Nucs/bees for sale
It’s that time of year. Do you have nucs for sale? Do you want bees? Here’s the information you need.
News
President’s message (September 2019)
For some people it is pulling the boat out of the water, cleaning the hull, packing the battery and stowing the PFD’s. For others, it is shuttering windows, packing sheets and …
President’s message (August 2019)
If, hypothetically, you got yourself invited to spend a week in the desert with 70,000 other people, in a place where you had better have enough water to cope with …
President’s message (July 2019)
January 1848, Coloma, CaliforniaMay 1861, Central Otago, New ZealandAugust 1896, Klondike, YukonJuly 2019, China Beach, BC Yes. They are all gold rushes; stampedes, great gobbling glitter seekers hiking into the hills …
Relocating a bumble bee nest
Have you had a bumble bee nest on your property? Here are some tips on how to relocate them yourself, if you’re up for it.
President’s message (June 2019)
Alanna put out the word. The Swan Lake bees are gone! And the hunt was on for the swarm. A little story in the newspaper generated a large amount of interest …
Colony survival survey (2018/2019)
This informal survey of the CRBA club beekeepers reports on losses during the 2016/2017 winter season.
President’s message (May 2019)
I am sure that Carolyn is smug in her Kia as she glides by the gas pumps and Don is shuddering every time he pulls into the station with his …
President’s message (April 2019)
I know. How you can you miss me if I won’t go away! Plans of moving house have been shelved and all the boxes of life’s souvenirs have been thinned …
President’s message (March 2019)
The winter snows that cancelled our February meeting seem like a long time ago and yet the outside temperature and the small clumps of remaining white stuff remind me that …
Iotron trip 2019 preparation
Discussion around the visit to Iotron in 2018.