A Branch of the British Columbia Honey Producers' Association
The Queen Bee, lean mean egg laying machine. Wednesday June 5th Beekeepers Meeting in Vernon and we have a great guest speaker. Abigail Chapman I am in the fifth and final year of my PhD at UBC in Leonard Foster’s lab where I’ve been involved in beekeeping since 2017. In the last couple years I Read More …
The address to the Vernon Schubert Centre for our 7pm to 9 pm bee meeting tonight for all that need to program your GPS is. 3505 30th Ave, Vernon BC If you want to be notified of upcoming meetings and club events by text message on your phone. Text Please add me to the North Read More …
Next North Okanagan Bee Club Meeting. Wednesday May 8th 7:00 Pm till 9:00 Pm at the Vernon Schubert Centre 3505 30th Ave, Vernon BC. Our area inspector Jim Davidson will discuss what our bees need now and some on spring management. We will also have a discussion on upcoming local beekeeping events. What the club Read More …
Change of Day, Time, and Location. May Beekeepers Meeting Tuesday May 16th out door at the club bee yard. on Spiers Rd. Bring your questions, your show and tell Ideas, tips and techniques that have made your beekeeping easier. Meeting will start at 6:30 and run to 8:30. All interested beekeepers welcome. To find and Read More …
Kona Queens will be available for pick up at the North Okanagan Beekeepers Field-day Sunday April 30th. If you are interested in getting any you need to preorder them from Joe Lomand (250) 457-7193 as he will bring them with him. Order deadline to ensure the queens you need for delivery at the field day Read More …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …