Central Beekeepers Alliance

There will be no monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance in September, as members will be manning the booth at the Fredericton Exhibition during the first week of the month. Want to learn more about honeybees and beekeeping? Come along to the FREX and meet some of central New Brunswick’s beekeepers, stock up on [...]

Remember, back in school, hearing about Pavlov’s dog that learned to drool when it heard a bell ring? That method of “classical conditioning” is how Dr. Andrew Sutherland, a researcher with the University of California Davis Plant Pathology Department, is training honey bees to detect plant disease in agricultural crops. Here’s the story, straight from [...]

Central Beekeepers Alliance will hold our Summer corn boil at Dave & Ruth McKinneys’ place in Maugerville on August 21st. 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, 21 August 2010 Location: #769 [...]

The next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be held on July 13th at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road. Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m. New beekeepers and “interested others” are welcome to join us, to learn more about beekeeping, [...]

The New Brunswick Beekeepers Association will host the 2010 Maritime Bee Tour on the weekend of 23-24 July at St. Thomas University Conference Centre in Fredericton. If you plan to attend, please note that the deadline for registration is 2 July 2010.