Central Beekeepers Alliance

Spring Pollen Diet for Honey Bees

From the journals of the Entomological Society of America: Influence of Pollen Diet in Spring on Development of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies A 3-year study on pollen and pollen-substitute feeding in spring suggests that there was little difference in effect between the two diets. Feeding the bees a pollen or a pollen-substitute, either one, helped [...]

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NBBA Field Day and Bee Store Auction Sale

Saturday, 12 May 2007 New Brunswick Beekeepers Field Day & Auction Sale NBBA Bee Store, Maugerville, NB 10:00 a.m. There will be a field day taking place on 12 May 2007 at the former Bee Store on Hwy 105 in Maugerville (Ruth & Dave McKinney’s). Fletcher and Mary Colpitts will be putting on a beekeeping demonstration at 10:00 a.m., [...]

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CBA Meeting 10 April 2007

Tuesday, 10 April 2007 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m. Want to learn more about Beekeeping? 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 on the Lincoln [...]

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CCD Description and USA Reports

The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium continues to track Colony Collapse Disorder across the United States. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the name that has been given to the latest, and what seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies across the country. It is characterized by, sudden colony death with a [...]

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Mite-Away Inventor Recognized

The Ontario government recognizes that innovation will pave the way forward for the province’s agri-food sector, and Premier Dalton McGuinty took the opportunity to recognize farmer-innovators at the province’s Summit on Agri-Food on 8 March 2007. “Ontario’s farmers have helped build a world-class agri-food sector in this province,” said Premier Dalton McGuinty. “By recognizing their hard [...]

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