Category: Bee Club Apiary Beekeeping

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 …

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 …

BEE CLUB Honey Extraction Day. Sunday August 7th 10:00 to 3:00. We will be pulling supers of honey and extracting them. We are meeting up in the bee yard. Sunday August 7th. starting at about 10:00 to 3:00. We will cover different options for removing bees from the supers from shake & bee brush, escape Read More …

I will be down at the bee yard on Monday Aug 1st. 10:00 ish I need to check for space. I also need to sort out and get the container ready for honey extraction.to get there, In the field on the left, 300 meters down Spiers Rd off of KLO Rd. Honey Extractor for Rent. Read More …

It’s time to spend a few hours in the bee yard. Need to find queens and put them in the bottom super and install a queen excluder. Check for room and add supers if needed. Do a few mite checks. Will be at the bee yard at 10:30ish tomorrow Tuesday July 19th on Spiers rd. Read More …

Bee Club Apiary Inspection, Saturday July 2nd, 11:00 to 3:00. Was hoping to inspect the club bees on Sunday but have changed my mind after looking at the latest weather reports. so we will be at the club apiary on Saturday July 2nd. we have beekeeping to do. checking colony growth checking some queen matings. Read More …

BEE CLUB WORK SHOP. . June 18th from 11:30 to 3:00 We will be checking for, disease, mites, queens, queen cell mating check, checking nucs and splitting hives. Trying to plan days to work the clubs hives and to have bee meetings in the bee yard has been difficult due to the poor weather, and Read More …

BEE CLUB WORK SHOP. MAY 22ND & 23RD FROM 11:30 TO 3:00 Disease, mites, queen rearing, queen cell mating check, making nucs and splitting hives. I hope everyone is having a good long weekend. Trying to plan bee field days to work the clubs hives and to have bee meetings in the bee yard has Read More …

We will be back at the bee club apiary on Spiers rd, this Sunday April 24th. starting about 11:30. our tasks are to split a strong colony with an imported mated queen. Equalize and get 4 hives ready to go out for pollination next week. We are also going to set up a cell starter Read More …