency has granted the emergency registration of Apivar® for the control of the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, in honey bee hives in Canada.

Apivar® (active ingredient: 3.33% amitraz) is a sustained-release plastic strip designed for use in honey bee hives.

This emergency registration applies in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island for the period beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010 — subject to the following Conditions:

  • Honey supers must be removed from hives before undergoing treatment wtih amitraz, and cannot be replaced until 14 days after the strips are removed.
  • Residues of amitraz equivalents in/on honey and honey-derived products must not exceed 0.1 parts per million (ppm) (as per subsection B.15.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations.
  • End-users must be informed that various countries, including the United States, do not have a maximum residue limit (MRL) for amitraz in honey, honeycomb, and beeswax, and that they assume the risk that use of Apivar® may affect export of their product.

Instructions for Apivar Use in Bee Hives

  • Correctly identify the pest and ensure economic and agronomic thresholds are being met before treatment.
  • Remove honey supers before application of Apivar®.
  • Use 2 Apivar® strips per colony.
  • Separate the double strip and hang each strip between two comb frames inside the brood area or bee cluster, with a minimum distance of 2 frames between strips.
  • Suspend Apivar® strips in the brood chamber in such a way that the bees can walk on both sides of the strips.
  • Leave the strips inside the hive for 42 days and then remove.
  • In case of movement inside the bee hive far from the strips, a repositioning of the strips should be done into the bee cluster, and the strips left in place for 14 more days before removal.
  • Strips must be removed after a maximum of 56 days.
  • Do not re-use the strips.
  • Timing: Hang Apivar® strips in the hives in spring before the first honey flow if varroa mite infestations have reached treatment threshold. Remove honey supers before use of Apivar strips.
  • DO NOT USE APIVAR STRIPS WHEN HONEY SUPERS ARE PRESENT.
  • If the varroa mite infestation is severe, treat colonies in the autumn after all surplus honey has been removed from the hive.
  • Wait 14 days after removing strips before placing honey supers on hive.
  • Monitor treated pest populations for resistance development.

Follow all instructions on the product label.
New Brunswick beekeepers, please contact the NB Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture (Fredericton — (506) 453-2108) if you require more information.

Conditions and Instructions for Apivar Use in Bee Hives comes from the Central Beekeepers Alliance of New Brunswick, Canada. For more information on Honey Bees and Beekeeping, please: * Visit http://cba.stonehavenlife.com * Subscribe to our RSS feed * Get free updates by e-mail

Video: Honey Bees Fighting Varroa Mites and Bee Louse

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:20 PM PDT

This video, Bees fighting varroa and braula coeca, was made by Ivan Brndušic, an electronics technician (from a long line of beekeepers on his mother’s side) who lives, works, and watches honey bees in the town of Bor, Serbia. When you see the bees’ attempts to remove the pests, it makes it very clear why hygienic grooming behaviour is a desireable trait for breeding in honey bees!

There’s a great explanation — with annotated photographs — of exactly what we’re seeing in this video as the bees try to fight off both Varroa mites and the very similar-looking but relatively benign-to-bees braula coeca (bee louse) on Brndušic’s website at brnda.com.

Video: Honey Bees Fighting Varroa Mites and Bee Louse comes from the Central Beekeepers Alliance of New Brunswick, Canada. For more information on Honey Bees and Beekeeping, please: * Visit http://cba.stonehavenlife.com * Subscribe to our RSS feed * Get free updates by e-mail

Beekeeping Magazines Go Online

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT

BeeKeepers QuarterlyThe BeeKeepers Quarterly edited by John Phipps, has just announced that it’s taking its show online. The UK beekeeping magazine can now be seen on the Web at www.bkq.org.uk. The March 2009 and May 2009 issues will be “free samples” for beekeepers to try it out, and there will be a small subscription charge for future issues. The print edition will continue for those who prefer to receive the magazine in that format.

This news comes from Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture – The Magazine of American Beekeeping, who is a regular contributor to the BeeKeepers Quarterly). Flottum notes that Bee Culture, too, will be releasing a digital edition later this year.

Other digital beekeeping magazines include Bee Craft (UK) and MidWest Beekeeper (US). So far, the American Bee Journal is not available on the Internet, but you can subscribe to the Journal through its website, or view the Table of Contents, Covers, and an index of articles in past issues.

Beekeeping Magazines Go Online comes from the Central Beekeepers Alliance of New Brunswick, Canada. For more information on Honey Bees and Beekeeping, please: * Visit http://cba.stonehavenlife.com * Subscribe to our RSS feed * Get free updates by e-mail

Wednesday 8 July 2009

Central Beekeepers Alliance

Central Beekeepers Alliance


Introduction to Sustainable Beekeeping

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:47 PM PDT

Here’s an interesting e-book from UK beekeeper Robin Morris, for those beekeepers looking into top bar hives and other approaches to Sustainable Beekeeping.

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Saturday 4 July 2009

Central Beekeepers Alliance

Central Beekeepers Alliance


PMRA Approves Emergency Use of Apivar in Canada

Posted: 03 Jul 2009 09:00 AM PDT

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency has granted Apivar® an emergency registration for control of the varroa mite in honey bee hives from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 for every Canadian province except Newfoundland.

Apivar is a sustained-released product in the form of plastic strips impregnated with the active ingredient Amitraz.

The use of Apivar in Canada is subject to various conditions.

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Friday 3 July 2009

CATCH THE BUZZ CC Miller's Home for sale

CATCH THE BUZZ

C. C. Miller's home is for sale in Illinois...interested in a bit of history?

This isn't a typical BUZZ Release, so there's no advertising to get in the way...

The message below is from the Maureen Malone, the Broker who now owns the home. The story below that  is from a local newspaper printed several decades ago...One I know beekeepers will enjoy...

The article below I found written sometime between 
1960-1980; and the listing sheet, which shows the price, I think the 
price got cut off when I scanned it, asking is $590,000.  I'd 
appreciate any exposure you can offer, can you email me a copy or mail 
me a copy, I'm so enthused about this opportunity to represent such a 
magnificent piece of Americana.

It needs work, but it has good bones and a great heritage.

Thanks so much!

the article I found written sometime between 
1960-1980; and the listing sheet, which shows the price, I think the 
price got cut off when I scanned it, asking is $590,000.  I'd 
appreciate any exposure you can offer, can you email me a copy or mail 
me a copy, I'm so enthused about this opportunity to represent such a 
magnificent piece of Americana.

It needs work, but it has good bones and a great heritage.

Thanks so much!

Maureen Malone
RE/MAX GREAT MOVES
258 N. State Street
Hampshire, IL 60140
847-683-4300

remaxgreatmoves@FoxValley.net

This is the story from the paper...

Dr. Charles C. C. Miller, was a world renowned bee specialist, author, writer, physician, teacher and composer who brought great fame to Marengo over a century ago.  C.C. as he liked to be called, was born in Pennsylvania, June 10, 1831, and settled in Marengo in July 1856.  The Miller homestead was located on South State Street at the edge of the Marengo City limits.

 There were beautiful and ornate flower gardens and the huge orchard which Dr. Miller used in his apiary devotion—the extraction of pollen and the pollination and cross-pollination of flowers by his more than 400 colonies of bees.  A careful estimate places the amount of honey he caused to be produced by these honey-gathering insects to be in round numbers, about 100 tons.

 Dr. Miller was among the pioneer physicians of Marengo, but during the Civil War days abandoned his medical practice and from then on was an active student and ardent worker among the honey-bee hives, and occupied in imparting his knowledge by tongue and pen concerning the keeping of bees and the best methods of producing honey.  His writings were translated into French, German, Swiss, Italian, Russian and Japanese and appeared in every book of importance on bees in this country—in all he contributed to more than a dozen publications.  Fact is, in “bee” writings published in Texas, he was styled as the “Sage of Marengo.”  He also served as president of the National Bee Keeper’s Union, of which he was an organizer and long-time member.  Among other accomplishments, he edited “Apiary Terms” in Standard Dictionaries, and many of these definitions are still being used to this day.

 At one time, Dr. Miller served as a music instructor in the Marengo College Institute, and besides teaching school, gave piano and voice lessons, and later served as principal of the public school in Marengo for three years.  Full of music, he was a regular contributor of both words and music.  His musical ability, both in voice and as a pianist, were proclaimed during the years of the Marengo Opera House and he unselfishly gave of his talents in public and in church-related renditions as Dr. Miller was a devout religious personage, there is a dedication in the First Presbyterian Church in Marengo.  Through his religion, Dr. Miller saw the hand of the Creator of Nature—so well was he acquainted with nature and flowers, that Dr. Miller was elected secretary of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, and later became its president.

 In 1857, Dr. Miller married Mrs. Helen White, widow of Thomas White. They were blessed with one son, Charles C II.  Mrs. Miller died in 1880.  Dr. Miller remarried Miss Sidney Wilson, daughter of John and Margaret Wilson.  Dr. Miller passed away on September 4,1920 and is interred in the Marengo City Cemetery.

 Parts of this history were copied from a newspaper article, exact publish date, source and writer unknown.

This Bit of history gladly brought to you by Bee Culture, The Magazine Of American Beekeeping, published by The A. I. Root Company, also the publishers of C. C. Millers 50 Years Among The Bees, just so you know.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Central Beekeepers Alliance

Central Beekeepers Alliance


2009-2010 Honey Bee Funding Announced for New Brunswick

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 06:40 AM PDT

New Brunswick’s Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture has announced the 2009-2010 Honey Bee Expansion Initiative to provide strategic assistance to the New Brunswick beekeeping industry.

This funding program is intended to help commercial beekeepers to expand their existing operations by increasing the number of colonies, and small-scale beekeepers who wish to expand their operations to commercial status

Who is eligible for funding?

  • The applicant must be registered as a commercial New Brunswick beekeeper (as per the requirements of the New Brunswick Apiary Inspection Act) in 2009.
  • Applicants who are not currently considered a commercial beekeeper must submit an expansion plan, indicating how they will reach commercial status (50 colonies or more by September 15).
  • Colonies must be available for pollination within New Brunswick.
  • All applicants must submit a plan that includes a summary of their production management practices including disease control and overwintering practices. Applicants with poor management practices (as deemed by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture) will not be eligible for funding assistance.

What costs are covered by the program?

  • The 2009-2010 New Brunswick Honey Bee Expansion Initiative provides financial assistance for:

    • Purchase of colonies
    • Purchase of nuclei colonies (nucs)
    • Splitting of colonies

Although the season is already well underway, eligible expenditures made since April 1, 2009, may still qualify for funding if they meet the guidelines. Expenditures made before that date are not eligible.

For more information about this program and other NB Strategic Agriculture Initiatives, please contact your nearest regional office of the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture. Guidelines and Application forms for the Honey Bee Expansion Initiative are available on the NBDAA website at www.gnb.ca/agriculture (select “Strategic Agriculture Initiatives”).

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Central Beekeepers Meet 7 July 2009

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:55 AM PDT

beekeepingTuesday, 7 July 2009
Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting
Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB
7:30 p.m.

Want to learn more about Beekeeping?

Central Beekeepers meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Visitors and new beekeepers are always welcome! Most meetings include an educational session, group discussion, or hands-on demonstration for the benefit of beginning beekeepers in central New Brunswick.

The Agricultural Research Centre ("Experimental Farm") is located at 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Entry is from the parking lot at the back of the building, at door "B". For a map to the Agricultural Research Centre, see our Next Meeting page.

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Maritime Bee Tour 2009 Set For PEI

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:53 PM PDT

The Maritime Bee Tour will be held July 17-18, 2009, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and hosted this year by the Prince Edward Island Beekeepers’ Association and the PEI Department of Agriculture.

Updated 31 May 2009 to add:


Guest Speakers:

  • Dennis Van Engelsdorp, Penn State University
  • Rheal Lafreniere, CHC & Manitoba Agriculture
  • Alison Van Alten, Ontario Tech Tranfer Team
  • and Local Beekeepers

Tour:

Accommodations:

  • Glen Denning Hall, Holland College
  • $99.00 / night + taxes (1 or 2 bedroom same price) with private separate bathrooms
  • To book your room by phone, call toll-free 1-866-740-7702 or local (902) 367-7702 and indicate that you are with the Maritime Bee Tour “Code 233″

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Video: Honey Bees Fighting Varroa Mites and Bee Louse

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:20 PM PDT

This video, Bees fighting varroa and braula coeca, was made by Ivan Brndušic, an electronics technician (from a long line of beekeepers on his mother’s side) who lives, works, and watches honey bees in the town of Bor, Serbia. When you see the bees’ attempts to remove the pests, it makes it very clear why hygienic grooming behaviour is a desireable trait for breeding in honey bees!

There’s a great explanation — with annotated photographs — of exactly what we’re seeing in this video as the bees try to fight off both Varroa mites and the very similar-looking but relatively benign-to-bees braula coeca (bee louse) on Brndušic’s website at brnda.com.

Post from: Central Beekeepers Alliance

Beekeeping Magazines Go Online

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT

BeeKeepers QuarterlyThe BeeKeepers Quarterly edited by John Phipps, has just announced that it’s taking its show online. The UK beekeeping magazine can now be seen on the Web at www.bkq.org.uk. The March 2009 and May 2009 issues will be “free samples” for beekeepers to try it out, and there will be a small subscription charge for future issues. The print edition will continue for those who prefer to receive the magazine in that format.

This news comes from Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture - The Magazine of American Beekeeping, who is a regular contributor to the BeeKeepers Quarterly). Flottum notes that Bee Culture, too, will be releasing a digital edition later this year.

Other digital beekeeping magazines include Bee Craft (UK) and MidWest Beekeeper (US). So far, the American Bee Journal is not available on the Internet, but you can subscribe to the Journal through its website, or view the Table of Contents, Covers, and an index of articles in past issues.

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Wednesday 1 July 2009

CATCH THE BUZZ New Varroa Trap?

CATCH THE BUZZ

Varroa Trap Seems To Work

Alan Harman

A new bait could see Varroa mites literally walking into a trap.

   Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Gainesville, Fla., are testing a bait-and-kill approach using sticky boards and natural chemical attractants called semiochemicals.

   For patenting reasons, Teal won’t reveal what the specific compounds are, other than to say they’re naturally produced by honey bees and highly attractive to Varroa mites.

   Varroa mites rely on these semiochemicals to locate - and then feed on - the bloodlike hemolymph of both adult honey bees and their brood. Severe infestations can decimate an affected hive within several months and rob the beekeeper of profits from honey or pollinating services.


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But in this case, the mites encounter a more heady bouquet of honey bee odors that lure the parasites away from their intended hosts and onto the sticky boards, where they starve.

   ARS Chemistry Research Unit research leader Peter Teal reports preliminary tests of the attractant are promising.


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“We are able to induce 35% to 50% of mites to drop off of bees when we present them with either of the two attractants, and more than 60% of free mites are attracted to these chemicals in biological tests,” Teal says.


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Teal says the extra dose of semiochemicals wafting through hives didn't appear to significantly interfere with the honey bees' normal behavior or activity.

   The research team hopes ARS' patenting of the Varroa mite attractants will encourage an industrial partner to develop the technology further.

  The original report can be found at:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jul09/mites0709.htm

This message brought to you by Bee Culture, The Magazine Of American Beekeeping

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