Starting beekeeper in the Fredericton area looking for start-up equipment for a couple of hives, and associated equipment. Call James at 260-2037.

One of our New Brunswick readers is looking for an observation hive.

If you have an observation hive that you’d like to sell, please give him a call at (506) 756-2796, email gsdluv@netzero.com or just leave a message in the comments section below.

Queen bee supplier Peter Mewett, Ontario, sends word that all of the Carniolan queens that he has coming in April and May from Chile have been spoken for. Australian suppliers Taylor and Dewar will have both Italian and Carniolan stock available, however, and Taylor will include an earlier shipping date, 15 April. Also, a new Australian supplier, Malfroy, has been added for 13 May.

For more information, see Queen Bees for 2008 from Australia and Chile, or contact:

Peter Mewett
RR 4
Stirling, On
K0K 3E0
Tel: 613-395-3225
Fax: 613-395-1835
Email: pmewett@hotmail.com

Beekeepers who plan to buy queen bees for spring 2008 should not delay, as it is hard to say what the demand will be like.

Peter Mewett, Ontario, is taking orders now for Carniolan and Italian queens to be imported in April and May 2008 — here are the details that he has circulated. For further information, contact Peter at the address and phone numbers given below:

This year, I will be importing queens from both Australia and Chile. My Australian suppliers, Taylor and Dewar, will have both Italian and Carniolan stock available.

My supplier from Chile is Agrovivo, a 650 million dollar agriculture/food company. They have been in the honey business for over 50 years. This year they are exporting only Carniolan stock of which 2200 is available to me. This stock is imported annually from Austria and performance tested during the first year. Selection is made for breeders for the second year and it is the daughters of these breeders that will be available to us. These queens can be available in battery boxes of 100 if you wish. Colonies have been overwintered in the mountains in Chile which should attest favorably to their ability to winter in our climate.

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The Apimondia Foundation announces the opening today of its new “beekeeping information shop” online.

They offer editions of Apiacta beekeeping magazine, volumes of Apimondia Congresses, beekeeping books, dictionaries (like the one pictured here, with beekeeping terms in 24 languages), as well as CD-DVD recordings of important beekeeping events.

Visit: www.shop.apimondiafoundation.org