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A.B.C Beekeeping Apprenticeship for 2012

THIS COULD BE YOU!! This year, A.B.C is pleased to offer a beekeeping apprecticeship program to local urban bee-lovers. A.B.C currently has 10 colonies all over Calgary and is looking to consolidate the colonies to 2 ‘locations’. Inglewood and a rural location near Springbank. A.B.C is looking to expand the 10 colonies to 22 colonies [ READ MORE ]

Hands-On Level One Beekeeping Course- June 23rd and 24th 2012

Oh wow! Here we go again! Year 3 of A.B.C’s Beginners Beekeeping Workshops and we are offering our first summer offering, with a hands-on beekeeping component oon June 23rd and 24th!  We are going to be having the course at Calgary’s own urban farm, The AREA, this year. In June, Eliese Watson will be teaching [ READ MORE ]

Open House Hive Inspection Potluck- Come and see the bees!

As you may know, the honeybees from the Community Hive Collaborative Purchase come in May 13th, 2012. So, about a month after their arrival, I am offering a chance to see how they are doing! OnJune 16th, 2012 from 12-4pm, I (Eliese Watson) and A.B.C will be offering open house to come and view the [ READ MORE ]

2012 Northeast Treatment Free Beekeeping Conference- Leominster, Mass.

2012 Northeast Treatment Free Beekeeping Conference: “The Practical Beekeeper” July 24-29 2012 Leominster, Massachusetts “I spoke at this conference last year and it was a blast!” Eliese Watson, A.B.C Calgary Confirmed Speakers:  Michael Bush, Kirk Webster, Dee Lusby, Les Crowder, Dr. Paul Arnold, Sam Comfort, Erik Osterlund, Laurie Herboldsheimer, Dean Stiglitz….More TBA! Register Here! 2012 [ READ MORE ]

Queen Rearing Workshop! Learn how to be a self sufficent beekeeper and raise your own queens!

Did you know? Over 85% of Canada’s honey surplus is created in Alberta, and that Canada is the 5th largest honey producer in the world? And did you also know that BC produced 20,000 nucs last year and has a market for 10x that amount in the local economy by sending bees to Alberta? And [ READ MORE ]

Introducing ‘Plan Bee Swarm Catchers Group’!

The willows have offered the last of their pollen to the dancing bee-fairies of spring; we are getting ready for the coming season. As a wise man once said, “there are no problems, only opportunities in disguise”, and we too are looking toward the 2012 season with great hope for excellent opportunities! In 2011, many [ READ MORE ]

Werner Gysi Workshops Now Open: Colony management using a holistic/biodynamic approach.

Werner Gysi is a published and much sought after speaker about Biodynamic Beekeeping, and he will be coming to Calgary on April 13th and 14th.  April 14th, 2012 Werner will be keynote speaking about  Beekeeping: The Wholistic Approach Where: Unitarian Church of Calgary, 1703 1 Street Northwest  Calgary, AB T2M 4P4 Time: 7-9pm Cost: Donation, recommended [ READ MORE ]

Slowfood Calgary Presents an Afternoon Workshop: What does food and community mean to you?”

WHAT DO FOOD AND COMMUNITY MEAN TO YOU? Could it be: Collective beekeeping? Someone to shop or cook with? Accessibility to foods you want or need, without worry about cost? Communally grown food? Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association seeks to build a thriving community and food hub beginning 2012 and we want to know what is [ READ MORE ]

Community Pollinator Foundation AGM- Guest Speaker Kirk Anderson, Backwards Beekeepers LA

The Community Pollinator Foundations (CPF) first Annual General Meeting is coming up and I thought I would send you an invite and the details of the event! Date: March 16th, 2012 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm Location: Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association Cost: Donation Keynote: Kirk Anderson, Backwards Beekeepers Los Angeles A Little History of the CPF The CPF is a [ READ MORE ]

Bill Stagg and Sweetacre Apiaries: Farm-stay for urbanites!

Bill Stagg and his wife Larissa have moved from the town of Sorrento to a beautiful farm of their own in near by Tappen BC, in the heart of the Shuswap, last year. Bill Stagg is the owner of Sweetacre Apiaries and a hive inspector for the province of British Columbia. But, he is also [ READ MORE ]

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