Upcoming Workshops:
Program No. | Program Name | Day of week and time | Room location | Start Date | End Date | Instructor | Cost |
293102 | DIY Beeswax Candles & Lip Balms | Wed, 7:00 PM, 1h30m | Multi-Purpose Room 202 | Dec 2 | Dec 2 | Hives For Humanity | $10.00 |
293156 | Magic of Honey from the Honey Bee – Online | Mon, 7:00 PM, 1h30m | Online | Nov 16 | Nov 16 | Hives For Humanity | $0 |
Sept. 20, 2020
Hello all,
September 4, 2020
Hives Roof Building Workshop – September 19, at 2pm
The Dunbar Beekeeping Club and Horizons Ecobuilders are hosting a workshop to build hives roofs. We Tools and materials will be provided. Participants will leave with a hive roof that will keep the entrance dry during the rainy months and will help build four roofs for our Dunbar Apiary. Spots are extremely limited. Please email dunbarbeekeepers@gmail.com if you would like to register.
The bees continue to bring us together, into circles of connection and communities of care, and give us a chance to think about our relationships with the land and each other.
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Wonder of the Honey Bee – general interest, online workshop facilitated by Sarah on May 26th, 2020
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Queen Rearing – intermediate experience, online workshop facilitated by Sarah on May 28th, 2020 and featuring our beekeepers Leslie Williams and Phil Laflamme
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Varroa Management – intermediate experience, online workshop facilitated by Sarah on June 11th, 2020 and featuring our beekeepers Leslie Williams and Phil Laflamme
These videos can also be found on the Hives for Humanity site here: https://www.hivesforhumanity.
May 30, 2020
A Message from Hives for Humanity:
May 20, 2020
Hello all,
The Dunbar Community Centre, the DCC Beekeeping Club and Hives for Humanity would like to invite you to two online zoom pollinator workshops. All ages welcome to the first workshop, but the second of these is targeted to children (ages 6-12) and takes place during school hours.
1) Wonder of the Honey Bee: https://hives4humanity_
**THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD SMALL GRANT PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE VANCOUVER FOUNDATION AND ADMINISTERED BY KITSILANO NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE.
WWW.NEIGHBOURHOODSMALLGRANTS. CA
Wed, June 3, 2020
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
Greetings Dunbar,
Spring has arrived and the bees are buzzing. All four of the community centre hives made it through the winter. We have had an amazing spring for blossoms and this shows in the health and honey production of our hives. In the next weeks, you will notice the introduction of honey supers on each hive. These are shallower boxes that go above the deeper boxes used for brood rearing.
If you have questions or comments or would like to help or learn more about beekeeping, reach out to dunbarbeekeepers@gmail.com
Till next time, Diane