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TBC Soap Making Workshop! Sunday, March 23, 2025

We’re pleased to announce our upcoming soap making workshop!

WHEN: Sunday, March 23, 2025

WHERE: The Big Carrot (248 Danforth Ave), Room 212, 2nd floor

TIME: 2pm -4pm

COST: $35 ($30 for members)

To register send an etransfer payment to payments@torontobeekeeping.ca and an email to nbardecki@hotmail.com to make sure your name is on the list.

We provide all the materials so just bring yourself and a friend!

Our talented TBC member Alison H. will be leading our workshop. Each participant will get 2 soaps in a mold to take home and instructions as well a list of materials and where to get them to make fresh batches at home.

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‘Buzz me in:’ Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs. More than the latest in apiarian fashion, the little tags serve a scientific purpose: tracking when bees go in and out of their hives to better understand how long honey bees spend foraging for food outside of their hives. The work, a collaboration among entomologists and electrical engineers at Penn State, is the first step in solving a long-standing mystery of how far bees travel from their hives to collect pollen and nectar…

Read more HERE!

 

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Bees set up hive in cello in West Bridgford garden

A professor has given a colony of honey bees a cello in which to set up their hive.

Martin Bencsik, from Nottingham Trent University, is researching the vibrations and sounds made by the bees using the instrument in his West Bridgford garden.

He also hopes to raise awareness about the decline of the species.

Dr Bencsik said: “We hope people will find it beautiful and convey the message they need to be looked after.”

Check out the video in the link here!

 

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The Toronto Beekeepers Collective (TBC) is looking for new members in 2025!

The Toronto Beekeepers Collective (TBC) is looking for new members!  

We are going into our 25th year.  We are an educational organization that looks after beehives at The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Downsview Park, and Blackcreek Community Farms.

Typically, a member of the TBC must volunteer at least 60 hours of time per year to work in the bee yard, harvest honey, participate in community education and events, serve on TBC committees, and attend monthly meetings.  In return, our members receive opportunities to work with bees and to learn about beekeeping.  Members also receive a share of the honey harvest and are an important part of our beekeeping community.

In the off-season, we offer a variety of workshops using products from the hive.

We accept new members once a year in March/April.  Our beekeeping work typically starts in April or May, weather dependent.

We are looking for enthusiastic new members.  No beekeeping experience is required.  Our deadline for applying is now closed. We will then host a group orientation meeting for applicants to see if we are a good fit for each other.  We have limited space.

 

 

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TBC Presents: Candle Making Workshop!

Missed our candle making workshop in May? Toronto Beekeepers Collective is excited to host another workshop in November!

WHEN: Wednesday, November 13th (7p -8:45p)
WHERE: 348 Danforth Ave. (The Big Carrot)
PRICE: $40 for non-members, $35 for members

Participants will learn how to make 3 types of candles—tea lights, rolled candles, and molded candles . Everyone will be able to take home 2 tea lights, 2 rolled candles and a small molded candle and knowledge about how to make more candles on their own.

For added enjoyment, we will be sampling a variety of honeys from other countries and from our own hives right here

TO REGISTER: Please contact Nancy at nbardecki@hotmail.com.
Remember that your registration is not complete and your space is not reserved until we receive payment. You can send an e transfer to: payments@torontobeekeeping.ca

This workshop WILL sell out and space is limited. Email us to reserve your spot today!

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Back by Popular Demand: Soap Making Workshop!

Learn how to make your own natural soap!

At this hands-on workshop, Toronto Beekeepers Collective member, Alison Honsberger will instruct participants on how to make soap using the cold process.

When you use this process, your soap will take a couple of months to cure, so please be prepared to wait to enjoy your creation. Each participant will leave with 2 soaps in a mold that they can take home while they wait for it to cure (choice of fragrances or plain), a list of suppliers for the raw materials and instructions on how to make fresh batches at home.

The workshop will be taking place at the Big Carrot, Room 212, 2nd floor, 348 Danforth Ave. Toronto.
For your added enjoyment, we will taste a variety of honeys.
The cost including all materials is $35 ($30 for members).

TO REGISTER: Please contact Nancy at nbardecki@hotmail.com. Remember that your registration is not complete and your space is not reserved until we receive payment. You can send an e transfer to: payments@torontobeekeeping.ca

 

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SAVE THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE

The Ontario Science Centre is a big part of the Toronto Beekeepers Collective. We have some of our hives there and provided meet and greets during the summer to teach the public about bees. Please take some time to sign the petition below.

https://savesciencecentre.com/

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In Loving Memory: Gita Schwartz

It is with great sorrow to share the death of one of our Toronto Beekeeping Collective members , Gita Schwartz. Gita joined the TBC in 2019 and was an engaged and very committed member who loved bees. She served on the Equipment, Education and Governance committees, and since 2023 was a member of the Board. She was a regular and enthusiastic contributor at special events at Ontario Science Centre, Downsview and at monthly and annual member meetings. She will be greatly missed!

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Battleship Texas welcomes an unexpected stowaway: two honeybee colonies

We thought we would share this very cool story out of Texas from April! Click the link below to read more!

https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/battleship-texas-bee-hive-removal-19428809.php

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Proud Volunteers of Ontario Science Centre

The Toronto Beekeepers Collective is proud to be part of the Ontario Science Centre community. You can find us every second  Saturday over the summer to learn more about bees!

Our dates are the following:

  • May 11, 2024
  • June 8, 2024
  • July 20, 2024
  • August 24, 2024