Category Archives: Outreach
Meanwhile in Montréal
Here’s an interesting idea. Beekeepers rent massive numbers of colonies to almond, blueberry, cranberry, durian, eggplant, and so on farmers. Money is the attraction – neither the meager honey crop nor the diseases picked up on most of these pollination … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Yards, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged Montreal, Pollination, urban beekeeping
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Packages Arrive in Calgary!
Calgary has a hyper-active bee club. Members help members with all manner of thing. Equipment exchanges, educational programs, disease control. The latest big event was the arrival of 160 packages of bees from New Zealand. By the way, 160 packages … Continue reading
Cher Justin Trudeau…
Regular readers of this bee blog know that I avoid politics with as much self-discipline as most people avoid lounging on sunny days on a south-facing deck. This is a bee blog, not a political blog. If I ever mention … Continue reading
Posted in Comb Honey, Friends, Outreach
Tagged Alberta, Comb Honey, Justin Trudeau, politics
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Ecology 1,2,3
On Friday, I led an ecology program at the local elementary school. My 32 students ranged in age from 6 to 12. They were part of an experimental class where kids in their school could select their interest and indulge … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Outreach, Pollination, Save the Bees
Tagged Benny the Bee, Ecology, school outreach, teaching beekeeping, wax foundation
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Saving Honey
Brag time. We just got home from the big Calgary science fair competition. My 13-year-old won three awards. Here’s the kicker: his project was called Saving Honey with Sound. His experiment was based on sending ultrasonic energy waves into combs … Continue reading
Posted in Comb Honey, Hive Products, Honey, Outreach, Tools and Gadgets
Tagged Calgary, canola, economics, granulation, science fairs
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Alberta is Beekeeping
Last night, the Calgary and District Beekeepers Association hosted its monthly general meeting. About 150 people showed up. To accommodate the growing membership and big turnout, our club’s president found an affordable and spacious new meeting hall near the Bow … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Friends, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged Alberta, Calgary, Calgary Bee Club, Medhat Nasr, statistics
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De-stressing during the Oscars
In our continuing series on Oscar-winning beekeepers… Leo says keeping bees reduces stress during the annual awards cycle. Funny, I find it helps me the exact same way. Similarly, beekeeping seems to be a preferred pasttime for Scarlett Johansson, Morgan … Continue reading
TV Bee Outreach
How does your bee club reach the public? TV interviews are difficult, nerve-racking, and can go seriously wrong. But when Liz Goldie of the Calgary Bee Club took to the air with a local station, everything went seriously right. From … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Friends, Outreach
Tagged Bees on TV, Calgary Bee Club, urban beekeeping
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A Look Back at 2015
It’s been quite a year. A lot happened to beekeeping in 2015. Early in the year, honey prices soared to unprecedented levels, making beekeepers exceedingly wealthy. (Or maybe not.) Since mid-summer, however, the wholesale price of honey has fallen dramatically, … Continue reading
Beekeeping Promo Flashback
This video goes back about 15 years, but a friend asked me about the 6 minutes of local fame I experienced on the Dave Kelly morning show, so I looked up the film. The quality of the tape (and my … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Comb Honey, Culture, or lack thereof, Honey, Movies, Outreach
Tagged Calgary, Calgary Bee Club, Dave Kelly
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