Meetings of our Association are conducted on the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm at the Yowani Country Club, 455 Northbourne Avenue, Lyneham
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September 2018
September Meeting ‘Can we immunise honey bees against virulent viruses?’.
Dr Emily Remnant is a geneticist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Sydney. Throughout her career, Emily has been interested in understanding insect adaptation and the functional outcomes of genetic and epigenetic changes. She…
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October Meeting
There is a change of date and venue for next month's meeting- October 31 5pm at the wetlands. It will be a chance to catch up on the season's progress, right on the spot. We…
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November Meeting – Deformed wing virus
Guest Speaker Amanda Norton (PhD candidate) Deformed wing virus: how do vector transmitted RNA viruses contribute to the death of honey bees. My background is in chemical ecology and I have been fascinated with honey…
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December Meeting – Shared Discussion – What’s on in your area
Please bring your reports from your apiaries.
Find out more »March 2019
Living With Varroa Masterclass
How to inspect your hives for varroa mites and how to live with varroa The Canberra Region Beekeepers invite you to our first “Living with Varroa” masterclass with guest speaker Mark Page, Bee Biosecurity Officer…
Find out more »Canberra Region Beekeepers Field Day
Come along to our major field day event for 2019. The day includes demonstrations of beekeeping (both native and honeybees) as well as honey sales and beekeeping gear vendors. We will even have locally produced honey mead to drink (to…
Find out more »April 2019
April Meeting – Guest Speaker Greg Dojchinov
Greg is a Research Projects Officer in the Metabolomics Team, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Group of CSIRO Land and Water. In CSIRO he worked on stored grain protection, development of novel fumigants, fumigant application in…
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May Meeting – Guest Speaker Dr Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn
Monthly meeting of the Association. Agenda: Welcome Beginners' Corner Things to do in the Apiary - Preparing for Winter Guest Speaker Dr Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn Supper and networking Bee and hummingbird pollination in Bolivian Justicia…
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June Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker – Core Enviro
Monthly meeting of the Association. Agenda: Welcome Beginners' Corner Things to do in the Apiary - Preparing for Winter Guest Speaker (if applicable) Supper and networking Note change of venue to Yowani Country Club from…
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July Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker – Francisco Encinas-Viso
Monthly meeting of the Association. Guest speaker Francisco Encinas-Viso Fransisco will be talking about the preliminary results of their recent research at the Association apiary as well as current and future plans. Agenda: Welcome Beginners'…
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