Central Beekeepers Alliance

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 [...]

The Canadian Agriculture Museum announces “Taking Care of Beesness,” a new exhibit on honey bees and beekeeping to open March 1, 2010. Not in Ottawa? Visit “Bees, a Honey of an Idea” online – an exciting new interactive “virtual” exhibit from the Virtual Museum of Canada.

Five-year-old Daniel helped his Uncle Don Miksha with the beekeeping chores at Summit Gardens Honey Farms near Calgary, Alberta in May 2008. We’re not sure who shot the video (Daniel’s father, maybe?), but it’s good fun to watch!

In this video, Colorado beekeeper Dan explains how he installs a 3-lb package of bees with queen into their new hive, showing the protective clothing, tools and equipment that he uses.
He places his hives on a hivestand (base) with a sloped landing deck on the front, set up on wooden pallets levelled into the [...]

Over the past few years, the media have frequently reported deaths of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Most reports express opinions but little hard science.