The McCall’s Quilting website has free instructions and applique template for the popular Honey Bee Quilt Block. Suitable for beginner-level quilters, the pattern combines straight-edge piecing with appliqué “wings” at each corner. Three solid-colour fabrics and one printed fabric are used to create each 12″ x 12″ block (finished size).
Continue reading...13 November 2007
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Central Beekeepers are having a Christmas party! We’ll be gathering at the Thistle Restaurant, Silverwood Motel, Fredericton, NB, at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, 1 December 2007. Buffet dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m. CBA will be subidizing the cost of the meal for members and their guests, so the cost per person will be [...]
Continue reading...12 November 2007
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In bee colonies that are already under stress from other pests or diseases, the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) is able to get past the guard bees to raid the hive’s essential stores of pollen, ripening nectar, and honey. This is a particular concern for beekeepers in warm climates, such as Florida, where many hives [...]
Continue reading...7 November 2007
With Wales’ honey bee population in sharp decline, the fate of these essential pollinators now rests in the hands of small and backyard beekeepers. A growing interest in organic food and green issues is credited with raising the public awareness of bees as essential pollinators, according to a story by Izzy Kaminski, Countryside News correspondent [...]
Continue reading...5 November 2007
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Christiane Courant, Managing editor of Apidologie has announced that, for the first time, the entire collection of back issues of Apidologie (and Annales de l’Abeille) is available online — free of charge. This electronic archive contains all the articles of Annales de l’Abeille (1958-1968) and Apidologie (1970-_) in searchable PDF format. This material, which forms [...]
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13 November 2007
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