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February 2022
RBA Monthly Meeting – Ron Miksha on Honey
By Zoom, from Alberta, we will hear from Ron Miksha. His topic is classic, “Honey”! I think he can answer some of the questions we might have about honey, or ones we haven’t thought of yet. Ron Miksha keeps bees in his back yard in Calgary. He is a frequent contributor to BeesCene, American Bee Journal, and has a 20-year-old blog (badbeekeepingblog.com), which is named after his book about his commercial beekeeping days. Currently, Ron is researching bee ecology at…
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RBA Monthly Meeting – Dr Nuria Morfin – BCHPA Tech Transfer Program
Dr Nouria Morfin leads BC Honey Producers Association's new multi-year Technology Transfer Program to benefit the bee industry of the province. This program will pursue and implement appropriate solutions in fields which may include Integrated Management of bee pests and diseases, advancements in queen rearing, increased success in winter survival of colonies, develop training and BMPs for British Columbia beekeepers to become more self-sufficient and profitable. Nuria comes to the Tech Transfer Program with fourteen years of experience as a…
Find out more »May 2022
RBA Monthly Meeting – DR. R.W. (ROB) CURRIE – Head of Entomology, University of Manitoba
Based on the suggestion of our February speaker Ron Mishka we've lined up Dr Currie from the University of Manitoba https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/dept/entomology/personnel/Currie.html. He will be speaking on everyone's favourite/least favourite topic...Varroa. Just in time as we start gearing up for the season. The link will be published in the Newsletter but mark your calendars now for the May 10 meeting!
Find out more »July 2022
RBA Field Day!!
A field day, July 16. Check the Newsletter or Email list for the RSVP link. There will be speakers/demos(Julia Common, Nuria Morfin and Brian Campbell), a bbq and of course sunshine. Most importantly an actual face to face meeting! That will be the most exciting. Please do RSVP to ensure we get enough supplies. But we are all so looking forward to seeing you!!
Find out more »September 2022
RBA Monthly Meeting – Brian Campbell, President RBA amongst other things
Some of you may know Brian only as our RBA president but for those who know him better he's amazingly knowledgeable on a number of topics related to not only honeybees but a wide range of pollinators. He’s both a Certified Bee Master, Certified Master Gardener and is heavily involved in pollination and pollinator conservation issues in Richmond and the Lower Mainland. Join us for a talk by Brian, your chance to ask questions, especially regarding local pollinators. We're planning…
Find out more »November 2022
RBA Monthly Meeting – Dr Erika Plettner, SFU – return of the in person meeting!!!!
By now many of you may have read the recent article regarding another potential weapon in the battle against varroa. Her group studies chemistry and biochemistry projects revolving around synthesis, insect olfaction and communication, and biocatalysis and are in their 3rd year of trials with a chemical compound that could paralyze and eventually kill parasitic varroa mites. We are excited to have Erika Plettner joining us for our November talk.
Find out more »January 2023
RBA AGM and Meeting – Guest Speaker Carolyn Essaunce – Beekeeping in the Fraser Valley
Join us for the annual AGM which will be combined with a 'regular' event. Remember, to participate you must be an up to date member of the RBA. To renew your membership please use Eventbrite. Please talk to any exec member if you have interest in volunteering for the board. After the AGM local beekeeper Carolyn Essaunce will be speaking on the challenges of beekeeping in the Fraser Valley, and some potential solutions too! If you remember from Dr Plettner's…
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RBA Monthly Meeting – Abigail Chapman – PhD Candidate UBC
She's still working on the final topic but Abbi's, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in UBCs Faculty of Medicine. Her project is focused on identifying the physiological impacts of infection on honey bee queens and investigating the trade-off between reproduction and immunity. She is a PhD student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UBC and is supervised by Dr. Leonard Foster, whose lab she started working in while completing her BSc in Biochemistry. Abbi…
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