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 …
President’s message (June 2022)
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 …
President’s message (May 2022)
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 …
President’s message (April 2022)
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 …
President’s message (March 2022)
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 …
President’s message (February 2022)
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 …
President’s message (January 2022)
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 …
President’s message (November 2021)
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 …
President’s message (October 2021)
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 …
President’s message (September 2021)
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 …