Honey/wax for sale
Bees have been busy this year bringing in the liquid gold from across Southern Vancouver Island. Listed below are some beekeepers that have honey for sale, probably in a variety …
Bees have been busy this year bringing in the liquid gold from across Southern Vancouver Island. Listed below are some beekeepers that have honey for sale, probably in a variety …
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 …
This informal survey of the CRBA club beekeepers reports on losses during the 2020/2021 winter season.
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 …
We were all getting used to wearing masks when meeting other people, and not really rubbing shoulders with folks at gatherings. But things are getting back to normal as BC …