Here is the latest information we have received about 2012 restrictons on importing queen bees to New Brunswick.
Notice to importers of queens from California and Australia
Any queens that are imported from Australia or California must be inspected for small hive beetle before they are released to the importing beekeeper. The inspection will be performed by approved staff from the Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries. Please contact Chris Maund, Integrated Pest Management Specialist (Entomologist) and Provincial Apiarist, at 506-453-3477 if you intend to import queens from California or Australia in 2012 or if you have any questions. Please note that importation of queens from Hawaii is not permitted in 2012.
Chris Maund Integrated Pest Management Specialist (Entomologist) and Provincial Apiarist / Spécialiste de la lutte contre les parasites (Entomologiste) et Apiculteur provincial Crop Development / Développement des productions végétales New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries / Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Aquaculture et des Pêches du Nouveau-Brunswick 850 Lincoln Road / Chemin Lincoln P.O. Box / case postal 6000 Fredericton, NB, E3B 5H1
If you’re a New Brunswick beekeeper – or planning to get into beekeeping this year – be advised that Country Fields Beekeeping Supplies Ltd. (Upper Coverdale) has just posted their 2012 prices for nucs and queens.
Nucs (nucleus colonies) are $150.00 each with a $5 discount for payment by cash or cheque. A deposit of $30 is required. A nuc includes 2 frames of bees and brood, a laying queen, a frame of honey and pollen, and an empty frame for the queen to build on.
Queen bees are priced according to where they come from. This year, the Wheatleys will be bringing in queens from Hawaii (Kona only, not Big Island), California, and Australia. Local queens from Nova Scotia are expected to be available in early June.
Supplies of honeybees are limited, of course, so you’ll want to get your order in right away. Find more information on their website at www.countryfields.ca.
If you’re looking forward to starting to keep bees this year, come on out to the next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance! The meeting will be held on April 10th, 2012, and as usual will be at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m.
New beekeepers and anyone interested in starting to keep bees are welcome to come out and learn more about the organization, chat with other local beekeepers, and find out more about keeping honeybees here in New Brunswick.
The next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be held on March 13th, 2012, at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
New beekeepers and anyone interested in starting to keep bees are welcome to come out and join us, to learn more about beekeeping, chat with other local beekeepers, and find out more about how to keep honeybees here in New Brunswick.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m.
The educational focus right now is on early spring preparations for the new beekeeping season. Whether you’re just getting started in beekeeping, or just starting to figure out how much there is to learn… take this opportunity to get together with other beekeepers and trade questions and answers about keeping honey bees.
The next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be held on February 14th, 2012, at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
New beekeepers and anyone interested in starting to keep bees are welcome to come out and join us, to learn more about beekeeping, chat with other local beekeepers, and find out more about how to keep honeybees here in New Brunswick.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m.
If you’re just getting started in beekeeping, this meeting will give you the opportunity to get together with some experienced beekeepers to ask questions. If you’re planning to start beekeeping this spring, come find out what you’ll need to do right now to get ready for your honey bees!
The next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be held on January 10th, 2012, at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
If you’re just getting started in beekeeping, this meeting will give you the opportunity to get together with some experienced beekeepers to ask questions. And if you’re thinking about getting started in beekeeping, you can find out what you’ll need to do over the winter months, to get ready for your own honey bees in the spring!
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m.
New beekeepers and anyone interested in starting to keep bees are welcome to come out and join us, to learn more about beekeeping, chat with other local beekeepers, and find out more about how to keep honeybees here in New Brunswick.
Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg has spent 35 years watching the natural world through a camera. His film Wings of Life, inspired by the plight of the honeybee, is a remarkable celebration of pollination and the tiny pollinators who keep our world alive:
Rarely seen by the naked eye, this intersection between the animal world and the plant world is truly a magic moment. It’s the mystical moment where life regenerates itself, over and over again.
Here, from his presentation, recorded March 2011 at TED2011 in Long Beach, California, Schwartzberg presents some of the his film’s extraordinaryhigh-speed images of pollinators in action:
If you’d like to watch at full screen size — highly recommended! — just click on the icon in the upper-right of the embedded video player.
Beauty and seduction, I believe, is nature’s tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with. Their relationship is a love story that feeds the Earth. It reminds us that we are a part of nature, and we’re not separate from it.
When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, it motivated me to take action. We depend on pollinators for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat. And many scientists believe it’s the most serious issue facing mankind. It’s like the canary in the coalmine. If they disappear, so do we. It reminds us that we are a part of nature and we need to take care of it.
You can learn more about Louie Schwartzberg and the film Wings of Life at www.MovingArt.tv.
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