Central Beekeepers Alliance : Central Beekeepers Potluck Supper 9 June 2009 |
- Central Beekeepers Potluck Supper 9 June 2009
- Invitation to Apimondia 2009
- Field Day Beekeeping Photographs: Spring Inspection
- Bee Registration Time in New Brunswick
- Beekeepers Field Day at Keswick Ridge
- Central Beekeepers meet 12 May 2009
- The White House and Bees?
- Maritime Bee Tour 2009 Set For PEI
- Video: Honey Bees Fighting Varroa Mites and Bee Louse
- Beekeeping Magazines Go Online
- Different Types of Hives
- Irish Honey Lore for St. Patrick’s Day
| Central Beekeepers Potluck Supper 9 June 2009 Posted: 15 May 2009 12:54 PM PDT The next meeting will be our spring potluck supper, so bring along your favourite supper dish and a good appetite! Tuesday, 9 June 2009 Visitors and new beekeepers are always welcome!
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| Posted: 08 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT
The theme this is year is The bee, the sentinel of the environment:
Meanwhile, the call for papers has gone out to potential presenters at the conference. Scientists and researchers are invited to submit their papers to the Apimondia committee through the website at www.apimondia2009.com. (English, French, German, and Spanish versions of the website are available by clicking on the appropriate flag in the upper right corner of each page.) Program details are also being added to the website regularly, as the details are finalized, so do check back there often for updated information. For more information:
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| Field Day Beekeeping Photographs: Spring Inspection Posted: 07 May 2009 09:42 AM PDT Central Beekeepers Alliance held a beekeeping field day for new beekeepers on Sunday, 3 May 2009. We unwrapped the hives and opened them up for inspection, for the first time since they were put away last fall. Fortunately (?) there were a couple of deadouts too — a useful learning opportunity as we carried out a “post mortem” to figure out if disease was present, or if the bees had died for some other likely reason. As soon as the rain stops again, the next step will be applying formic acid pads (for Varroa mite control) to those hives that were successfully over-wintered. Here’s a selection of photographs for those who missed this afternoon of spring hive inspection, socializing, and cinnamon buns. Click on any picture for a larger image and more information about what it shows:            
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| Bee Registration Time in New Brunswick Posted: 06 May 2009 03:06 AM PDT Reminder, it’s time to register your bees! All New Brunswick beekeepers are required to complete an Application to keep bees form and send it in to the Provincial Apiarist by May 31st, 2009. The Provincial Apiarist will assign a registration number for each apiary, and send the beekeeper a certificate of registration that is valid until May 31st, 2010. There is no fee, but annual registration is required by law. You can download the registration form as a PDF file here, pick up a copy at the next Central Beekeepers Alliance meeting, or contact Chris Maund at the Crop Development Branch, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture.
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| Beekeepers Field Day at Keswick Ridge Posted: 02 May 2009 07:10 AM PDT
We’ll be cracking open a couple of over-wintered colonies and doing a bit of spring management — and carrying out a post mortem on a couple of deadout hives, too. If you put your name down at a previous CBA meeting as being interested in attending the field day, you should have received an email about this by now. If not, and you’d like to attend, please email (cba@stonehavenlife.com) for directions — or meet Dan Richards at the lookout above the Mactaquac Dam about 1:30 p.m and he’ll lead you over.
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| Central Beekeepers meet 12 May 2009 Posted: 14 Apr 2009 08:23 PM PDT Tuesday, 12 May 2009 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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| Posted: 04 Apr 2009 06:55 AM PDT
To read more about the latest buzz on the White House lawn you can find the article by clicking on this link:
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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:
Tour:
Accommodations:
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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.
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| Beekeeping Magazines Go Online Posted: 18 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT
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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| Posted: 15 Mar 2009 07:24 AM PDT The hive that is most common in our area seems to be the 10 frame Langstroth hive or commercial hive that uses brood boxes and honey supers.  Langstroth brood box Which is the type of hive I will use to raise bees. As a beginner, I will use the standard equipment and practices available in my area, which allow me to expand my beekeeping education beyond books and the internet to include local beekeepers and supply stores. In the event that something breaks or is lost, I can easily replace it locally too. But I am sure I will start to experiment as many beekeepers do, with equipment and styles as my experience level grows.
The WBC shown in the thumbnail at left is similar to a pagoda style of architecture. Although, the exterior of this hive structure is different, the inside resembles the standard frame and foundations found in National hives. An interesting style of bee hive can be found at the following link: http://warrebeehive.com The Warre Hive resembles a WBC hive but uses a top–bar frame internal structure to encourage a natural formation of wax cells from the top–bar down. As the bees construct the comb, it grows in a downward direction. Boxes are added to the bottom with new top–bars in each. The bees will stop the comb just above the next set of bars. This style of natural beekeeping is further explained by following the link. It also includes plans for building your own hive. Thank you Dan Richards for the link and information about Warre Hives!
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| Irish Honey Lore for St. Patrick’s Day Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:31 PM PDT Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Culture and Customs remind us that honey holds an important place in the history and traditions of the Emerald Isle:
For example, under those old laws, anyone who kept bees was obligated by law to share the honey harvest with land-owners of the four adjacent farms, as that’s where the bees gathered nectar. And if a man found a swarm in the faithche (the green surrounding and belonging to a house), three-quarters of that colony’s honey harvest at the end of the year was owed to the owner of the house. It certainly speaks to the value placed on honey!
You can read more about the Brehon Laws on a fascinating website called Library Ireland, dedicated to sharing Irish culture and folklore. For those who’d like to enjoy their honey in Irish culture with a bit of a “kick” to it, David Lee of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations explains how to make your own mead. The potent honey-based beverage might go nicely with this gourmet menu from the Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers, drawn from the old legends of County Tipperary:
If that’s a bit much, just take a page from A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland, by PW Joyce (first published in 1906), which says:
Or what about a broiled salmon steak, basted with honey, like the meal that was served by Ailill and Maive, king and queen of Connaught, to the young chief, Fraech, according to the old Irish tales. That sounds like a St. Patrick’s Day meal that would go down just fine here in New Brunswick!
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New beekeepers and friends are invited to suit up and join us for a beekeeping field day at Rick and Rebecca’s place on Keswick Ridge, on Sunday, 3 May 2009, at 2:00 p.m. 
Recently, Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine, reported that Michelle Obama will welcome two honeybees hives into her organic vegetable garden. 
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