🌟 Become a Certified Beekeeper in 2025—Enroll Today! 🌟
Start your beekeeping journey with ABC Bees' Level One Beekeeping Certificate Online! This comprehensive course, developed over 15 years of teaching experience, is packed with 50+ instructional videos, retention activities, and a vibrant learning community to support your growth as a beekeeper. 🐝🍯
Whether you're a beginner or looking to deepen your knowledge, now is the time to start planning for the next season. Use the winter months to learn at your own pace and prepare to manage your own hives with confidence!
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ABC Bees has been the Gold Standard of beekeeping since 2010—learn from the best!
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We are going to be working quickly on August 13th. We will be using a bee escape, a fume board, and also the tipping method, not to mention the brush and move strategy. There is going to be 4 colonies with honey pulled in 2 hours! So bring your water, notebook, a snack, and whatever protective equipment you usually wear.
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Join us for this exhilarating hands-on learning experience, where you’ll ensure that you have strong splits, which will ensure you can harvest your honey from your bees easily and with calm.
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OUR MASTER ACADEMY IS THE AMAZING! Monthly speakers, mentorship, online courses.... stop searching YouTube for beekeeping advice. Master Academy has curated content with educators from all over the world, not to mention field videos and coaching calls to support your beekeeping AS YOU ARE DOING IT!
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What are you waiting for? Join the Master Academy!
This month, we are hosting Dr. Graham Thompson of Western University. Graham's work has recently come to focus on the health of honey bees and their ability to resist environmental stress. One popular yet scientifically unexplored approach to promoting bee health is to supplement their feeds with living bacteria that support the bee’s gut microbiome to aid with digestion, nutrient extraction, immunity, and other possible effects that are relevant to beekeeping. Graham will explain how the microbiology of bee gut health could shape the practice of beekeeping in the years ahead.
Join us at Early Dawn Farm and Fallentimber Meadery apairies for an immersive beekeeping workshop where we delve into the fundamental techniques of supering and splitting hives. Whether you're a novice beekeeper or looking to enhance your existing skills, this workshop provides a hands-on learning experience that will empower you to effectively manage your bee colonies.
https://www.earlydawn.farm/bee-series-2
Date: THIS SATURDAY, July 6th, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $195
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Workshop Highlights:
- Introduction to Supering:
- Understand the importance of adding supers to your hive.
- Learn about different types of supers and when to use them.
Hands-on demonstration of super placement and management.
Splitting Hives:
- Grasp the significance of hive splitting for colony management.
- A step-by-step guide to hive splitting techniques.
- Recognize signs that indicate a hive is ready for splitting.
Troubleshooting and Best Practices:
- Identify common challenges in supering and hive splitting.
- Explore strategies for preventing and managing hive issues.
Q&A session for addressing specific concerns and queries.
Interactive Demonstrations:
- Hands-on activities for supering and splitting hives.
- Participants will have the opportunity to practice techniques under guidance.
- Gain confidence in hive management through practical experience.
Networking and Community Building:
- Connect with fellow bee enthusiasts and share experiences.
- Exchange tips, tricks, and success stories with a community of like-minded individuals.
- Build a support network for ongoing learning and collaboration.
What to Bring:
- Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a love for nature!
- Bee suits will be supplied or bring your own
- Notebook and pen for taking notes
- Bring a lunch and a water bottle
We will have both classroom and outdoor time. Please wear a ball cap, long pants, and closed-toed shoes
By the end of this workshop, you will have the knowledge and skills needed
TONIGHT!
Join us for this exhilarating day of hands-on learning, where you’ll ensure that you have strong colonies going in to winter, which will ensure you can replace winter losses and sell excess colonies in the Spring.
At our Beekeeping Field Day, Eliese will guide you through the components of late-season splits, including the minimum size, equipment organization, and hive management. It’s a Bootcamp you cannot miss if you are wanting to stop purchasing bees in the Spring.
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In this annual webinar, we hosted the Alberta Apiculture Inspector, Andrew Nagy and went through some key considerations in apiary management, hive purchasing, registration, disease identification, biosecurity, and more.
Tasks of the Beekeeper
Are you wondering what you need to do, throughout the year, to maintain a colony of honey bees? Here is a quick mini-lesson describing the ongoing tasks required to care for bees.
Beekeeping is a year-round commitment.
In this video, we dive into seasonal preparation, hive inspections, pest management, equipment care, and more.
Learn more on the blog: https://www.abcbees.ca/blog/ongoing-beekeeping-tasks/
For a comprehensive understanding of beekeeping equipment and other essential topics, consider enrolling in Level One Beekeeping. Build or enhance your own backyard beekeeping operation! Whether you are a beginner or an established beekeeper, a hobbyist or a professional, living in an urban or a rural setting, gain the skills to raise and manage honey bees through an entire beekeeping season. Apply your knowledge of bee biology and health, pollen and nectar, hive placement, feeding plans, and strategies for colony management. With the knowledge gained in this course, you will be able to develop solutions to overcome a variety of common beekeeping challenges.
Well, it's 5 years later (the 15th anniversary) of the CHCP Nuc Purchase, and I have to say, WE DID IT! In this mini-video, I share my dream, "Lots of nuc producers, queen producers in Alberta", and it happened.
I AM HAPPY TO SAY, this year is the first year in 14 years that WE ARE NOT SOLD OUT!
This is GREAT NEWS!
There are so many innovative, talented, and excellent beekeepers producing nucs and selling them this year, that there is so much choice, that people are purchasing more bees than ever from their neighbours and friends...LOCALLY!
We couldn't be more proud of all of you!
Watch the video we made on our 10-year anniversary of the Community Hive Collaborative Purchase!
If you are interested in learning more about the CHCP, go to www.abcbees.ca/nuc-sales
Calling All Package Beekeepers!
Prepare for honey bee package installations with our special mini video covering safe installation techniques! Learn the essentials in a quick, easy-to-follow format.
Ready for more details? Watch the full-length video by clicking https://abcbees.ca/blog/install-bee-package/🎥✨
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🐝 Exciting Bee Program Announcement! 🌼
Join our Collaborative Purchase of honey bees for 2024! We're bringing in 300 nucleus colonies and are thrilled to engage with YOU to help meet your beekeeping goals.
About the Program:
We've partnered with Bill Stagg since 2009 for sustainable growth and access to Canadian bees. Our micro-loan system ensures upfront payment to Sweetacre Apiaries, guaranteeing quality bees for over a decade.
What You Get:
5-Frame Nucleus Colony
Pick-up is available in Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton
Exclusively organic acid IPM
100% Sweetacre Apiary Queens
Wooden transport box with ventilation
Installation video
Provincial inspection report
Webinar with Alberta Provincial Apiculturist
Schedule:
January 20: Opening of Nuc Sales
10 Days: Pay for your bees
May: Provincial Apiculturalist Zoom Call
June 1: Nuc Delivery Calgary
June 2: Nuc Delivery Red Deer and Edmonton
Join us for this bee-autiful journey! 🌺 #BeeProgram #SweetacreApiaries #BeekeepingGoals
🎥 Join us on the rooftop of the High Bank Society in Calgary, where we witness an essential survival inspection for our buzzing companions! 🏙️🐝
🔍 Survival inspections are like health check-ups for beehives. They help us understand how our colonies are doing, identify potential issues, and ensure their well-being.
🌼 Spring is a critical time for bees, and that's why we're here for their nourishment! Watch as we use pollen patties and fondant to provide essential feeding to our colonies.
🏆 Eliese Watson, Master Beekeeper, demonstrates the best setup for spring feeding, ensuring bees get the nourishment they need to thrive.
Are you considering spring feeding for your bees? Click the link below to receive your free Guide to Pollen Supplementation.
🔗 https://abcbees.ca/blog/survival-check/
Enroll in Our Level One Beekeeping Course
For a deeper understanding of beekeeping practices, consider enrolling in our Level One Beekeeping course. Our course covers essential topics to help you become a confident and successful beekeeper. Gain valuable insights, practical knowledge, and expert guidance to enhance your beekeeping journey.
https://abcbees.ca/level-one-beekeeping-certificate-2/
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