Central Beekeepers Alliance

Celebrating Pollination – Pollinator Week 2008

The Pollinator Partnership is proud to announce that 22 – 28 June 2008 will be celebrated as the 2nd Annual National Pollinator Week. Due to the enormous success of National Pollinator Week 2007, officially declared by the U.S. Senate (S.Res. 580) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pollinator Partnership has received requests from all [...]

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Symposium on Diagnosis and Control of Bee Diseases

OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health Bee Research Laboratory) and Apimondia has just announced an international symposium on the Diagnosis and Control of Bee Diseases, to be held in Freiberg, Germany, on 26 and 28 August 2008. The deadline for abstract submission is 1 May 2008. The spreading of diseases due to the world-wide transport [...]

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Plant a Bee-Friendly Garden

Since 1987, a research group at the University of California has been documenting bee diversity and bee frequencies on wild California plants. The research showed that bees have definite preferences among plants on which to forage for pollen and nectar — regardless of whether the plants are native to the area or [...]

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Queen Bees for 2008 from Australia and Chile

Peter Mewett, Ontario, is taking orders now for Carniolan and Italian queens to be imported in April and May 2008 — here are the details that he has circulated. For further information, contact Peter at the address and phone numbers given below: This year, I will be importing queens from both Australia and Chile. My Australian [...]

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Production and Value of Honey in Canada 2007

Statistics Canada has released its 2007 report on Production and Value of Honey and Maple Products. Canadian honey production in 2007 was 61.4 million pounds, down by more than 40% than 2006’s record production of over 100 million pounds. Most provinces pointed to higher than normal winter losses for the drop in production, though [...]

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