President’s message (July 2022)
Summer holidays beckon and I am getting ready to fly the coop and head out across the province in a few weeks’ time. My travels will not involve domestic or international …
Summer holidays beckon and I am getting ready to fly the coop and head out across the province in a few weeks’ time. My travels will not involve domestic or international …
The declining numbers of Covid cases suggests a return to “normal” but I tend to refer to it as a re-emergence of the familiar. Plexiglass barriers are disappearing. Gin-scented sanitizers …
It must have been a slow week for news. The phone rang. It was a reporter from CTV. He was doing a story on the devastating impact of mites on prairie apiaries and …
The squalls have been sweeping through the neighbourhood, making me nervous for my fledgling hives. Forager bees barely have time to get out the door and explore the immediate surroundings …
There is something very calming as one opens and places a package of bees in its new home. Nothing is frantic, rushed or panicked about the process – at least you …
There is one advantage to having to quarantine for a few days. I can watch the Olympics without feeling like I should be exercising madly before I do. The bug is sweeping …
Princeton University is dropping the requirement to include Latin and Greek studies for students enrolled in the Classics. Apparently it’s not inclusive. I am not sure why. For the first time …
Our November gathering has always been a social one and even though things are slowly improving it is best that we do not meet in person. The second Thursday of …
There was a time when every pocket of every jacket I owned contained a tissue in some crumpled state. Now I find every pocket has a blue and white mask with …
Happy New Year – at least the beginning of September always feels like a new year. The air is cool, the bees are home from their summer camps in fields …