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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In March 2008, the City of Guelph and the University of Guelph will be hosting two days of public workshops dealing with pollinators and pollination.

Guest Speakers:

• Julianna Tuell (Michigan State U)
• Gordon Frankie (UC Berkeley)
• Steven Handel (Rutgers University)
• Bonnie Harper-Lore (Federal Highway Administration, Minnesota)

Friday, 7 March 2008 will concentrate on the Guelph Pollination Initiative, particularly the potential new Guelph Pollination Park, to be built on a decommissioned landfill site, as well as other topics on urban pollination, pollinator education, community involvement, biodiversity monitoring, and more.

Saturday, 8 March 2008 will include a meeting of the Canadian Pollinator Protection Initiative (CPPI), as well as talks and discussions on native plants and pollinators, green architecture, pollinator-friendly gardens and roadsides, and more.

Both events are open to the public and any interested parties. The registration cost is $5/day, which includes lunch. For more information, or to register, e-mail pollinateguelph@gmail.com.

The New Brunswick Beekeepers Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 2 February 2008, in Fredericton, NB.

Location:
Lincoln Lions Club,
2339 Route 102 Lincoln Hwy (Road), Fredericton, NB.

Directions:
Take Exit 297 from Trans Canada (@ Big Stop)
Take Nevers Road to Lincoln Road
Approx 300 meters Left of Intersection of Nevers Road & Lincoln Road

Registration: 9:30 am

Guest speakers: Don Amirault and Norman Donovan

Lunch: Roast Beef Dinner $10.00 per plate

For more information, please contact Paul Vautour, President of the NBBA by email at pcvaut@nb.sympatico.ca.

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