Central Beekeepers Alliance

Bees can be trained to recognize human faces, so long as the insects are tricked into thinking that the faces are oddly shaped flowers, new research shows. The insects use the arrangement of facial features to recognize and distinguish one face from another.
Bees recognize human faces using feature configuration. ScienceDaily.

First, the researchers used an arrangement [...]

A program by David Suzuki recently aired on CBC January 7th entitled To Bee or Not to Bee. The documentary explores various possibilities for the declining honeybee population in several countries such as industrial beekeeping, poor nutrition from monoculture pollinations, and diseases.

Central Beekeepers will hold our regular monthly meeting on 9 February 2010 at the Agricultural Research Centre

The Executive and members of the Central Beekeepers Alliance wish to extend our sincere thanks to all the local businesses in the greater Fredericton area who generously donated door prizes for our beekeepers association Christmas party:

Central Beekeepers will hold our regular monthly meeting on 12 January 2010 at the Agricultural Research Centre (see map on our meetings page).
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting
Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB
7:30 p.m.
Visitors and new beekeepers are welcome.