Central Beekeepers Alliance

Illegal Chinese Honey Imports into USA?

BUSTED! Chinese Honey Reported Illegally Imported Ingredients company Alfred L Wolff GmbH is vigorously denying accusations against two of its US executives who were arrested for allegedly importing honey from China mislabelled as coming from Russia and the Ukraine. Prosecutors alleged the honey imported by two employees from the Chicago offices of the Hamburg-based company was falsely [...]

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Recent Developments in Colony Collapse Disorder

Over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturalists (CAPA) posted a report on the recent developments in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The report is described as an update on the CCD situation “in light of recent discovery of the link between CCD and Isreali Acute Paralysis Virus.” It is available as a [...]

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Central Beekeepers Potluck Supper 10 June 2008

Want to learn more about Beekeeping? Central Beekeepers meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Visitors and new beekeepers are always welcome! The next meeting will be our spring potluck supper, so bring along your favourite supper dish and a good appetite! Tuesday, 10 June 2008 Central Beekeepers Alliance Spring Potluck Supper Keswick Ridge Community Hall, Route [...]

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A Small Beekeeper’s SuperBoost Trial

The first of my beekeeping experiments this year is to try out SuperBoost, a larval brood pheromone product supplied by Pherotech Inc in British Columbia. It’s the result of four years of work by Pherotech, “capped by a rigorous experimental test at Texas A&M University.” What is SuperBoost? SuperBoost is a slow-release product that replicates the [...]

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Mite Control, Nosema, and an IPM Strategy for Canada

David VanderDussen (NOD Apiary Products) has prepared a Summary of “Take Home Messages” on Mite Control, Nosema, and an IPM Strategy for Canada. The article, written for Hivelights and reproduced on the CHC website, gives an overview of presentations made at the Colony Health Symposium at the Canadian Honey Council AGM (January 2008). [...]

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