2013 Workshop and Activity Schedule!

Hello Halifax Bee Lovers!

Apologies for the delay getting this info up! Many people have inquired about 2013, so we’re excited to get started with another great bee season.

Here’s what we have planned for 2013:

March/April: Spring hive maintenance.

• The timing will be weather dependent. Yvon (who is running the workshop) will watch the weather and alert the group when the conditions are right.

April/May: Splitting and Swarm control

• The timing will depend on the strength of the demonstration hives

May: Intro to Beekeeping (divided into two sessions)

• Session one: Equipment
• Session two: Techniques and season overview

June: Discussion of Diseases and Pests
August: Honey Harvest
September: Final Varroa treatment and Preparing for Winter

Film Showing: Queen of the Sun

• Timing TBA

Winter Coffee Shop Chats

• Timing TBA

Do you want to be part of the planning? We’re always keen to receive new energy and ideas on the planning team. Email halifaxhoneybees@gmail.com if you’re interested!

Interested in membership? See our membership page for details.

 

Full 2012 Schedule!

Here’s what we have planned for the rest of the season! See our membership page for details on how to join, if you haven’t already.

Here’s what’s coming up!

• Intro to Beekeeping – Sunday June 24th
• Splitting Strong Hives and Swarm Control – Sunday July 8th
• Top Bar Hives – July 22nd
• Honey Extraction – August 19th
• Diagnosing disease and parasites, and organic methods for control – September 9th
• Honey Extraction – September 23th
• Preparing for Winter – date TBA

 

First workshop of the 2012 bee season!

Hello Honey Bees!

If you haven’t yet joined the society for the 2012 season, there’s still time

We’ve pulled together an early worshop (we usually start in May), so that we can cover spring hive maintenance. What do you do first thing in the spring? It’s a very important time! Come find out all about it. We’re lucky to have  Andony Melathopoulos deliver this workshop. He’s an experienced beekeeper and bee scientist with many years experience in various aspects of beekeeping and pollination. With an understanding of small scale, commercial scale, and urban beekeeping contexts, we’re sure to learn a lot from Andony.

All workshops are open to members. See our membership page for full details on how to join!

 

Getting ready for the 2012 bee season

We’re working out the details on a great line-up of workshops this  year. If you haven’t already paid your membership fees for 2012, you can do so on our membership page. You’ll notice that we’re accepting online payments now. Remember, you don’t need to have any experience with bees to be a member. Many of our workshops offer opportunities to beekeepers and non-beekeepers alike. There are lots of opportunities to learn with us.

We’re looking forward to a great season and hope that you can join us. Watch this site and our Facebook page for updates on this year’s schedule.

Happy spring!

 

Welcome!

The Halifax Honeybee Society is thrilled to be embarking on this exciting project of urban beekeeping, and we welcome you to browse this site to find out more about who we are and what this project is all about.

We also welcome you to get involved!

2011 is our third year, and we’ve got lots of exciting activities planned. We are again inviting everyone interested in learning about bees and beekeeping to join our membership. This season, members will be invited to participate in 8 workshops, covering everything from an introduction to the basics, to disease management, to preparing for winter and harvesting honey. These workshops will be hosted by urban beekeepers in Halifax.

You’ll find everything you need to know to become a member on our membership page.

If you need more information, if you want to offer a suggestion, please contact us at halifaxhoneybees@gmail.com.

Also, find us on Facebook!

Hope to see you in the spring!

Halifax Honeybee Society