Central Beekeepers Alliance

Bees trained to give early warning of plant disease

Remember, back in school, hearing about Pavlov’s dog that learned to drool when it heard a bell ring? That method of “classical conditioning” is how Dr. Andrew Sutherland, a researcher with the University of California Davis Plant Pathology Department, is training honey bees to detect plant disease in agricultural crops. Here’s the story, straight from [...]

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Beekeeper ALERT: March 2010

Report from Fletcher Colpitts, Chief Apiary Inspector for New Brunswick 30 March, 2010: After checking my own hives in the last warm spell and talking to some of the larger beekeepers, it may be a good idea to make beekeepers aware of the possibility of their colonies running short of food supplies.

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Special Gear for Central Beekeepers

The new CBA logo makes its first appearance in a selection of custom t-shirts and caps produced for us by Valley Graphics. There’s a wide variety of colour combinations to choose from for the clothing, and sew-on patches are also available. Here’s just a sample of the great-looking gear that our beekeepers will be sporting [...]

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New Logo Unveiled for Central Beekeepers

Central Beekeepers Alliance has a new logo, designed for us by Alexzandra Dembenski, who is the daughter of CBA Vice-President Christine Dembenski and Mike Dembenski. Many thanks to “Allie” for kindly donating her skills to produce this artwork for us. A special variation of the CBA logo shown was created at the same time to [...]

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What Would Your Garden Look Like Without Bees?

While researchers are looking for the causes, honey bee populations around the world continue to decline at alarming rates. Given that more than a third of our food supply is dependent on pollination by honey bees, it is not an exaggeration to say that we have the potential for a major agricultural disaster. That’s the [...]

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