Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - Annual Report: Apiculture Program
- F-110-3-5-0-13
- File
- 1989
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - Annual Report: Apiculture Program
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Apiary Branch - Apiary Newsletter
Surrey Beekeepers Association newsletters
Beekeepers Association of BC newsletters and flyer
Vancouver Island Beekeepers' Coalition minutes
Sub-series comprises material relating to miscellaneous apicultural educational programs, training, and conferences. Documents consist of course material, proceedings, correspondence, reports and notes.
Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Apitherapy conference
Beekeeping exhibit trailer - Armstrong Interprovincial Exhibition
Honey Judging School to Train Honey Judges - Vernon
Sub-series comprises originals and copies of material relating to the history of honey judging and the courses developed to train honey judges in British Columbia. The need for honey judges grew out of the desire to promote honey and its uses at various exhibitions in BC, and in particular the Pacific National Exhibition at Vancouver and the Interior Provincial Exhibition at Armstrong. As early as the 1920s, a score card was developed to rank honey on a standardized scale and was used into the 1950s. The Canadian Beekeepers Council, established in the 1940s, also developed a score card allowing for the judging of honey at a national level. By the mid-1960s in BC, there was a demand for formally-trained honey judges, and a one day course was held in 1966 to teach, test, and certify the first group. Additional courses followed in 1975 and the 1980s. Certified honey judges continue to be an important part of exhibitions. Records include course materials, forms, notes, scoring sheets, correspondence, and other documents.
Honey judging course materials and PNE participation
Lists of certified honey judges
Honey judging course - instructor's teaching materials and notes
Honey judging course - teaching materials
Score sheets for judging honey and pollen
Bee Masters short course material
Bee Masters short course material
British Columbia - beekeeper registers
Sub-series comprises beekeeper registers and lists showing names, addresses, location, district and number of hives maintained in BC and specific districts.
British Columbia - newsletters
Sub-series comprises newsletters issued by the Apiary branch of the BC Department of Agriculture and later the BC Ministry of Agriculture. Records include Bee-Wise: Timely Hints on Beekeeping, the Apiary Branch Newsletter, and the Apiculture Newsletter.
Poem: The Dream of a Bee Keeper by V.K. Soharev