Calgary and Area Beekeepers' Association

This Web Site is maintained for Members of the Calgary Beekeepers' Association

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Next Meeting:

(Date yet to be announced)

Basement Meeting Room of the Brentwood Coop -

4122 Brentwood Road N.W., Calgary

So, what's our bee club all about? Mostly, we are a group of really diverse characters - teachers, scientists, farmers, retired folks, environmentalists, anti-social-independent-types, needy people, nerds, geeks, and aeronautics engineers (I wonder if I left anyone out?) who have gotten together because we like honey bees. We support each other by trading ideas and equipment; we try to help our non-beekeeping neighbours through education programs, emergency swarm retrieval, apitherapy resources, honey supplies, and certainly by trying to enhance Calgary's meager supply of pollinating insects. Everyone - beekeepers and non-bee folks - is invited to join us at our meetings. You can start by contacting us through this web site!

Meetings are about every second month - please send an e-mail to find out when and where (and to get on the mailing list!)

Calgary Beekeepers' Contact People: If you've got questions, need help, or if you are just simply lonely, these are not the best people to call. But, unfortunately, we are the only ones available...

Don Miksha, Vice President
Bill Turner, Secretary

Favourite Links: This URL collection may help the Calgary beekeeper. We've found these web sites relevant to western Canadian beekeeping. Inclusion in this list is not necessarily an endorsement by the Bee Club of the validity and accuracy of any information presented on the sites. As always, use any information you find on the Internet as if it were being given by your weird Uncle Heebernise, it may be correct and reasonable, it may be totally self-serving mis-information.....

Alberta Government Information Links on Beekeeping

Alberta Beekeeper's Association

Alberta Survey of Beekeeping

Allen Dick's Alberta Beekeeping and Honey Bee Home Page

Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Page (Calgary, Alberta)

Beekeeping for Beginners in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Honey Council (Headquarters in Calgary}

Chinook Honey Farm - Okotoks

Stats Canada Stats on Canada Beekeeping

Summit Gardens Honey Farms - Calgary

Web Sites on Beekeeping - 1000 Sites

Publicity: Calgary Beekeepers have been trying to capture the public's attention in a positive way. During the past few years, Ron and Erika Miksha and ten thousand bees were featured on "The Big Breakfast" morning show and taught host Dave Kelly how to eat and harvest honey. We have also caught Calgary's eye by going front page in the Neighbour's newspaper supplement to the Calgary Herald. If you missed the paper, you can take a peek at the front page by checking this link: Neighbours Section.

Getting Started: Thinking of beekeeping in southern Alberta? We'd love to hear from you! Send an e-mail to Don, and contact the provincial apiary inspector, Dr. Medhat Nasr, for registration information.

Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Page

Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Pages, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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