Interesting article on how the "new" Nosema, (Nosema ceranae) which jumped to our European bees from the Asian bee kills the bees by iron depletion. https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-honey-bee-nosema-parasite-hijacks-iron/?fbclid=IwAR03Y9qkVAA8h9_MtbBycHCjlrrTST0ojQr-Q_nNwQZlitzWkT7mR5LtL_Y
Kootenay Bee News
New Zealand Packages
Dave Johnson in Harrop has asked me to post the following email from him; We have confirmed that packages from New Zealand will be available this year. Approx arrival is April 26th. Price is $290 each. Contact as early as possible as supplies are limited. Half sold already! So..... CHECK YOUR BEES! Reply to.....Dave Johnson… Continue reading New Zealand Packages
Sterigenics (Iotron) possible run #2
Jeff Lee was here today (10 Feb) to pick up the first batch of bee boxes (45) to take down to Coquitlam to be electron irradiated at Sterigenics. Iotron has been bought out by a new owner, Sterigenics, and they have increased the radiation dose by half so that treatment is now more effective, and… Continue reading Sterigenics (Iotron) possible run #2
February Sterigenics (Iotron) Equipment Sterilization Run
Any West Kootenay beekeepers that want to have any equipment irradiated at Sterigenics (used to be Iotron) in Coquitlam, need to have their boxes wrapped, labelled, with accompanying paperwork to my place by coming weekend (7 Feb 2021). Jeff and Amanda will be coming through next week to take the load to the coast. Picture… Continue reading February Sterigenics (Iotron) Equipment Sterilization Run
BCHPA Membership and Educational Videos
The 100th anniversary BCHPA general meeting could not happen this year due to Covid so five Zoom meetings were run instead, during the month of November. If you are a member, you would have received notice of these meetings and may have tuned in to them. If you missed them for some reason, they have… Continue reading BCHPA Membership and Educational Videos
Calling All Sugar Bucket Black-listers
If you were at our last beekeepers meeting (March) and went home with a bucket full of sugar, I NEED THE BUCKETS BACK!! The sugar donations are coming in fast and furious and I have nothing to put it in. So on your next trip into town (Castlegar) please drop the buckets at my place… Continue reading Calling All Sugar Bucket Black-listers
WK Beekeepers AGM cancelled.
As of 17 March, the Castlegar Public Library is closed due to the COVID virus. Therefore we will have to cancel our WK Beekeepers AGM at this time. The BCHPA semi-AGM in Kamloops at the end of March has also been cancelled for this year, so I would not have anything to report at our… Continue reading WK Beekeepers AGM cancelled.
Bee Packages
If you happen to be going to the lower mainland soon, you may be interested in the email that I received from Beekeeper Lindsay; "We’re sitting on a number of Arataki Packaged bees due to arrive on March 23rd, and are looking to move them at a great discount. Bulk Rates for packages are as… Continue reading Bee Packages
Honey Bee – Nature of Things
I'm looking forward to this. You will probably enjoy it also; https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/telling-a-single-bees-story-in-a-creative-new-way
Wax Moths are good??
Turns out that there is a positive side to the wax moths that we beekeepers love to hate... https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/scientists-found-a-caterpillar-that-eats-plastic-could-it-help-solve-our
West Kootenay Beekeepers 
You must be logged in to post a comment.