Central Beekeepers Alliance

Help for Crystallized Liquid Honey

“I like honey but I don’t buy it because we don’t use it up fast enough, so it goes bad and I have to throw it out.” How often have you heard something like that from a potential honey customer? Many people are just not aware that granulation or crystallization is a natural process — [...]

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Potluck Supper and CBA Elections

Central Beekeepers will meet at the Maugerville Community Centre, Maugerville, NB, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 November 2007, for our regular end-of-season potluck supper meeting. The election of our Executive for 2008 will take place at this meeting, and all paid-up members of the Central Beekeepers Alliance are eligible to vote. As well, Fletcher [...]

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Can Sucrocide Control Varroa Mites in Canada?

Sucrocide™ (sucrose octanoate) is registered in the United States for varroa mite control. It is of interest because sucrose octanoate is a natural food additive, and thus safe for use in bee colonies. But is this really an effective varroa mite treatment for Canadian beekeepers? Alison Skinner, Janet Tam, Rachel Bannister and Melanie Kempers evaluated [...]

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