Central Beekeepers Alliance

Spot the Queen Bee

To make her easier to locate in the hive, the queen bee is usually painted with a small dot of colour on her thorax, as shown in this video. The colour also helps the beekeeper to keep track of the age of his or her queens, as a different colour is used for each year [...]

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Researcher Studies Honey Therapy for Diabetic Ulcers

Physician Jennifer Eddy of University of Wisconsin Health’s Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic is currently conducting the first randomized, double-blind controlled trial of honey as a topical treatment for diabetic ulcers. Honey is already being used in New Zealand as a treatment for bed sores. Eddy first successfully used honey therapy a few years ago [...]

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NB Aid “Doesn’t Come Close” to Beekeepers’ Losses

NBBA president Paul Vautour told the CBC last week that New Brunswick’s beekeeping industry has experienced winter losses close to $1 million. The government’s recent pledge of $100,000 in aid to beekeepers “doesn’t come close” to meeting the need. “To buy a package of bees now is about $200 a package, that’s just to buy the [...]

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Rare “Bee Strike” Forces Down Passenger Jet

British bees forced down a Boeing 737 with 90 passengers on board, today, after the aircraft flew into a swarm of bees shortly after take-off from Bournemouth Airport. The pilot decided to abort the scheduled flight to Portugal and return to the airport for safety checks, fearing that the plane’s engine had become clogged with bees. Officials [...]

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Interprovincial movement of honey bees 2007

The following article applies to people importing honey bees into NB for 2007. Please note that this applies to honey bees being brought in for any purpose and includes people purchasing honey bees, renting honey bees, selling honey bees and any other use of honey bees. These procedures are in place to protect the [...]

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