Category Archives: Save the Bees
Have These Kids Found a Way to Kill Varroa?
I am a skeptic when it comes to ‘miracle’ cures to fight varroa. I think that the various expensive heat/sauna systems are a waste of time and money. A lot of natural treatments (icing/powdered sugar; essential oils; screened bottoms) are … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Diseases and Pests, Save the Bees, Science, Tools and Gadgets
Tagged crowd-funding, First Lego Competition, varroa mites
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March for Science (revisited)
So, how’d the March for Science go? I’ll admit that it went better than I expected. My fear (expressed in Friday’s blog) that the effort to support science would be hijacked by a political agenda was only about one-third true. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Friends, Outreach, Save the Bees, Science
Tagged beekeeping, March for Science
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Wildflowers and Bees
My friend Liz Goldie was in the news again. This time it was a good thing. She had dropped by a local greenhouse to set up delivery for July for some bee-friendly wildflower seeds to distribute at Calgary’s Stampede. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Friends, Honey Plants, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged Calgary, planting for bees
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Beekeepers Come; Beekeepers Go
Between 45% and 75% of British beekeepers are newbies – in their first four years. Only 10% have been at it for more than ten years. I guess it’s similar in Canada, Australia, and the USA. I saw the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Culture, or lack thereof, Humour, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged beekeeping, learning
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Eating the Vomit of Slaves?
This headline showed up in my beekeeping news feed this morning. It’s a disgrace to the cause of fighting against the abuse of animals and it shows total stupidity of the subject on the part of the PETA writer responsible. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged animal abuse, PETA, slavery
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Beekeeper Royally Stung
A rather sad story today. Sad on several levels. A couple of months ago, we learned that “Prince Charles’ beekeeper” was charged with using a prohibited chemical in his hives. The chemical is a medication used throughout North America and … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Diseases and Pests, Honey, Save the Bees
Tagged bee medications, organic honey, Prince Charles, Scotland, tetracycline
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Sweet Stats
Yesterday, Stats Canada released honey bee numbers for 2016. Canada now has more colonies ever. That’s right – more hives of honey bees than ever, in all of our recorded history. Our numbers are now over 750,000 colonies. The last … Continue reading
Hate Nation’s Bees
I’m pretty fussy about the shows I catch. Unless they include bees – then I’ll watch almost anything. The folks over at the London School of Economics beekeeping site mentioned a British dystopian thriller, Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Movies, Save the Bees
Tagged Black Mirror, dystopia, Hate Nation, murderous bees, Robobees
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Lawsuits Amidst Toxic Allegations
Australia is having a food fight. Well, a honey fight, actually, and there are lessons aplenty to be found in it. First off, a Save the Bees gentleman, Simon Mulvany, of Melbourne, launched a name-calling campaign against Australian honey packer … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial Beekeeping, Honey, Save the Bees, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Australia, Capilano, lawsuits, toxic honey
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Bad Beekeeping Blog 