Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission

The National Bee Unit has a useful fact sheet on swarm control when the queen is hard to find.
https://www.nationalbeeunit.com/assets/PDFs/3_Resources_for_beekeepers/Fact_Sheets/Fact_24_Swarm_Control_When_You_Cant_Find_the_Queen.pdf

Out on an early season check on some SBDC research bees!

Canadian Honey Bee Health Webinar Series

2026 Series - Part 1: Adaptive Management to Keep Honey Bee Healthy
Date & Time
Mar 18, 2026 11:00

Time:
PST : 10:00 AM
PDT : 11:00 AM
MDT : 12:00 PM
EDT : 02:00 PM
ADT : 03:00 PM
CET : 07:00 PM

The Canadian Honey Council, in collaboration with the Canadian Bee Tech Transfer Programs and with the support of Véto-pharma, is pleased to present the 1st part of an exclusive beekeeping webinar series focused on Adaptive Management to support honey bee health.

➜Talk No 1 : New options for mite control presented by Andrew Byers

➜Talk No 2 : Series of 20 minutes presentations of the following products : Apivar 2.0 + Amiflex (Vetopharma), Varroxsan (Vita Bee Health) and Norroa (Greenlight Biosciences).

➜Talk No 3 : General Discussion (20 minutes).

If interested, please sign up now. If you sign up, you can get access to the recording at later time.
The webinar will be in English and French.

For registration scan the code for day 1

Or

Go to:
bit.ly/webinar2026day1

Few days left to register for the first Webinar.

People searching for honey in Mozambique work with birds via a shared language in a rare case of cooperation between humans and wild animals. This language also comes with regional dialects — that appear to be driven by the birds.

There is few spots left if interested to register for the B_Ginners Beekeeping Workshop. For more info, please check this link

2026 B_Ginner Beekeeping Workshop - March 24,26,31, and April 2/26 Tuesdays and Thursdays - SBDC - Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission The Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission (SBDC) and Tech Adaptation Program in a partnership with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture – Apiculture Program are pleased to offer the B_Ginners Beekeeping Certificate Continue Reading