The Urban Buzz is a monthly newsletter sharing information on the urban beekeeping projects underway through A.B.C as well as other events and programming happening around Alberta.
2013
June: Queen Rearing, Supering, Photos from Day of the Honeybee, more...
May: Bees4Communities, National Day of the Honeybee, Home2Hive Bicycle Tours, CHCP honeybees coming...
April: GMO Alfalfa, Introducing TinyPlots, 2012 Honeybees Unwrapped, Hive Location PDF...
March:Apprenticeship begins, Plan-Bee Swarm Group 2013, Private Domestic Hive Management...
February- NA
January: A.B.C Keeps Bees for Businesses, Beekeeping in Los Angeles and 2 Queen Colony, 2013 Alberta IPM....
2012
December: Portland Urban Beekeeping and Xerces Society, Pacific NW Conference and Bliss Honeybees, Spirit Hills Meadery Opening...
November: BeeDry Beehive wraps, BC Beekeepers AGM, CHCP 2013 Open House, 4 Seats Left in 2013 Apprenticeship Program...
October: 2013 apprenticeship program launch, November workshop details, Honey hearvest on the Shuswap...
September: Free winterization PDF now available from A.B.C, Beekeeping Constellation Workshop, Level 1 BKC...
August: August field day and potluck, IPM Varroa workshop, Winterization Workshop, Upcoming AGMs, Swarm season thank yous...
July: Supering Your TBH, Harvesting Honey from TBHs, Honeybee Cut Outs, July Beekeeping Field Day, Fairmont Palliser's Honeybees...
June: Apprenticeship Program, Plan Bee Swarm Catchers Group, A.B.C Open House...
May: Level One Beekeeping Course and Hands on, Plan Bee Swarm Catchers Group, A.B.C Open House, Swarm the Closet...
April: TBH Supers, Queen Rearing course, The Urban Farm Store Portland, Werner Gysi...
Feb/Mar: NA
January: Collaborative Purchase General Meeting, Werner Gysi, Community Pollinator Foundation AGM with Kirk Anderson keynote...
2011
December : Collaborative Purchase of Bees Volunteer Meeting, 2012 Events Schedule, Reel World Films...
November: Calgary Bees on the Discovery Channel, WInterization, Wild Bees in Cardston.
Sept/Oct: NA
August: NE Natural Beekeeping Conference, Mass.; Beekeeping in NYC; Queen Rearing Course....
June/July: Sam Comfort Comes to Calgary; Bumblebee Rescue and Foster Parent Program Launched; Making Splits...
May: AREA: Calgary's Urban Farm; Swarm Catching Group; First Annual Mead and Honey Gala....
April: Patterson Springs CSA; Landshare Canada; Introducing the Community Pollinator Foundation...
March: Community Beekeepers of 2011; P2S Conference; Organic Beekeeping Conference 2011, AZ...
February: Community Hive Bee-Purchasing Meeting; Alberta's IPM Conference; Zoo Installations...
January: Level 1 Beekeepers in Red Deer; A.B.C Education at the Zoo; A.B.C Wins Grant...
2010
December: A.B.C Accepts Calgary Dollars; 2011 Course Schedule Now Up; Introducing the Earth Repair Collective...
October/November: Winterization Methods; Calgary Harvest Festival; Earthen Building in Calgary...
September: Vancouver Island Beekeeping; A.B.C in the Calgary Horticultural Magazine; Fall Hive Maintenance...
August: A.B.C at the Calgary Folk Music Festival; Bees and Swarming; Bee FAQs Answered...
