Events

Join 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 […]

Pick 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.

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 […]

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.

Meet in the bee yard to review bee diseases and pests.  See Module 4. Weather permitting, we will roll for varroa.  Also need to check and feed our packages! Fifteen people in attendance. Club COVID supervisor reviewed club policy: provincial guidelines to be followed (members with COVID symptoms should not attend, attending members wear mask […]