Ultreïa Apiaries

04/20/2026

Limited supply of inspected 4 Frame nucs available May 1st. Nucs are from Golden Cariboo Honey in Lillooet. Each nuc comes with a fresh queen from Pope Canyon Queens in California (https://popecanyonqueens.com/queen-breeding-program).

Price is $300 + $35 deposit fee for the Plastic Mann Lake Pro Nuc box. Pickup in Cedar May 1 or 2 (still working on exact delivery date), or Chemainus after May 2.

03/24/2026

In a paper by Harbo and Harris 2001 it states that a “significant level of mite-resistance was retained when these queens (VSH Virgins) were free-mated with unselected drones,” and it compared resistant queens, resistant queens free-mated by commercial queen producers, and control queens.

By far, some of the clearest published support for the narrow proposition that daughters from resistant stock can still express useful resistance after mating with nonselected drones.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11777031/

02/22/2026

https://youtu.be/8XeFWYx0ru0?si=_9dpevS1NsfHrGML

Steve is the author of the book “The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa” and a member of the “Path to Varroa-resistance in the UK” team that launched the education...

10/28/2025

https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-research-reveals-why-honey-bees-overthrow-their-queen/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANuAYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHt8kqHAX2Uh0lpC6o5eIRcLY06vtd670hSzZLAxFJn4xb6hXIlEq2oK9cJBk_aem_7W5P0o71H2HgWZn1SVxihg

New research shows how viral infections disrupt colony stability — and a key pheromone that could help maintain cohesive, productive hives.

08/08/2025

05/24/2025

First swarm of the season. A off one of our larger splits.

02/22/2025

Beek-ing out today with fellow sustainable beekeepers.

01/27/2025

Did you know that Vancouver Island farms support more than 59 different native bee species? Join our Feb 27th webinar to learn about the finding of the pollinator in Vancouver Island Agriculture Project!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/supporting-native-bees-on-farms-registration-948642775077?aff=oddtdtcreator

This project is supported by the Bee BC Program; delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC with funding from the Government of British Columbia.

01/12/2025

Plywood covers for clad with aluminum sheeting. Plywood offcuts provided by and used aluminum printing plates provided by . We couldn’t do what we do without partners like these and, of course, the ! 🐝 .media.events