As the beekeeping season winds down the meeting season begins! There is a long list of great opportunities for beekeepers in the next several months. Ongoing professional development is a commitment of all good beekeepers and listed below are some of the educational sessions happening this fall, winter and early parts of 2027.
Not to be missed, upcoming events!
NSBA Fall Technical session: Winter preparation is the focus of this
session. There will be presentations
from local commercial beekeepers and an opportunity to chat about challenges
related to winterization. Honey Harvest
Farm, 5 Emerald Forest Rd., Shubenacadie, NS.
October 24, starting at 1:00pm.
PEI Beekeepers Drop-in Clinic: An opportunity for PEI
beekeepers to discuss challenges from the past season and preparations for
next. Get updates from you provincial
Apiculturist and Atlantic Tech Transfer Team for Apiculture. PEI Federation of Agriculture Building, 159
Sherwood Rd #100, Charlottetown. From
1:00pm on November 5. No registration
required, just drop in.
Cape Breton Farm visits: The Atlantic Tech Transfer
Team for Apiculture, along with local NSDA Ag Reps, will be meeting with beekeepers. If you would like a farm visit from ATTTA and
the NSDA, we want to talk to beekeepers.
Reach out to us (attta@perennia.ca). November 18, 19, 20.
ATTTA online winter workshops: Annually, ATTTA
conducts a series of winter workshops which are available online for members of
the provincial beekeeping and blueberry associations. The first winter workshop will cover basic
aspects of queen production. With NS
commercial beekeeper, Jonny deMatos, we will talk about the opportunities for
queen production in our region and what is required to begin making your own
queens. Online November 24, 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Tropilaelaps Mites – Biology Identification and Management: This online webinar has been organized by
the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists along with other industry
groups. This is an online session with Tropilaelaps
mite experts from around the globe. Link
for attendance to be shared along with updates through social media shortly.
November 25, 11:00am.
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| Student beekeepers attending a workshop (ATTTA©2026) |
Wild Blueberry Producers Association of NS AGM: Two days of technical sessions and
industry updates. Best Western Glengarry
Hotel, 150 Willow St., Truro. November 26 – 27.
2027 Canadian National Pollination Symposium and
Tradeshow: This year’s annual
national beekeeper meeting theme is pollination. The location (Lévis, Québec) easily
accessible for beekeepers from the Maritime region. Registration and hotel booking is now open
with limited places! The conference agenda
is organized around four distinct themes: Innovation in pollination practices
and technologies, Innovation in nutrition, queens and colony strength, Innovation
in commercial strategies: costs and revenues, Innovation to address emerging
threats and shape future solutions. This is a bilingual event. Il s’agit d’un événement bilingue. Lévis
Convention Centre, January 29–30.
There are important events that have details following
NS Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting and Conference:
Details and a full agenda will be shared by the association but hold the date
for this great annual event in Nova Scotia.
Best Western Glengarry Hotel, Truro. January 22 – 23.
Prince Edward Island Beekeepers Association AGM: Always a great and informative day, the AGM
date is yet to be announced but usually takes place in late winter. Once information is available, it will be
shared so keep your eyes open.
NB Beekeepers Association AGM: Another great event in
the annual calendar, this meeting is held in the Moncton area in March. The date and list of workshops,
presentations, and speakers will be available soon. Dieppe, March19 - 20, 2027.
Precision Pollination - Using innovative technology to
optimize honey bee performance: A technical
session for blueberry producers and beekeepers is being planned for
February. This is organized by
specialists at Perennia and ATTTA. The
details will be available very soon but this day of workshops and presentations
will highlight some of the advances in agricultural technology which support
pollination in the Maritime region. February. Day, time and location TBC.
Maritime Wild Blueberry Conference: This is organized
by the three Maritime wild blueberry associations and the full agenda is to be
determined. This meeting will be April 1
– 2 at the Best Western Glengarry Hotel, Truro Nova Scotia.
ATTTA Online Winter Workshops 2027: The second winter workshop will be covering
Nosema and honey bee health. Virtual
Session, January 26, 7:00 – 9:00pm. The
final online winter workshop will be discussing providing pollination services.
Virtual Session, February 23, 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Full details of these sessions will be made available closer to the
date.
Further information on the events listed above are available from
the organizers. Keep and eye on websites
and social media of the groups responsible for the sessions. As always, if you have any questions reach
out to ATTTA.
Connecting with ATTTA Specialists
If you’d like to connect with ATTTA specialists or learn more about our program, you can:
visit our website at: https://www.perennia.ca/portfolio-items/honey-bees/
Email: attta@perennia.ca