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Thanks for the various responses to my post. Almost all of us here in Newfoundland (where it can be cold but also damp) use upper entrances. My crown board has a centre hole for a rapid feeder in the warm season (but covered with 1/8" mesh at the moment) and two ventilation holes at the back...

It's my understanding that there is no consensus in the U.K. about what level of ventilation to provide in your hives particularly during the winter. Here in Newfoundland we're firm believers in the adage, "It's not cold that kills bees, it's moisture." Two days ago it was -18 deg. C. and sunny...

I'm a bit surprised that Phacelia isn't more in use in North America. It seems to be quite popular in continental Europe, and there is a lot in the scientific and popular literature about it.

Do any of you know anyone with enough Phacelia around an apiary to generate a monofloral honey? Curious to know what it tastes like.

Thanks for the above. I have been in contact with Harry Owens. Your import regs. look different because of your membership in the EU (while it lasts). Our import regs re. outside Canada sources are WTO-based supported by the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal...

Somewhat like the Isle of Man in the U.K., we beekeepers in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) enjoy a special status in that we are free of Varroa destructor, tracheal mites, American foulbrood, European foulbrood, wax moths, Nosema ceranae, small hive beetles, and various viruses that plague...

Here in Newfoundland and Labrador our beekeeping association has tried the following methods of communication with the membership and the general public - broadcast email, a LISTSERV, a BBS (like this one), a public FB group and a secret FB group for the members only. Problems encountered...

We need those kind of biosecurity measures here. It will take a couple of years to get to that point; we have a lot of public education (and education of government) to do in the meantime. Thanks for that!

This is what Dan Price, past president of the NL Beekeeping Association has to say about this Skinner strain. "Subject to correction from the Newfoundland Bee Company breeders, I have observed the following traits in their Newfoundland bee line since 2009. And what a beautiful bee they have...

The genetic composition of our currently small population of honey bees on the Island of Newfoundland is largely the creation of Wally Skinner, his daughter Andrea Skinner, and Paige Marchant (Newfoundland Bee Company), with the assistance of Wally’s other daughter, Alison van Alten (Tuckamore...

Greetings from Newfoundland! I'm on the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Beekeeping Association (NLBKA). While we are a young association, having been in existence for less than three years, we have big plans with respect to expanding beekeeping in the province. We are dedicated to the...

I planted a couple of large beds of Phacelia tanacetifolia (Purple tansy) last June and July and the honey bees and various bumble bee species were all over it for the entire summer, and into October for the honey bees. It's an annual, but does anyone know how well this plant reseeds? Can I...