It is barely spring here in the Creston Valley, and we’re just gearing up to go into pollination in the cherry orchards for which this place is famous. As I’d previously reported, we bought Swan Valley Honey last July and made the consequential leap of moving from the Vancouver area to Creston. As we wait […]
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Alberta Small Hive Beetle find means trouble for B.C. beekeepers
Small Hive Beetle, a nasty little pest that B.C. has already had a small taste of, has raised its ugly head in Alberta. And, as seems to be the case so often these days, it is as a result of hitching a ride with an unsuspecting beekeeper. The situation in this case is much more […]
New adventures for Honey Bee Zen Apiaries and Swan Valley Honey
Honey Bee Zen Apiaries Ltd. has bought Swan Valley Honey, the primary producer of honey for the Kootenays. We’ll be moving to Creston this summer and will continue producing the products both companies are known for.
A Canadian honey goes to the North American Beekeeping Show
Amanda and I just came back from the North American Beekeeping Conference in Galveston, Texas, the annual confluence of the brightest minds and most wilful beekeepers you can imagine. This is the time of the year when beekeepers tend to charge up their minds; for the most part the bees are in bed for the […]
If you are a bee, how the New York Times sees you
As a journalist I have been a fan of the New York Times for a long time. As a beekeeper, I have another reason to like them. Joanna Klein’s interesting take this week on explaining the life of a bee breaks a few journalist conventions. One, of course, is writing in the second person. But […]
Bee Season Upon Us With Early Iotron Run
Who would have thought that beekeeping could be so complicated? The honey bees aren’t really even flying right now, other than some exploratory flights looking for early pollen. But it seems that the work of getting these little perishers ready for the new season starts early. So early, in fact, that I took this week […]
Terrific old-time beekeeping video from Holland
There’s a great old video of beekeeping from Holland that has been shared on Facebook recently. Amanda liked it so much she wanted to post it to our own site. It’s a Youtube video. Here’s the link:
Mark Winston’s Bee Time Wins Governor General’s Award
On our book shelves devoted to beekeeping are some of the classics; Langstroth’s Hive and the Honey Bee, Root & Miller’s ABC and ZYZ of Honey Bee Culture, Francis Huber’s New Observation Upon Bees, and dozens of other books that cover everything from queen breeding and selection to honey production to health benefits from hive […]
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Picking Blueberries With Sandhill Cranes: A Summer Event
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Canada’s ban on honey bee imports is folly, says B.C.’s biggest beekeeper
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Treating bees with oxalic acid; a late-winter mite-killing exercise
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Battling honey bee chalkbrood an expensive, maddening affair
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Four apiary sites in B.C.’s Fraser Valley found with small hive beetles
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Canada Bans Neonicotinoid Pesticides On Most Foods – Finally
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Painting New Honey Supers For The Coming Season
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World Supplier of Nosema Medication Fumagilin-B Shuts Down
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Alberta Small Hive Beetle find means trouble for B.C. beekeepers
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New honey in our Swan Valley operations in Creston!
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