Central Beekeepers Alliance

Central Beekeepers Christmas Dinner 2008

Central Beekeepers Alliance - Christmas Dinner will be held on Saturday, 6 December 2008, at 6:00 p.m., at the Lincoln Lions Club in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Continue reading...

Honey Bees can Count, Scientists Say

Researchers in Australia have discovered that honeybees can count. They may be a long way from being able to count their own numbers of sisters in the hive, but it has been shown that bees can count up to four, at any rate. “We began by asking whether bees can learn to ‘count’ the number of landmarks that they encounter on the way to a food source,“ said Professor Mandyam Srinivasan of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), who led the research conducted with a colleague from Sweden, Marie Dacke.

Continue reading...

2008 Annual Canadian Beekeepers Convention

The Canadian Honey Council, the Canadian Association Of Professional Apiculturists, and the Ontario Beekeepers Association will meet in Niagara Falls, Ontario, 10-13 December 2008.

Continue reading...