Central Beekeepers Alliance

Rick Mercer Gets Beard of Bees

CBC television personality Rick Mercer tours an apiary in Langley, British Columbia — where beekeeper Heather and well-known “bee guy” researcher Mark Winston help him put on a beard of bees. If you missed this segment when it aired on The Rick Mercer Report last night, you can watch the video online now at http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/videoplayer2.html.

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Silence of the Bees

Update If you missed the original broadcast, no problem! You can now see the full-length video of the Nature program Silence of the Bees on the PBS website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/full-episode/251/. Bees on PBS Nature Documentary (Originally posted: 1 November 2007) Silence of the Bees is the first in-depth look at the search to uncover what is [...]

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Urban Honey: Video

Here’s something light for a weekend… Urban Honey is a 4-minute documentary video by student filmmaker Matt Fisher, about an unconventional San Francisco man who keeps bees in his urban backyard. Jon Rolston originally wanted to raise chickens, but thought they might attract rats and rile up the neighbours… so he settled for a hive [...]

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History Video: Beekeeping in Transition

We know that beekeeping has been changing rapidly in recent years, but how much do we know about the care and management of honey bees as it was practised a century ago? One hundred years of beekeeping in Nova Scotia, Canada. A brief history as presented at the Nova Scotia Beekeepers’ Association annual meeting, March [...]

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