President’s message (January 2023)
The Christmas lights are packed up and ornaments put away for another year. The annual family Christmas newsletter has been added to the binder and if you didn’t send us a …
The Christmas lights are packed up and ornaments put away for another year. The annual family Christmas newsletter has been added to the binder and if you didn’t send us a …
Larry Lindahl always says: “My two best years for honey production were 1977 and next year.” I may be paraphrasing Larry, but I would say more than a few members …
My mother went into hospital this past week and, at 98, she may not leave. She had been, amongst many things, president of her Legion Branch, all women and she was …
My bees have stayed home and not gone off to their own summer camp in the fireweed, so I have been much more cognizant of forage in the immediate area. There …
While Bill Fosdick is away on vacation, Bill Cavers, our Membership Secretary, has put pen to paper and crafted this sage advice for new and not-so-new beekeepers: A stinging commentary on …
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 …