Assessing Overwintered Colonies
Queens Park Queens Park Tennis Courts, New Westminster, British Columbia, CanadaJoin us for the first field day of the year! We will be assessing overwintered colonies and fixing those that need it. Check out "Module 1 - Management of Overwintered Colonies" in the Education section of the website. Close to 15 people attended. Discussion with handouts on how to assess an overwintered colony. Discussion with […]
Package Bee Pickup at Honeybee Centre
Honeybee Centre 7480 176 Street, Surrey, British Columbia, CanadaPick up your package bees at Honeybee Centre Thursday, March 4, at 6 pm. Tour of the facility open to everyone who attends. Packages picked up and tour provided. We are going to meet at the Queen's Park yard to pour four club packages in the morning.
Pouring Packages
Meet at 10 am to pour four packages in the Queen's Park yard. See photo in the 2021 picture album. We met and poured four packages. Pretty windy and cold, so each package was brought out of the truck cab one of the time. All went well. The overwintered colony was fed about 50ml of […]
Package Bee Queen Release
Meet at the Queens' Park yard to release queens from the four packages poured on Friday and to check the overwintered survivor colony to ensure they are eating.