A Branch of the British Columbia Honey Producers' Association
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 …
Bee Club Apiary first full hive inspection. We are planing hive inspections this Sat March 26th starting at 12 noon to 3 PM. 2 week ago we checked for living bees and placed pollen patties and made sure that they had fondant. After 2 weeks of stimulant feeding we will be going in to check Read More …
Bee yard meet up Sunday Mar, 13th 1pm – 3pm The weather tomorrow looks favorably to do hive inspections at the bee club apiary. The best temperature will be between 1 and 4 PM. The field and paths could be muddy so please use caution when entering the field, and avoid wet areas . We Read More …
Not all of you that this notice is being sent out to are on Facebook so for you that are not Sorry for missing you in the past. Hi All I will be at the bee yard on Saturday Sept 4th. we have lots to get done. Hives to feed and colonies to equalize. Also Read More …