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October 2024
RBA Monthly Meeting: Jane Lakes, Native Bees and Honeybees
Our speaker is Jane Lakes; she is a professional beekeeper and native bee enthusiast. She has worked in the field of urban beekeeping since 2019 and has recently expanded her interests into the wild world of native bees. She is currently a member of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia and is a student in the Master Melittollogist program with Oregon State University. She will highlight some of the adverse effects that honey bees can have on our wild…
Find out more »November 2024
RBA Monthly Meeting: Problem solving your hive
The event will be an interactive evening of problem solving in small groups with hot topics which we encounter in every day beekeeping. There will be prizes for participation and prizes for ingenious sleuthing. There’ll be lots of time to chat during and in between activities.
Find out more »January 2025
AGM and Dr Medhat Nasr – What does it take to successfully winter honey bees?
Join us for an early start for the AGM followed by a talk by noted research scientist Dr. Medhat Nasr. Dr. Nasr is a highly regarded apiculturist, educator, and regulator with over 50years of experience in both the public and the private sector. In Alberta, he served as Alberta Provincial Apiculturist from 2002-2019. Topic: What does it take to successfully winter honey bees? The beekeeping industry worldwide is greatly affected by the recent challenges to managed honey bee (Apis mellifera…
Find out more »February 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: Oxalic Vapourizing
Join us for an in person meeting (only) to discuss all things oxalic vapourizing. We will have several different models on hand to explore and ask questions. Due to nature of oxalic vaping, we won't actually be firing them up, but this is the closest you'll get to getting hands on with a a few different models. We'll also discuss, as a club, the possible purchase and management of vapourizers for members to use. New VP Barbara Forster-Rickard will also…
Find out more »March 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: Getting Ready for Spring
RBA Members Jeff and Amanda Lee of Honey Bee Zen Apiaries Ltd will guide us through their tips and tricks for spring beekeeping tasks, such as doing post mortems, promoting colony build-up, treatment and swarm control as we all prepare for the upcoming season. This may be an in person meeting or a Zoom meeting. Stay tuned and check back closer to the date.
Find out more »April 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: Swarm Season will be upon us
Join us for a discussion on all things swarm. Though spring seems slow this year it will happen. Several RBA members will be on hand to discuss their favourite swarm prevention technique as well as their tools for catching. Also, learn about the swarm list and if it's some thing for you. This will be an in person event.
Find out more »May 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: Bring your questions
Bring your burning questions and enigmas! We are open for discussion on all timely (or untimely) beekeeping topics such as how to make splits, when to put on honey supers, alarm signals that point to brood disease, how to take notes following a hive inspection, etc. What to do when your bees are not thriving or how to handle chalk brood. Come early to chat, doors open at 7PM.
Find out more »June 2025
RBA Field Day – Hands on Field Day
As always speakers and events being finalized. But bring your suit, your appetite and perhaps something to contribute to the appie or dessert table. We'll supply the hot dogs and drinks.
Find out more »September 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: The Hive as a Medicine cabinet
Join us as we talk about the health benefits of the bees and the products they produce as well as the ones we produce with them. Dr Bryn Hyndman, both an MD as well as a Naturopath will talk about the health benefits of honey. Other members bring their experience on a wider discussion of the other products such as propolis, tinctures and balms. Members are encourage to bring their own recipes to share. The discussion begins at 7:30 but…
Find out more »October 2025
RBA Monthly Meeting: Muhammad Fahim Raza, PhD
Meet the newest member of the BC Tech Transfer Team, Muhammad Fahim Raza, PhD.He'll share with us his experience and the newest work of the Tech Transfer team.
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