A Branch of the British Columbia Honey Producers' Association
Beekeeping Meeting Monday 20th March. Okanagan College Kelowna, 1000 KLO Rd. Building E, Room: E309 Monday March 20th. Time: 7:00-9:00 Our Monday night meeting will be our AGM with the election of officers and directors. This will be brief. We will have a discussion on holding a spring fields day, and what topics you would Read More …
reminder next meeting is Feb 27th 7PM to 9PM Building E; Room E309 North Okanagan Bee Keepers Meeting – November 21 – Okanagan College President – Keith Rae hosting 1. Introductions of the attendees 2. Keith’s Report – BCRPA has a slight increase to annual dues, to starting at $50.00 for up to 25 hives. Read More …
Beekeeping Meeting Monday 27th Feb. Okanagan College Kelowna, 1000 KLO Rd. Building E Time: 7:00-9:00 in Room: E309 Our Monday night meeting will be a discussion on spring management. Transitioning our overwintered colonies into spring. Assessing colonies and aiding the weaker ones. Cleaning out hives that did not make it thru winter and assessing what Read More …
BCHPA Membership Renewal deadline. It is time to renew your BCHPA membership. By renewing before Jan 31st Our club will receive a re-bait to cover your North Okanagan membership. The BCHPA and to bolster it’s membership They offered a rebate to branch associations by sharing part of the annual membership paid to the BCHPA. This Read More …
F orward Email from Paul van Westendrop To: Beekeeper Associations Re: Vacancy: Apiary Inspector North OK / Shuswap / Thompson-Nicola Kevin Hamilton has indicated that he will not continue as Apiary Inspector of the North Okanagan / Shuswap / Thompson-Nicola regions for the 2023 season. We are now seeking candidates to fill the position early Read More …
Beekeeping Meeting Monday 21st Nov. Okanagan College Kelowna, 1000 KLO Rd. Building E Time: 7:00-9:00 in Room: E309 This long overly warm fall has had some effect on the size of the winter hive populations in some hives. This has me concerned as we head into the coldest part of winter and into spring when Read More …
Beekeeping Meeting Monday 24 OCT. Okanagan College Kelowna, Building E Time: 7:00Pm – 9:00Pm in Room: E309 It has been a long while but the college has opened up to outside groups having meetings again. The topic for this Mondays meeting we will be covering winter hive preparations. Mite treatments, fall feeding, to winter wrapping.
I screwed up when posting the date of the extraction of our bee club honey the date is Sat, Aug 20th. Still have room on the IPE volunteer schedule, You can sent a Text or Call 250 240 0227 or Email me at K_S_Rae@hotmail.com Honey extraction 2 options rent the 4 frame and extract at Read More …
Bee Club Honey Extraction Day.PART 2 Saturday August 20th 10:00 Am to Late 7:00 Pm. We will be pulling supers of honey and extracting them. We are meeting up in the bee yard. Saturday August 20th. starting at about 10:00 to 7:00. We will cover different options for removing bees from the supers from shake Read More …
As most of you are aware Interior Beekeepers have a large beekeeping display the Interior Provincial Expedition (Armstrong Fair) It runs Aug 31st to Sept 4th so we need 3 sets of 2 to man the exhibit each day to keep an eye on the display and observation hive, and to share your information on Read More …