A Branch of the British Columbia Honey Producers' Association
Apiary Hive Inspections. Sat, June 26th 10:00 am A few have spoken and filled in the poll of when to host the next bee yard hive inspection. The popular choice is Saturday June 26th starting at 10:00 a.m., at our club apiary on Spiers Rd. To get there travel east on KLO Rd., cross Mission Read More …
Hive Irradiation If you have combs from questionable sources or do not know its history. Have had brood diseases like AFB, EFB, Chalkbrood, Sac Brood, Nosema, the new mystery disease (Dead bees look wet and black in colour) Brood frame sterilization is an 100 % effective way to kill these viruses and spoors. Our area Read More …
Hive Irradiation
2021 Membership
We are still processing the John Nelson estate bee equipment. We feel club members should have first choice so will first give the info to our club members and then in a week or so put it on the website and/or facebook. First item is the pickup which is being stored at Ingrams (Okanagan Beekeeping Read More …
Hello North Okanagan Beekeepers! Anyone interested in purchasing Ambrosia Fondant winter bee feed please contact me James Atzesberger or Keith Rae. Price: $60 per box which contains 5 packages of feed. Currently 16 boxes are spoken for, if we get up to 30 boxes of fondant we will get a price break to $55 Read More …
Keith welcomed all to the meeting, and indicated some hand sanitizer for everyone’s use. Any newcomers who are interested in being added to the email list should go to the club web page and send a message to James Atzesberger. He then introduced Tim Boumeester, who is the Bee Inspector, covering the area from Penticton Read More …
North Okanagan Beekeepers minutes March 16th 2020
NEW PLACE, NEW TIME, an early meeting in the Club Bee Yard. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 the College is not available for us to host a meeting at this time. In light of this and with the success of having had meet ups while doing hive inspections and working the bees, we have decided to Read More …