26
Mar
March Business Meeting – March 27, 2020 ~ (via Teleconference)
Due to the unfortunate outbreak of COVID-19, our Semi-Annual Business Day schedule for this Friday was cancelled. The BCHPA Executive would like to keep the flow of our twice-yearly membership meetings going in spite of this. We have decided to hold our executive meeting via a telephone conference call so we can practice social distancing. ... Read More
13
Mar
Semi-Annual Meeting Cancelled
BCHPA Semi-Annual Business Meeting & Education Day March 2020 ~ KamloopsCANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 Dear BCHPA Members & Conference Guests, Although the risk of infection from the COVID-19 virus may still be low in BC, the advice of our Province Chief Medical Officer is to limit gatherings such as ours, to help prevent its spread. In... Read More
07
May
Prince George 2019 – AGM, Conference & Trade Show – Registration Now Open
The registration for the 2019 AGM, Conference &Trade Show is now open with Early-bird rates available. CLICK HERE for Event details and registration
24
Sep
Honey Samples Wanted for NMR Testing
Peter Awram and Leonard Foster are trying to develop a made-in-Canada solution for quality control of honey. This would make use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), plus possibly the mass spectrometry technology that Leonard Foster’s lab uses at UBC. As part of this effort, they would like to assemble honey samples from across the province... Read More
17
Jul
AGM Registration Now Open
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN http://victoria.beeexcellence.ca
25
May
Day of the Honey Bee at BC Legislature – May 29, 2108
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21
May
Caution regarding use of Bayvarol to control Varroa.
Bayvarol is a relatively recent product in Canada to control Varroa. It uses the active ingredient flumethrin. Flumethrin is chemically similar to fluvalinate, the active ingredient in Apistan, which has been used for many years, and to which some Varroa developed resistance. Paul van Westendorp recently advised that some anomalies have recently been found in... Read More
25
Apr
Got Foulbrood?
The National Bee Diagnostic Center is collecting suspected foulbrood samples (EFB and AFB) to contribute to a Canada-wide study. But first, we need your help. The goals of this research are to 1) develop better foulbrood diagnostic techniques (especially for EFB), 2) better understand the factors contributing to active vs. benign infections, and 3) compare... Read More
02
Mar
BCHPA Marketing Survey
Dear BCHPA Member The B.C. Honey Producers Association (BCHPA) is working on a project to support local beekeepers in marketing their locally-produced B.C. honey. The goal is to produce a variation of a “buy local honey” logo that B.C. Beekeepers can use on their jars, as well as branded farm-gate and farmers’ market signage. At the... Read More
15
Feb
Kamloops 2018
Our upcoming event is just around the corner, March 9 & 10, and we want to encourage you to register in advance. We are excited to host Andony Melathopoulos from Oregon State University as our keynote speaker. We will keep him busy with three different talks throughout the day. If you have not heard Andony speak... Read More