2024 American Honey Princess Lainey Bell told fourth-grade students at Meroby Elementary School and Rumford Elementary School that her job “is to travel around the entire country and talk to people about honey and about honeybees.”
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Augusta abuzz with first Maine State Beekeepers Association Bee Fest
Workshops at Viles Arboretum taught beekeepers and would-be beekeepers about the world’s smartest insect, including how bees communicate.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Turner farm open house features bee talk
Riley Laverdiere, back, watches Tom Wiencek pull a frame out of an electric centrifuge that spins honey at Nezinscot Farm in Turner on Sunday. Laverdiere, who works on the farm, was pulling panels from hives for Wiencek, a beekeeper from Kingfield who volunteered to help with the Earth Day open house. Farm owners Gloria and […]
Posted inConnections, Rumford Falls Times
Beginner beekeeping classes offered in Mexico
MEXICO — The Western Maine Beekeeper’s Association will hold the annual Beekeeping School starting Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the Region 9 School. Ten weekly classes are scheduled from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Tuesdays. The sessions are taught by area beekeepers, so the information is both practical and relevant to the climate in western Maine. Class […]
Posted inMaine
Maine bill to protect bees withdrawn after ag business criticism
PORTLAND (AP) — A bill designed to protect bees in Maine from a class of pesticides has been withdrawn in the wake of criticism from agricultural interests. Rep. Michael Devin, a Newcastle Democrat, proposed the bill, which would have put limits on the use and sale of neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids, also called “neonics,” are insect-killing pesticides […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Androscoggin Beekeepers Club to hear from State Apiarist
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Beekeepers Club will host Maine’s new Apiarist, Jennifer Lund, at its monthly meeting. The club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 8, in the vestry of the West West Auburn Congregational Church, 811 West Auburn Road. The business meeting will be conducted from 6:30 to 7 p.m., and Lund will present after the meeting. The presentation […]
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Bees in blueberry production focus of 5-year research project
Renting commercial beehives is, on average, the single most expensive production cost for Maine’s blueberry growers, according to Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist and professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine. “On the other hand, it’s also one of the most important,” he was quick to add. “If you don’t manage all your […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Millions of bees swarm, close Del. highway ramp
NEWARK, Del. — As many as 20 million swarming bees released after a tractor-trailer hauling them overturned near Newark Tuesday have shut down a highway ramp and kept investigators from getting near the vehicle, said Delaware State Police, who urged drivers to stay away from the area. The tractor-trailer fell on its side about 6:10 […]
Posted inConnections, The Franklin Journal
Beekeeper to address Grange on April 24
FARMINGTON — Master beekeeper and president of the Maine Beekeepers Association, Carol Cottrill will share her passion and knowledge for bees and beekeeping at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at the Farmington Grange on Bridge Street in West Farmington. Cottrill raises bees at Fox Run Farm in Rumford where she makes honey and bees wax […]