President’s message (February 2023)
While the rest of the continent seems to be suffering from extreme cold we have had temperatures that let the bees fly out periodically and remind us that they are still alive …
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2023 Sterigenics
The club is planning a trip to the Sterigenics facility (Port Coquitlam) for CRBA members to send beekeeping equipment for sterilization using electron beam irradiation. This has been an annual club …
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 …
President’s message (November 2022)
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 …
President’s message (October 2022)
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 …
President’s message (September 2022)
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 …
President’s message (August 2022)
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 …
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 …
Colony survival survey (2021/2022)
This informal survey of the CRBA club beekeepers reports on losses during the 2020/2021 winter season.