Central Beekeepers Alliance

Honey Bees on CBC Radio

CBC radio has announced that the popular science program Quirks and Quarks, hosted by Bob Macdonald, will feature the collapse of the honeybee and the possibility of a crisis in our food supply as a result. Honey bees are the unsung heros of agriculture — their ceaseless hunt for nectar ensures our food crops are [...]

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Project Apis m. Funds Honey Bee Research

Project Apis m. (PAm) is a nonprofit organization established in December 2006 to fund and direct research aimed at improving both the health of honey bee colonies and crop production. Active parties include representatives of the American Honey Producers Association (APHA), the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF), the National Honey Board (NHB), California State Beekeepers Association [...]

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Central Beekeepers meet 10 February 2009

Tuesday, 10 February 2009 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m. Want to learn more about Beekeeping? Central Beekeepers meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Visitors and new beekeepers are always welcome! Most meetings include an educational session, group discussion, or hands-on demonstration for the benefit of beginning beekeepers [...]

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Longwood Gardens Offers Year-Long Buds and Bees Program

Longwood Gardens, the 1,050-acre horticultural treasure of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, has launched a year-long changing exhibit and public education program on pollination, entitled The Buds and The Bees. Offered as part of the 2009 program, two events in particular will be of interest to beekeepers who may be visiting in the Philadelphia area this spring and tempted to stop in at Longwood Gardens.

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Honey Bee: Sentinel of the Environment

Members of the general public, as well as members of the beekeeping world, who are concerned about the health of honey bee populations, are urged to sign an online charter, The Honey Bee: Sentinel of the Environment, which calls for decisive action by governments around the world to support apiculturists' efforts to save our bees.

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