A Beekeeper's Diary: bees, beekeepers, honey and pollination in Alberta

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" text="#000000"><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" height="100%"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="640" height="0"> <tr> <td> <h1 align="center"><i>Bees, Honey Production, <br> Pollination and Beekeepers</i></h1> <h1 align="center"><i><font face="Arial" size="1">A daily diary of activities in our commercial beekeeping operation <br> in Central Alberta, Canada, <br> and observations on the business of keeping 2500 hives of bees.</font></i></h1> <p align="center"><a href="images/allen.jpg"><img border="0" src="images/allen_small.jpg" alt="The beekeeper" align="center" width="150" height="174"></a></p> <div align="center">  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <center></center> <tr> <td> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="1"><b><a target="_top" href="../beesearch.htm">Search</a>              <a target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/">Home</a><br> </b><a target="_top" href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/"> Current Diary Page</a></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a target="_parent" href="http://honeybeeworld.com/board/">HoneyBeeWorld Forum</a><br> <b><a target="_top" href="menus/topics.htm">Selected Topics</a></b></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a target="_top" href="../ouroperation/img0.html">Tour of our operation (old)</a><br> <a target="_top" href="menus/swalwell.htm">Where I live</a></font></p> </td> </tr> </table>  </div>  <p align="center"><b><i><font face="Arial"> <a href="http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/pastpages.htm" target="_self">Visit Diary Pages from Past Years</a></font></i></b></p>  </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top" width="1%"> <p> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> <p> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p> </td></tr></table></body>