Central Beekeepers Alliance

Updated: 7 June 2010 – George and Ruth Wheatley of Country Fields Beekeeping Supplies, will be hosting a field day for new beekeepers on Saturday, 12 June 2010, at their site in Upper Coverdale, NB. This event is put on by the Southeast New Brunswick Beekeepers’ Association

The next meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be our Spring potluck supper, June 8th, held at the Community Room of the Sobey’s store in Oromocto. Bring your favourite potluck dish and a good appetite! Tuesday, 8 June 2010 Central Beekeepers Alliance Spring Potluck Supper Community Room, Sobey’s store, 375 Miramichi Road, Oromocto, New [...]

Ross Conrad, author of Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches To Modern Apiculture, will be giving a workshop at Windhorse Farm in New Germany, Nova Scotia on the weekend of June 25 – 27, 2010. Former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, Conrad is a regular contributor to Bee Culture – The Magazine of American Beekeeping. Two [...]

The next regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance will be held on May 11th at the Agricultural Research Centre on the Lincoln Road. Tuesday, 11 May 2010 Central Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Agricultural Research Centre, Fredericton, NB 7:30 p.m. New beekeepers and “interested others” are welcome to join us, to learn more about beekeeping, [...]

Have you noticed your honeybees buzzing around the coffee grounds in your compost pile on a warm day in early spring? it turns out, there may be a reason for this common behaviour — the bees might be seeking a hit of caffeine! Researchers at the University of Haifa-Oranim have learned that bees are attracted [...]