Attached is poster from recent email I recieved for upcoming International Conference on Apitherapy. If anyone goes- I'd love to hear first hand about it! ...
Hi Beeks- Do you make wine with honey? Make candles? Make your own beekeeping equipment? Practice apitherapy? Migratory pollination? Do batik with beeswax,...
Hi Melanie, Would you be interested in a 6 minute humorous skit "Mankeeping by Queen Bee Natalia and Drone Boris". I delivered this in a Toastmaster humorous...
Waht a fun idea Larry! It's Melanie's and the NMBKA Board's call but that skit sounds like a lot of fun and would certainly add a new twist to the annual...
Hi Larry! A comedic skit is more than welcome (as long as it is "clean"- hee hee). This will surely add some pizzazz! I'll email directly to you with more...
Hello Dawn. I have forwarded your email to both the ABQ area beekeepers and Santa Fe yahoo groups. Perhaps someone on these lists either resides or visits...
Hello, Â I have two pics (this is the first) of the bee kill from Sept 9th which continued into today the 10th. I have tried to find out who sprayed what...
Phill, this is horrible news. I'm so sorry. Alex and I had a massive die-off Sept 8 in the Nob Hill area. Two hives were mildly hit and a 3rd was obliterated...
Poor bees, and beekeeper! So sorry Phill- and others- who have experienced pesticide die offs. I have a mentor in Colorado who has been working for over two...
Hey Melanie!   I am going through the extremely frustrating motions of attempting to pinpoint the spray area. Two hives out of several are all but dead,...
How-D, Â Los Ranchos area-the kill started on the ninth, they are STILL squirming. I don't know what this super spray is, but have mercy Martha, it is one for...
This group is not to be used for commercial messages of this type. I will remove this message from the group board and I have limited your membership...
I use Langstroth hives. Is it recommended to remove a screen bottom board and use regular bottom boards during the winter? I am interested to hear your...
Randy -- First, congratulations on your State Fair award! [:)] I agree that I wish more local beekeepers would enter their honey in the Fair. It is a great...
I close off my screened bbs. I have not done official side by side comparisons but they seem to build up a little quicker in the spring and seem to start...
The New Mexico Beekeeper's Association annual meeting is set for November 13 & 14. Melanie Kirby has worked hard to put together one of the best local agendas...
My fellow beeks, Looks like they'll be spraying in the bosque this week. See the email just sent out by the Army Corps this morning. Tell your bees to take...
UPDATE: A friend's wife works for the Corps and here's what he sent me: OK, I talked with my mole in the Corps. Your bees should be safe. They are using Garlon...
YIKES!!! Just think, honeybees that might happen to frequent these plants, when they are in bloom would certainly become susceptibale to this toxin..This...
Chantal- thank you so much for your investigative reporting! We need more news updates from various agencies. I am putting together some info on pesticide...
Hello ABQ Beeks- below is a message I received. Perhaps a Duke city area beekeeper may want to participate. ... Zia Queenbee Co. P.O. Box 317 Truchas, New...
Hello! Â If you are considering feeding your honeybees HFCS, take a moment to read my reply to a recent article in the American Bee Journal, then follow the...
Great link Phill! Just wanted to mention that one of the contributing research authors of the article that Phill linked is Diana Sammataro- who is keynote...
  Hello,  I am having an e-mail discussion with Jerry Hayes of American Bee Journal, commenting on his article in the Volume 149, No 10, regarding the...
Thanks for posting this, Phil! I encourage all of you to consider getting involved in this project. Native pollinators are very important in New Mexico and...
Hi Fellow Bee Enthusiasts- thought I would drop a reminder about this weekend's Dixon Studio Tour, November 7th and 8th from 9am-5pm. Zia Queenbee Co. will be...
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