NOD Apiary Products, the Manufacturer of Mite AwayII, presents a 3-hour (no charge) workshop for beekeepers:

The Reality of Sustainable Beekeeping

Monday April 14, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Moncton Lions Community Centre
473 St. George Street, Moncton, New Brunswick

Hosted by: Country Fields Beekeeping Supplies

Please RSVP by either calling George or Ruth at 506-387-6804 or email info@countryfields.ca — or just come on out!

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Tuesday, 11 March 2008
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 in central New Brunswick.

The Agricultural Research Centre (”Experimental Farm”) is located at 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Entry is from the parking lot at the back of the building, at door “B”.

For a map to the Agricultural Research Centre, see our Next Meeting page.

As announced in “Province to Consult with NB Agriculture Stakeholders,” Agriculture and Aquaculture Minister Ronald Ouellette is travelling the province to consult with farmers and other agriculture industry stakeholders, in preparation for the New Brunswick Agriculture Summit in April 2008.

We’ve just received word of a change in schedule for some of those pre-Summit public consultation meetings, as follows:

. . . The new dates and times are:
Sussex: Tuesday, February 19, 10:00 AM - noon
(All Seasons Inn, 1015 Main Street)
Moncton: Tuesday, February 19, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(Rodd Park House Inn, 434 Main Street)

. . . Les dates et heures révisées sont :
Sussex: mardi 19 février, de 10 h à midi
(All Seasons Inn, 1015, rue Main)
Moncton: mardi 19 février, de 14 h à 16 h
(Rodd Park House Inn, 434, rue Main)

The Maine State Beekeepers Association will hold their Annual Meeting on Saturday, 12 April 2008 at the Calumet Club, I-95 Exit 113, Augusta Maine. The Tri-County Beekeepers Association will present this year’s meeting. The program fee is $30 and includes a buffet luncheon and morning refreshments.

Dr Thomas Seeley, Professor of Biology and Chairman, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University will give two presentations:

• “House Hunting by Honey Bees, A Study of Effective Group Decision Making” and
• “Forest Bees and Varroa Mites”.

David VanderDussen, CEO of NOD Apiary Products in Ontario, Canada, will also give two presentations:

• “IPM Mite Control with Mite-AwayII”
• “Trends in Beekeeping”

For more information and a registration form contact: Carol Cottrill (207) 364-0917, email: WMBAmail@msn.com or Jon Cullen, President, Tri-county Beekeepers Association (207) 567-3537, email: jonanadkaren@pivot.net.

The Nova Scotia Beekeepers Association (NSBA) 50th Annual General Meeting will be held on the weekend of 22 - 23 February 2008, in the Cornwallis Room of the Agricultural Centre, Kentville, Nova Scotia.

Guest speakers will be Kirk Webster, from Champlain Valley Bees & Queens in Middlebury, Vermont, and Doug McRory, Provincial Apiculturist for Ontario.

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