| On this page you'll find the most recent events and points of interest. |
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| April 13 - New Regional Chapter On this day, Monday April 13, a new Regional Chapter was created. 109 people were contacted and 38 came to the first organizational meeting. The executive committee was formed, the Bylaws were adopted and the new regional chapter was created. The York County Beekeepers Association at this time meets in the Willard Middle School, in Sanford. They will eventually meet on the third Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Their next two meetings are scheduled for May 18 and June 15. There's much more room for members then the little pictures show. We welcome all that have an interest in honey bees. Yearly dues is $4.00, come join us! |
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| National Honey
Bee Day |
| August
22, 2009 - Cumberland
County Beekeepers Association Exhibit The Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, will host the Cumberland County Beekeepers Saturday, August 22, 2008. Learn about the industrious life of the honey bee, and the role of the beekeeper. Parts of the bee hive and beekeeping equipment will be on display. There will beexperienced beekeepers to answer your questions. Honey and other products of the hive will be for sale. |
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| July - Nuc Workshop Erin Forbes and Larry Peiffer put on a workshop on creating nucs. The 20+ students received with their instructions, a divided deep for wintering two nucs. They also got two queens. This was a hands-on approach where it was demonstrated what to look for and how to set up the nuc box for over-wintering. |
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| May - Cumberland County Club
Hives The Club took a vote and decided it would invest some of it's money into having it's own hives. Erin Forbes has done an excellent job at caring for the bees. This is the same location that a nuc workshop was held this year. A club hive winterizing session was also held here. So, it's looking like the club hives are getting good attention and use. |
| In The NEWS |
| What do Dancing
Honeybees and Stock Markets have in common? Deciphering Honeybee Dances and Stock Market Swings. Grad students at MIT create models through math that brings order to complex systems. For the rest of the story, CLICK HERE. By Anne Trafton, News Office December 10 2008 |
 Seacoast.com By: Debaroh McDermott May 11, 08 In
South Berwick, neighborhood
residents are buzzing about the actions of a Portland Road
man who brought a hive of honeybees into his downtown back yard to
pollinate his fruit trees. For the rest of the story, CLICK
HERE.
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| Plano
Television Network |
| Urban
Bee Keepers Educating Residents. For the rest of the story, CLICK
HERE. |
| Boston
Globe By: Irene Sege, Globe Staff April 28, 2008 Buzz grows over beekeeping Soaring enrollment in county 'bee schools' reflects a national trend. CLICK HERE for the rest of the story. |
| KENNEBEC
JOURNAL Amateur beekeepers starting quite a buzz in Maine This is a very nice article related to new beekeepers in the state of Maine. It has interviews with Tony Jadczak, State Apiarist and Rick Cooper, Master Apiarist. To get all of the info, CLICK HERE |
| CBS
NEWS (AP) Scientific investigators have a new suspect for what's been killing billions of honeybees: an Israeli acute paralysis virus previously unknown in the United States. For the rest of the story, CLICK HERE. |
| October
28, 2007 |
| Bees
were recently featured on 60 Minutes. In this program, "What's
with the Bees", featured interviews by David Hackenberg on ther
Colony Collapse Disorder. The full program can be viewed on-line
at: CBS
NEWS |
| October 2007 |
| The
PBS Nature website has several excerpts that feature the Colony
Collapse Disorder. This is also a very informative and up to date
web page. To read and watch more CLICK HERE |
| Vanishing Bees Vex Scientists |
| May
16, 2007
This
is a story from CNN World News. It's their latest story on
the Disappearing Honey bees. To read the entire article CLICK
HERE
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| The
Portland Press Hearald |
| May
2, 2007 If you were looking in the State of Maine for an article on the Disappearing Honey Bees, The Portland Press Herald wrote this article. It's more about the affects this topic has on our state's agriculture. For the whole article, CLICK HERE |
Vanishing Honeybees Mystify Scientists
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| April
22, 2007
This
is a story from CNN World News
• Billions of bees have mysteriously vanished since late last year in the U.S. • Disappearing bees have also been reported in Europe and Brazil • One-third of the U.S. diet depends on pollination, mostly by honeybees • Some beekeepers are losing 50 percent of their bees to the disorder CLICK
HERE for the rest of the story.
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WGME
- NEWS 13
The Disappearing Bees March
28, 2007
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| Bee
Colony Collapse Disorder - Where is it all Heading? |
| March 15, 2007 This is a Story
related to the Disappearance of Honey Bees around the country and
some found missing Eroupe. For the rest of the story, CLICK
HERE
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| Fall
Dwindle Disease December 15, 2006
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