Central Beekeepers Alliance

Honey Bees in The New Yorker

In the 6 August 2007 issue of The New Yorker, Elizabeth Kolbert has written one of the most detailed articles on the perilous state of beekeeping in North America that we’ve come across yet. She began as a journalist, moved to start reading up on honeybees when the Times first broke the “mysterious disappearance” story [...]

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West Nile Virus Expert Takes On Honeybee Mystery

If there’s one positive side to the recent struggles faced by beekeepers in North America, it may be in the amount of press that the apiculture industry has gained. The honeybee has finally gone mainstream, one might say, capturing the sympathy and imagination of the public (and even political cartoonists) in a way that “bugs” [...]

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Bee Hives for Sale in Nova Scotia

For Sale: 20 Live Bee Hives 30 Standard Supers 100 Shallows Miscellaneous bee equipment Truro, Nova Scotia area 1-902-895-0730 1-902-657-3860 + leave message The Provincial Apiarist reminds NB beekeepers that Nova Scotia bees would need to be inspected in that province before they could be brought into New Brunswick. Permission to import bees into the [...]

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CBA Meeting 11 September 2007

Tuesday, 11 September 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”) [...]

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Missing Honeybee Mystery

Political cartoonist Etta Hulme offers a new tongue-in-cheek theory on a possible cause of Colony Collapse Disorder: Etta Hulme, the Fort Worth Star Telegram 04/27/07

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