Value Added Beeswax Products workshop on May 16th – 17th 2022 – Labasa
I’m looking forward to sharing my passion for beeswax products with the folks attending my next Value Added Beeswax Products workshop on May 16th and 17th 2022 in Labasa.
Beekeeping news
How To Avoid Major Losses From American Foulbrood Disease AFB
During the past few years, more than half the apiaries in Fiji that became infected with AFB only lost one or two hives because it was diagnosed early and the hives were destroyed. However, some apiaries lost five or more hives, a few more than 10, and one apiary lost 25(!) hives. Most were preventable losses.
2022 Beekeeper Mentor Program – Call For Mentor Volunteers And Trainees
Fiji Beekeepers Association is looking for skilled beekeepers who are willing to mentor less experienced beekeepers for a one-year period beginning in January. Mentors will work side-by-side with their trainee(s) and teach them essential beekeeping skills. Teaching experience is not required. FBA is also looking for beginning beekeepers who are interested in receiving beekeeping mentoring.
Honey Packaging And Distribution Webinar – Thursday 18th November 2021
Beekeepers are invited to a live ‘webinar’ on honey packaging and distribution.
Level 2 Bee Keeping Training – 27 -28 October 2021 – Vanua Levu, Fiji
Level 2 Bee Keeping Training offered at Cegu Valley Farm, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Webinar On Managing American Foulbrood Disease – Thursday 14th October 2021
Beekeepers are invited to a live ‘webinar’ on managing American Foulbrood Disease (AFB) in honey bee colonies. This webinar will be delivered by Australian (NSW) Bee Biosecurity Officer Rod Bourke.
Webinar on honey labeling and branding – September 30, 2021
This webinar will be delivered by Theo Simos, an Australian agribusiness expert with 35 years’ experience in the food and beverage industry, and Salote Waqairatu, an experienced Fijian agribusiness researcher
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies
Low Cost Quality Queen Bees Available – August 2021
Fiji Beekeepers Association is assisting Fiji’s beekeepers improve their honeybee genetic stock and increase honey production by providing quality queen bees at a subsidized price from reliable queen breeders.