Central Beekeepers Alliance

Central Beekeepers meet 11 November 2008

The next beekeepers’ meeting will be our end-of-season potluck supper, and our new CBA Executive for 2009 will be elected at that time. Central Beekeepers Alliance Potluck Supper 6:30 pm Tuesday, 11 November 2008 Maugerville Community Centre, Maugerville, NB

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Rick Mercer Gets Beard of Bees

CBC television personality Rick Mercer tours an apiary in Langley, British Columbia — where beekeeper Heather and well-known “bee guy” researcher Mark Winston help him put on a beard of bees. If you missed this segment when it aired on The Rick Mercer Report last night, you can watch the video online now at http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/videoplayer2.html.

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Round-Up of Reports on Colony Collapse Disorder

Here’s a collection of video and audio presentations about research on CCD from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and colleagues: Colony Collapse Disorder: A Complex Buzz, originally published in Agricultural Research magazine (May 2008) Discovery Communications video: Bee Killer Hunted by Scientists (6:00 minutes, 2007). ARS researchers Jeff Pettis and Jay [...]

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