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February 2023
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…
Find out more »Bees & Beers
More details to follow on this but once again we're looking to resume Bees & Beers. An informal get together, a chance to chat with your fellow beekeepers. We will look to try and move this event around to try and appeal to the RBA members that are in all areas of Metro Vancouver. We generally look for places that can take a "loose" reservation of somewhere between 6 and 12 people, somewhere near transit and somewhere that has good…
Find out more »March 2023
RBA Monthly Meeting – Dr Nuria Morfin
Dr Nuria Morfin of the BCHPA Tech Transfer Team has agreed to speak to us in March on Honey Bee Biology - Reproduction! Just as we're gearing up for a new season. We're sure she'll also be able to share some results and data from last years varroa surveys.
Find out more »Bees and Beers
It's back. We're trying to restart these more informal gatherings. A chance to have a chat with some of your fellow beekeepers as you get ready for the new season. For now at Curve Lounge at River Rock. It's right on Skytrain and has ample free parking. We're all ears if you know of another location. We'd love to move it around to allow RBA members from all over the LMD to join in. Please let anyone on the exec…
Find out more »April 2023
RBA Monthly Meeting – Online Only event – Will Gruenwald – Chillardbee’s Apiaries
Join us for a discussion with Will Gruenwald of Chillardbee's Apiaries. For years Will was based in the Eastern Fraser Valley but 3 years ago made the move up to the 100 Mile area. Will will talk about spring preparation and management and how he's adjusted. Will will be joining us from 100 Mile so this will be a Zoom only session. Look for the link in the newsletter to come.
Find out more »Bees and Beers – Burnaby Edition!
Yes we've (Jean really) has managed to find another venue so that we can move this event around a bit as has been intended. It has been a challenge to find other venues post Covid. So please join us to celebrate what looks to be the actual arrival of Spring this weekend!! Hopefully it'll be more than a few days. As always open to anyone who has idea on venues...New West area keepers any suggestions??
Find out more »May 2023
RBA Monthly Meeting – Online Only event – Dr. Jon Zawislak
Common Scents: Honey Bee Pheromone Communication. Honey bees have developed some fascinating and intricate methods of communication, including a complex language of chemical signals known as pheromones. Learn more about some of these signals and how your bees use them to communicate information throughout the colony. Bio: Dr. Jon Zawislak is an assistant professor of apiculture and urban entomology for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. He has worked and played with honey bees since 1998, and is…
Find out more »June 2023
RBA Monthly Meeting – Hybrid Test Meeting – Brian Campbell
We don't usually meet in June as we have our field day which will be coming up this year on June 17. But we did want to test a hybrid meeting. We encourage those that live close by to attend as per usual at the Kinsmen Nature Pavillion. We will also be publishing Zoom link in the Newsletter. Feedback from members is they'd like to attend but sometimes it's just too much to fit in. At the same time many…
Find out more »Field Day – Mark your calendar
Just in the planning stages but save the date. June 17, 2023. Speakers, demos, bbq hotdogs and a potluck item. A chance to mingle with your fellow beekeepers from across the lower mainland. Last year was our first tentative step back in, this year we hope to be bigger and better. We will be asking for an RSVP in future (Eventbrite) just to help with numbers. Details to follow.
Find out more »August 2023
RBA Monthly Meeting – Online Only event – Will Gruenwald – Fall/Winter Preparation
For those that joined Will Gruenwald of Chillardbee’s Apiaries discussion in April he talked about his very specific fall/winter prep he has honed over the years that has worked for him. Join us for a rare August meeting of the club for the “big three” things required for successful wintering which is disease/pest management, sufficient population and queen rightness, and assuring adequate stores. He will talk about a few mite control products and a particular focus on oxalic acid vapour…
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