What's the Buzz?
Welcome to our new home
Posted by pinoybee
Welcome to our new home, or shall I say hive. Actually, we're still under
the same privately sponsored server. We just made the webpages look nicer and
more informative this time.
We are thankful to our Lord for His continuous blessings. Pinoy Beekeepers' Forum
is doing well because of the support of our online community members. For almost
four years, we work in humbly to educate Filipinos about the wonders and
benefit to human health by keeping bees. By creating forums for Filipino
beekeepers will make our effort easy to realize. The frequent buzzing of
members in our discussion board makes our life even sweeter.
Maraming salamat sa iyong suporta. If you're still not a member of our
forums, you can register in our online
community and meet our beesy buddies!
Happy beekeeping! ; )
From the source
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.- Proverbs 25:27
An evening on urban beekeeping
Posted by pinoybee
Wow. What an incredible night! "An Evening on Urban Beekeeping" brought by Apiaries and Bees for
Communities (A.B.C.) and the Calgary Zoo went off so smooth on the 26th of March. I would like to
thank Eliese Watson for making the event
such a success. Although the event was free, the Esso auditorium was packed
with more than a 100 people in attendance. Bee masterJohn Gibeau
is a great resource person giving solid answers to so many questions! I am glad that this is happening
in my area. To quote Eliese, "urban beekeeping in Calgary is happening!" seeing this truly happening makes
me and my wife ecstatic. We only hope that this could gather enough support to make this one legit.
Happy beekeeping! ; )
4 @ 2010!
Posted by pinoybee
Happy new year to all! PBF is going 4 this year and boy I never thought we're going to last this long.
I remember my early days of beekeeping when help is not much around. As what majority of people started
beekeeping in the country, I started to learn from conventional method of beekeeping using Langstroth.
Conventional beekeeping had been in existence in the Philippines for decades. Unfortunately, beekeeping
in the country, whether a hobby or commercially done, is still in infancy. Only few if not any are willing
to help each and every beekeeper. Most beekeeper sees one another as rivals and competitors, and treats anyone
who's interested in beekeeping as prospective customers, whom they can sell their wares and promise quick
and easy money venture. However, the scenario has changed a bit for the past couple of years.
Thanks to internet technology, tons of information about honey beekeeping is always available 24/7.
For the past 10 years, I notice a rising number of Filipinos who keeps bees along with vegetable garden at
their backyards. This is great because more people in the country are becoming aware, and take responsibility
to the food they eat. Also, I take my hat off to few local beekeeping associations that work hard to keep
honey beekeeping thrive in the country. Pinoy Beekeepers' Forum has a lot more to do to put honey
beekeeping in the mainstream. The help and support of our forum members will surely add another four
more fruitful years to our advocacy, or beyond.
Happy beekeeping! ; )