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CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS

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CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Bee Maid Honey Limited will consider project proposals in any area of apiculture, hive health or honey production.  Preference will be given to the area of honey quality and good practices of producing pure quality Canadian honey in the Canadian beekeeping industry.

 
Proposals for projects must be submitted to the Bee Maid Honey Research Committee by February 29, 2016.  Projects are expected to be completed within one year of funding, although renewal applications will be considered.
Proposal Procedures and Criteria Cover Page

 

à        Principal Investigator:  Name, address, phone, FAX, e-mail, signature

à        Collaborating Individuals/Institutions: Names, addresses, phones, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, signatures

à        Title of Project

à        Total of proposed budget for each year

à        Names and signatures of relevant administrative persons, if any

à        Summary – Provide a brief summary of the objectives and potential benefits of the proposed research

Project Description
Please describe the proposed research, in no more than 4 pages.  The proposal should describe clearly the:

à        Objectives of the project

à        The methods used to meet the objectives

à        The economic or other benefits that will result

à        Where the results might be published

à        How transfer of new technology to the beekeeping industry will be accomplished

Budget
List the proposed annual budget for each category below for each year requested:

à        Salaries and benefits

à        Equipment (non-expendables)

à        Supplies (expendables)

à        Travel

à        Other (specify)

Describe and justify the expenses. Overhead, institutional overhead, administrative costs, and the purchase of long-term capital assets are not eligible for funding.

Timetable

 
Please include:

à        A detailed work plan

à        Specific milestones to meet the objectives of the project

à        Resources and personnel available for the project

à        Responsibilities of each collaborator

à        Location of work, etc.

Matching Funding
Projects with additional or matching funding will be preferred.

Describe:

à        The funding that you or your institution will contribute to the project

à        List other funding for which you have applied or will receive towards this project

Attachments
Please attach:

à        Curriculum vitae for the principal and collaborating applicants

à        Other information relevant to the proposed research (i.e., reprints of completed relevant research, other grant applications, supporting letters, etc.)

Reporting

A requirement of the Bee Maid Honey Limited, Research Committee is that the successful applicant must provide an abstract of their results to the Bee Maid Honey Limited office by November 30th of the year in which the grant was awarded. A final report must be submitted by March 15th.

By February 29, 2016, please send application and five hard copies to:

Bee Maid Honey Limited

Attention: Guy Chartier

Research Committee

625 Roseberry Street,

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0T4          

Please forward an electronic version of the application to: guychartier@nullbeemaid.com.


2017 Manitoba Bees For Sale

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Manitoba Bees for Sale – 2017

  • 50 overwintered single hives. $185 each. Call Bruce Mclean, Dauphin, 204 647 0760
  • Fresh Roots Farm > 204-529-2083 > Cartwright, MB > 5 frame Nucs > available late May-early June > limited quantities > contact Troy @ freshrootsfarm.mb@nullgmail.com
  • BeeProject Apiaries > 204-990-4381 > Gimli/Winnipeg, MB > 4 frame Nucs > available late May/early June > contact Chris Kirouac, kirouac@nullbeeproject.ca
  • Interlake Honey Producers Ltd > 1-800-990-1390 or 204-372-6920 > Fisher Branch, MB > 3 Frame Nucs > available mid-May pick or arranged delivery to Winnipeg) > $180 – contact Paul Gregory, PaulG@nullinterlakeforageseeds.com
  • Will Clark > 204-724-2373 > Brandon, MB > Singles on 4 way pallet or single bottom, 4 frame Nucs, frames of bees and brood without queen > available after May 15th > contact Will, willmarthoney@nullgmail.com
  • Leithen Rubbelke > 204-333-2998 > Gimili/Winnipeg, MB > Doubles, Singles, 4 or 5 frame Nucs > available May 15th – contact Leithen, leithen3@nullyahoo.com
  • Destiny Road Inc > 204-513-0529 > Gunton, MB > 3 or 4 frame Nucs with new queens > available this spring – contact Jake Maendel, jake@nulldestinyroad.ca
  • Steppler Farms > 204-435-2491 > Miami, MB > approx 200 Singles (4-5 frames of brood and bees, box, cover and bottom board) > available beginning of May > $225, comes with option to buy supers at $65 per box > contact Ian Steppler, stepplerfarms@nullhotmail.com
  • Durston Honey Farms > 204-590-9441 > Dauphin, MB > Singles (full 10 frames) with new queen > available late Mall > contact Allan Campbell, allan@nulldurstonhoneyfarms.com SOLD OUT
  • Ron Loewen > 204-381-4529> Steinbach/Brandon, MB > Doubles with 2016 queens, Singles with 2017 and 5 frame Nucs with 2017 queens > all hives on 2 way pallets > available late May > Delivery available or pickup in Brandon area – contact Ron, rtloewen@nullhotmail.com
  • Andy Loewen > 204-381-7993 or 204-346-9701 > Steinbach, MB > Hives and Nucs > contact Andy, andyloewen@nullhotmail.com
  • Western Honey Bee Producers/Bee Outfitters > 204-783-2240 (ext 228) > Brandon/Winnipeg, MB > 5 frame Nucs in jester bee boxes > contact Bee Outfitters, mgordon@nullbeemaid.com
  • Earl Dueck > 204-855-3165 > Oaklake > Nucs, Singles, Doubles > Mid to late May > contact Earl, oaklakehoneyfarms@nullyahoo.ca
  • Krieger Honey Farm 5 Frame nucs with 2016 queens LaBroquerie, MB  Phone: 204-392-4670                     Email: josefkrieger21@nullgmail.com
  • Call Roger, Grunthal MB, for single and nuc colonies, PH 204-434-6918.

Queens For Sale

  • Dawn Clark 204 761 3076 Clark1773@nullyahoo.com  2017 mated queens available late June price   $30.00. Queen cells available after mid May  $5.00. Contact Dawn by text or email for exact pricing and availability. ALL DATES WEATHER DEPENDENT
  • Kemnay Apiaries Ltd  Box 9  Site 30  RR 2 Brandon MB  R7A 5Y2  Merv Malyon 204 725 6754Queen cells                   6.50  each after May 15thMated queens               35.00  unmarked    36.00 markedChile queens                Limited # . Available starting May 20thManitoba Mated            Mated in 2016 . Limited #’s   Available starting May 20thManitoba Mated            Mated in 2017  Available starting first week of June .ALL DATES SUBJECT TO WEATHER
  • We will have approximately 200 queens available per week. Starting beginning of June. Our breeder Queens come from Merv Malyon, Will Clark, and Bev Clark. Queens will be marked and in JZBZ cages. We will ship them by mail or you can pick them up at our place. Our location is 20 miles south east of Killarney. (3 miles west and 3 miles south of Cartwright) Price is $30 each.Golden Grove Honey FarmBrant WiebePh # 204-523-6460 call or text ( we are in poor cell service area) Email brant@nullcanadianqueens.ca Website canadianqueens.ca

 

 

 

 

 

** For beekeeper auctions – check Fraser Auction’s website at www.fraserauction.com (upcoming auctions) **

 

Your ad could go here. Free for MBA members, $10 for non members contact d.l.wright@nullshaw.ca for info..

 

 

Swarms

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If you have a honey bee swarm that you would like to have a beekeeper remove, please make contact with a beekeeper in the following ways.

If you live in or near Winnipeg, you can find contacts through the local association at http://www.beekeepingmanitoba.com/

If you live in rural Manitoba, contact your local beekeeper directly.

2017 Bee Equipment For Sale / Wanted

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE OR WANTED

For Sale:  Cook and Beals Wax Collection System.  Phone number 1 204 248 2645. Ask for Pierre

For sale:  I have 300 inner covers, 300 telescopic lids and 300 regular bottom boards for sale. Waldbee Honey Farms, Box 9 GRP 19 RR1 East Selkirk,MB R0E 0M0 PH. 204-482-3511 Cell.204-791-8850 or e-mail Philip Waldner <philip@nullwaldbee.com>

Wanted:  500 honey supers with drawn comb. Must be good quality. Mark Reimer ph 204 346 4153 or e-mail markednareimer@nullgmail.com .

For sale: Quantity of 5000 Western Honey Supers (i.e. 9 5/8″), includes spacers and 9 strait (non self-spacing) frames each. Fully drawn and inspected, $30.00 each. Located in Nipawin, SK. Phone 306-862-5979 or e-mail y.garez@nullsasktel.net

For sale: 60 frame Cowan Extractor, all stainless and very good condition, also have nucs for sale e-mail andyloewan@nullhotmail.ca or call 204-381-7993 or 204-346-9701 .

For sale: 2007 Cook & Beals  Spin Float Honey-Wax Separator with Electronic Drive with new sump & float switch. $11000.00. Contact Bruce at 204 742 3515 or west10honey@nullgmail.com

Assembled frames with White Permadent Foundation. Glued and stapled and wrapped in bundles of 10. $2.85 + GST per frame. Discounts with orders over 500 frames. Prices subject to change due to high USA  Dollar. Contact Mark 204 771 0672.

For Sale: metal hive cover, 5 standard suppers, hive bottom, 50 plastic frames, beesuit, 2 smokers, electric knife, plastic frame feeder, plastic 2 frame extractor, and more. If interested contact-  Adrian at 204 338-7172

For Sale: Cowan Uncapper , new in 2013, used one year,$9000. Contact Irwin Harlton, Souris  204 483 2382

 

The “French Bee Farm” is downsizing its operation.

2000 supers in very good condition, light color combs, 8 frames, 80% of the boxes are Murray Lewis very recent dipped boxes . Each super is 60$.

500 insulated black cushion for our spring management, 7 $ each.

500 feeder pails in very good condition, 5 $ each.

1 viking pump 1 inch 1/4 in very good condition, 1000$

1 Cowen wax recovery system, 1500$

250 hive top feeder, only 5$ each

500 queen excluder in good condition, cleaned every year, 5$ each

One 5 drums double jacketed stainless tank on a stand, 1000$.

During the day, please contact Pierre, 1 204 208 0110. In the evening call 1 204 248 2645

MASC Overwintering Bee Mortality Insurance

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With new changes to the MASC overwintering program the MBA would like to make its members aware that the program has a longer measured benefit for reporting good years as the threshold for a payout goes up on average to match your measurable level of loss year to year. For more information follow the link below or contact the agent at your local MASC office.

https://www.masc.mb.ca/masc.nsf/program_overwinter_bee_mortality.html

Manitoba Beekeepers Convention/AGM 2018

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Hi All

The MBA Convention will be held in Winnipeg February 16 -17, 2018 at the Hilton Airport  Suites at Berry and Wellington Ave. Confirmed speakers are Dr. Stephen Pernal, AAFC, Beaverlodge and Dr. James Masucci, Monsanto Bee Research, S Louis.

Prior to the Convention, the MBA has identified a need to help our members with the changes and challenges with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. We will be inviting specialists in this area to a special meeting Thursday, February 15, 2018. If you are interested in attending, please contact me at d.l.wright@nullshaw.ca

Thanks,

Daryl

Suite of Useful Aps for Beekeepers

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The Manitoba Beekeepers Association would like to point out some helpful Aps available to beekeepers big and small:

Fistly the CHC ap: excellent for staying conected to activities around the CHC: the App also is an easy access to the Bee Bio-security Handbooks and excellent management record templates to follow

 

 

The BeeConnected ap was developed in collaboration with crop life to create an easy access point for those beekeepers who are not connected to the applicator. Applicators who are laying chemical can send out a notification to alarm any near by beekeepers.

 

 

The Bee Health ap was developed with the Alberta beekeepers association and the Alberta provincial extension apiarists. The short hand for those looking to reference management strategies for hives and various challenges.

 

 

The Pesticide Labels ap is a utility developed by the government pesticide management regulatory agency to look up the chemical references for end users.

Manitoba convention and AGM information and registration!

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Daryl Wright

Jan 7 (4 days ago)
to MBbeekeepers

Happy New Year:

 

Please note that the MBA mailing address has changed. The new address is:

 

Manitoba Beekeepers’ Association

180-235 Vermillion Road

Suite# 199

Winnipeg, MB   R2J 3M7

 

February 15 to 17, 2018 is the  112th Annual Convention and Annual General Meeting. Please see attached documents on registering and notice of events.

 

Further presentations include the New Antimicrobial Regulations and how they will affect you, Bee Stings and allergies, Canola Varieties and Pollination, Reports from Canadian Honey Council and National Bee Diagnostic Centre and Manitoba Agriculture.

 

On Saturday afternoon, presentations and discussion will be offered on Spring and Summer Management for 3 different operations.

2018 Membership Forms will be mailed shortly

 

Topics for the AGM

Reports

Financial 2017 Year end and 2018 Budget

Barry Fingler Fund Research Priorities

Election of 3 Directors

Resolutions

 

If you have any Research Priorities you wish the MBA to support and initiate through the Barry Fingler Fund, please make your suggestions known to Paul Gregory.

If you are interested in joining the Board of Directors, please contact Daryl Wright.

If you have Resolutions you wish to be considered by the Membership, please contact Marg Smith.

 

Please find the registration forms to print up and

2018 MBA_Membership_Application_Form

Jan 1 2018 MBA Convention Registration Form (Autosaved)

Jan 112th Manitoba Beekeepers


MASC overwintering insurance program

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With new changes to the MASC overwintering program the MBA would like to make its members aware that the program has a longer measured benefit for reporting good years as the threshold for a payout goes up on average to match your measurable level of loss year to year. For more information follow the link below or contact the agent at your local MASC office.

https://www.masc.mb.ca/masc.nsf/program_overwinter_bee_mortality.html

Archive

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Winter 2018

CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS

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CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Bee Maid Honey Limited will consider project proposals in any area of apiculture, hive health or honey production.  Preference will be given to the area of honey quality and good practices of producing pure quality Canadian honey in the Canadian beekeeping industry.

 
Proposals for projects must be submitted to the Bee Maid Honey Research Committee by February 29, 2016.  Projects are expected to be completed within one year of funding, although renewal applications will be considered.
Proposal Procedures and Criteria Cover Page

 

à        Principal Investigator:  Name, address, phone, FAX, e-mail, signature

à        Collaborating Individuals/Institutions: Names, addresses, phones, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, signatures

à        Title of Project

à        Total of proposed budget for each year

à        Names and signatures of relevant administrative persons, if any

à        Summary – Provide a brief summary of the objectives and potential benefits of the proposed research

Project Description
Please describe the proposed research, in no more than 4 pages.  The proposal should describe clearly the:

à        Objectives of the project

à        The methods used to meet the objectives

à        The economic or other benefits that will result

à        Where the results might be published

à        How transfer of new technology to the beekeeping industry will be accomplished

Budget
List the proposed annual budget for each category below for each year requested:

à        Salaries and benefits

à        Equipment (non-expendables)

à        Supplies (expendables)

à        Travel

à        Other (specify)

Describe and justify the expenses. Overhead, institutional overhead, administrative costs, and the purchase of long-term capital assets are not eligible for funding.

Timetable

 
Please include:

à        A detailed work plan

à        Specific milestones to meet the objectives of the project

à        Resources and personnel available for the project

à        Responsibilities of each collaborator

à        Location of work, etc.

Matching Funding
Projects with additional or matching funding will be preferred.

Describe:

à        The funding that you or your institution will contribute to the project

à        List other funding for which you have applied or will receive towards this project

Attachments
Please attach:

à        Curriculum vitae for the principal and collaborating applicants

à        Other information relevant to the proposed research (i.e., reprints of completed relevant research, other grant applications, supporting letters, etc.)

Reporting

A requirement of the Bee Maid Honey Limited, Research Committee is that the successful applicant must provide an abstract of their results to the Bee Maid Honey Limited office by November 30th of the year in which the grant was awarded. A final report must be submitted by March 15th.

By February 29, 2016, please send application and five hard copies to:

Bee Maid Honey Limited

Attention: Guy Chartier

Research Committee

625 Roseberry Street,

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0T4          

Please forward an electronic version of the application to: guychartier@nullbeemaid.com.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

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The Canadian Honey Council is pleased to announce that  Jim Campbell, former secretary to the MBA, has been awarded the  Willy Baumgartner Memorial Award. This award is given annually to a person who has made a significant positive contribution of innovative, creative and effective effort for the betterment of the bee industry of Canada.

Please join us at the Banquet on February 26 to celebrate Jim’s Award and his contributions to the Beekeeping industry in Manitoba and in Canada.

2018 Manitoba Bees For sale

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Manitoba Bees for Sale – 2018

  • Destiny Road Inc > 204-513-0529 > Gunton, MB > 3 or 4 frame Nucs with new queens > available this spring – contact Jake Maendel, jake@nulldestinyroad.ca
  • 100 single overwintered colonies with 2017 queeens. Available mid May. Contact: d.l.wright@nullshaw.ca or briansneil3@nullgmail.com

 

Manitoba Bees for Sale – 2017

  • 50 overwintered single hives. $185 each. Call Bruce Mclean, Dauphin, 204 647 0760
  • Fresh Roots Farm > 204-529-2083 > Cartwright, MB > 5 frame Nucs > available late May-early June > limited quantities > contact Troy @ freshrootsfarm.mb@nullgmail.com
  • BeeProject Apiaries > 204-990-4381 > Gimli/Winnipeg, MB > 4 frame Nucs > available late May/early June > contact Chris Kirouac, kirouac@nullbeeproject.ca
  • Interlake Honey Producers Ltd > 1-800-990-1390 or 204-372-6920 > Fisher Branch, MB > 3 Frame Nucs > available mid-May pick or arranged delivery to Winnipeg) > $180 – contact Paul Gregory, PaulG@nullinterlakeforageseeds.com
  • Will Clark > 204-724-2373 > Brandon, MB > Singles on 4 way pallet or single bottom, 4 frame Nucs, frames of bees and brood without queen > available after May 15th > contact Will, willmarthoney@nullgmail.com
  • Leithen Rubbelke > 204-333-2998 > Gimili/Winnipeg, MB > Doubles, Singles, 4 or 5 frame Nucs > available May 15th – contact Leithen, leithen3@nullyahoo.com
  • Destiny Road Inc > 204-513-0529 > Gunton, MB > 3 or 4 frame Nucs with new queens > available this spring – contact Jake Maendel, jake@nulldestinyroad.ca
  • Steppler Farms > 204-435-2491 > Miami, MB > approx 200 Singles (4-5 frames of brood and bees, box, cover and bottom board) > available beginning of May > $225, comes with option to buy supers at $65 per box > contact Ian Steppler, stepplerfarms@nullhotmail.com
  • Durston Honey Farms > 204-590-9441 > Dauphin, MB > Singles (full 10 frames) with new queen > available late Mall > contact Allan Campbell, allan@nulldurstonhoneyfarms.com SOLD OUT
  • Ron Loewen > 204-381-4529> Steinbach/Brandon, MB > Doubles with 2016 queens, Singles with 2017 and 5 frame Nucs with 2017 queens > all hives on 2 way pallets > available late May > Delivery available or pickup in Brandon area – contact Ron, rtloewen@nullhotmail.com
  • Andy Loewen > 204-381-7993 or 204-346-9701 > Steinbach, MB > Hives and Nucs > contact Andy, andyloewen@nullhotmail.com
  • Western Honey Bee Producers/Bee Outfitters > 204-783-2240 (ext 228) > Brandon/Winnipeg, MB > 5 frame Nucs in jester bee boxes > contact Bee Outfitters, mgordon@nullbeemaid.com
  • Earl Dueck > 204-855-3165 > Oaklake > Nucs, Singles, Doubles > Mid to late May > contact Earl, oaklakehoneyfarms@nullyahoo.ca
  • Krieger Honey Farm 5 Frame nucs with 2016 queens LaBroquerie, MB  Phone: 204-392-4670                     Email: josefkrieger21@nullgmail.com
  • Call Roger, Grunthal MB, for single and nuc colonies, PH 204-434-6918.

Queens For Sale

  • Dawn Clark 204 761 3076 Clark1773@nullyahoo.com  2017 mated queens available late June price   $30.00. Queen cells available after mid May  $5.00. Contact Dawn by text or email for exact pricing and availability. ALL DATES WEATHER DEPENDENT
  • Kemnay Apiaries Ltd  Box 9  Site 30  RR 2 Brandon MB  R7A 5Y2  Merv Malyon 204 725 6754Queen cells                   6.50  each after May 15thMated queens               35.00  unmarked    36.00 markedChile queens                Limited # . Available starting May 20thManitoba Mated            Mated in 2016 . Limited #’s   Available starting May 20thManitoba Mated            Mated in 2017  Available starting first week of June .ALL DATES SUBJECT TO WEATHER
  • We will have approximately 200 queens available per week. Starting beginning of June. Our breeder Queens come from Merv Malyon, Will Clark, and Bev Clark. Queens will be marked and in JZBZ cages. We will ship them by mail or you can pick them up at our place. Our location is 20 miles south east of Killarney. (3 miles west and 3 miles south of Cartwright) Price is $30 each.Golden Grove Honey FarmBrant WiebePh # 204-523-6460 call or text ( we are in poor cell service area) Email brant@nullcanadianqueens.ca Website canadianqueens.ca

 

 

 

** For beekeeper auctions – check Fraser Auction’s website at www.fraserauction.com (upcoming auctions) **

 

Your ad could go here. Free for MBA members, $10 for non members contact d.l.wright@nullshaw.ca for info..

2018 Help Wanted

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HELP WANTED

APIARY TECHNICIAN / WORKER  AND FIELDWORKER

4 Positions Available

(NOC Code 8431)

DUTIES:

  • Taking bees out in spring
  • Spring work including general hive inspections and checks
  • Handle, feed and care for honeybee colonies
  • Assist in the production of nucs and replacement beehives
  • Recognize and report beehive health issues and apply appropriate disease cures/controls
  • Supering beehives
  • Harvesting honey
  • Cleaning honey extraction and storage equipment
  • Honey extraction
  • Barrel moving, preparation, filling and storage
  • Move beehives
  • Collect and package honey, pollen and/or beeswax
  • Maintain bee yard
  • Manufacture, assemble and maintain beehive equipment
  • Operate and maintain other apiary related equipment
  • Keep limited field and/or production records
  • Moving bees inside for winter
  • Planting,weeding, picking and freezing strawberries

*WCB coverage.*

*No education required.*

*I year previous commercial beekeeping experience required.*

Start Date: February 15th /2018

End Date: October 31st/2018

Hours per week: 40-50

Wage: $ 11.80 – $ 15.00 upon experience

 

Apply by sending resume to:

Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm LTD.

c/o Andy & Angelina Loewen

Box 489, Steinbach, MB  R5G 1M4

Phone 204-326-1500

Fax 204-346-0107

Email: andyloewen@nullhotmail.ca


Help Wanted: East Selkirk (MB)

Apiary Worker 3 positions (NOC 8431)

Beekeeping farm.  Seasonal full time, days, evenings, Saturdays. $12.00 -13.50 per hour for 50 hrs. per week, . Employment from March 31/ 2018-October 31/2018. At Waldbee Honey Farms Inc. Box 9 Group 19 RR1, East Selkirk, MB . R0E 0M0.  Language is English.Minimum 1 year experience required. Duties would be to handle, feed and care for bees; help in replacement of hives and production of nucs; move hives; collect honey; maintain and drive vehicles; maintain bee yard; manufacture, assemble and maintain beehive equipment; maintain and operate other apiary related equipment; Must be able to handle heavy loads, and work is physically demanding. Must work well with others,  as well as the ability to maintain basic production records. Report to Supervisor.  Would require steel toed safety boots.  Send resume by mail to above address or by email to philip@nullwaldbee.com

 


WEST 10 HONEY LTD, PO Box 205, Ethelbert, MB R0L 0T0 has the following positions available:

APIARY TECHNICIAN (12)

Wage: $13.15- $16.00.  Dates Required: March 1, 2018 for up to 8 months. Minimum 3 years experience preferred.

Duties: Handle and feed hives; Replacement of hives and production of nucs; Detect and report hive health and apply correct disease cures and/or controls; Keep field and/or production records; Harvest honey; Raise queens; Drive and maintain vehicles; Other duties as assigned.

ALL POSITIONS: Seasonal full time, days, evenings, Saturdays as required; Medical Benefits; Language is English and Spanish; Must have own transportation; Must be able to handle heavy loads as work is physically demanding; Must work well with others and be able to learn continuously.

Send resume by mail to above mailing address or by email to workatwest10@nullgmail.com.


Donate to the Barry Fingler Memorial Fund Today!

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The Barry Fingler Memorial fund was established to remember the Provincial Assistant Apiarist who passed away from brain Cancer in the early 90’s. Barry was a friend and colleague of many in the industry. As an association we formed the BFF (Barry Fingler Research Fund) to pursue research initiatives in a long term scale; a fund that could be accessed when needed for board approved initiatives. To date(Feb 2018) the fund sits at just over $130,000. As an endowment fund we need to break a somewhat larger margin to start more initiatives.

By Donating to the BFF today you will be helping the manitoba based research initiatives; and build a better bee for tomorrow!

[Donate button here]

[picture of Barry Fingler here]

Beekeepers Picnic 2018

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Ian Steppler has volunteered his yard for a 2018 Beekeepers picnic.

For those of you who are interested in seeing his operation and enjoying a day with the Ian and his bees; we will be holding the picnic on June 9th with a rain date of June 16th.

Ian says himself “So I’m planning on growing a bee beard at this year’s proposed Manitoba Beekeepers Association field day…
Anyone have advice?”

He sounds as ready as anyone has ever been for such an endeavor

More details to be announced!

Honey Bee Health coalition

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Honey Bee Health Coalition Unveils First Ever Set of Tools, Resources to Help Soybean Growers Support Pollinators, Reduce Pesticide Exposure 
Best Management Practices Include Information on Pre-planting Planning, Harvest, Use of Cover Crops


The Honey Bee Health Coalition unveiled today a series of tools and resources on best management practices for soybean growers — the first of its kind for soybeans — to support honey bee health and to help protect pollinators in and around soybean fields. An expert team of extension agents, agronomists, entomologists, beekeepers, soybean growers, and crop consultants developed the best management practices. They include strategies to identify potential impacts of soybean agricultural practices on bees at each stage of soybean production and suggest strategies to mitigate these impacts.

 

https://mailchi.mp/honeybeehealthcoalition.org/honey-bee-health-coalition-unveils-first-ever-set-of-tools-resources-to-help-soybean-growers-support-pollinators-reduce-pesticide-exposure?e=1462506900

Spring Bees!

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Spring is upon us and every year I get calls from concerned citizens about the bees foraging and creating a nuisance in the neighbourhood. As beekeepers we are not liable to change our practices but I would note there are some guidelines that the MBA in collaboration with the City of Winnipeg have developed in order to facilitate a good relationships between bees and people!

Every situation is different so I would not want to describe a one solution fits all situation but to be mindful of the environment we live in and an ever increasing human population that is competing for nature with the bees. Certain things can be attracting to the bees like: pools, hummingbird feeders, mineral salts, and sawdust; mitigating their presence when other resources for the bees are in short supply would be the first and most effective solution.

Follow this link to read more on guidelines for registered beekeepers in Winnipeg.

http://winnipeg.ca/ppd/planning/beekeeping/

Mite-A-Thon September 8th – 15th, fill out the mitecheck.com survey online to upload your data

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The second annual Mite-A-Thon will take place Saturday, September 8 to Saturday, September 15, 2018 and we invite you to participate!

 

Dear Honey Bee Friends:

The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor (a.k.a. Varroa), and the viruses it vectors is a significant driver of honey bee colony mortality and therefore needs to be managed effectively in order to maintain the health of honey bees and the ecosystems they live in.The Mite-A-Thon is a Tri-national (i.e. Canada, United States, and Mexico) effort to raise awareness about honey bee colony Varroa infestation levels in North America.

Mite-A-Thon participants are being asked to monitor the level of Varroa (number of mites per 100 bees) in their honey bee colonies using a standardized protocol, either powdered sugar roll or alcohol wash.   Mite level data including apiary location, total number of honey bee colonies, number of colonies tested, local habitat, and the number of Varroa mites counted from each tested colony is to be uploaded to the following website: www.mitecheck.com.

The goal is to take a snap-shot of Varroa mite levels across North America within a one-week window (i.e. September 8 – 15, 2018) and to visualize Varroa infestations levels across this large geographic area at the same time of year. The other underlying goal of this initiative is to encourage beekeepers to simply monitor for Varroa in their honey bee colonies.

The following beekeeper associations in Manitoba support the Mite-A-Thon initiative and would like to see strong participation from Manitoba beekeepers.

 

 

LET’S PUT MANITOBA ON THE MAP WHEN IT COMES TO  MONITORING VARROA MITES!

For the new beekeepers or any beekeepers that want a refresher on how to do an alcohol wash for Varroa, please click here to view the Varroa Mite Monitoring video produced for the Manitoba Beekeepers Association and funded under the Growing Forward Initiative. https://archive.org/details/VarroaMiteMonitoring .  Randy Oliver also has a great, short video on monitoring your colonies for Varroa mites, click here to view Randy’s video: https://youtu.be/oiu_dIZu7Uk

 Note: you do not need to monitor every hive in your operation to get good data on Varroa mite levels.  For example, monitoring 5 hives per yard site is a good representative sample for that yard.

After monitoring the Varroa levels in your honey bee colonies during the week of September 8th – 15th, fill out the mitecheck.com survey online to upload your data.

 

***ATTENTION***

The mite level information you upload to mitecheck.com will not identify individual participants

 

For more information about the Mite-A-Thon initiative, please visit the Mite-A-Thon website or contact the Pollinator Partnership at miteathon@nullpollinator.org (415 362-1137) or feel free to direct your questions to your local beekeeper associations, contact person Ian Steppler, stepplerfarms@nullhotmail.com or Provincial Apiarist, Rheal.Lafreniere@nullgov.mb.ca (204-945-4825).

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