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Successful Bee Swarm Relocation!

August 15, 2018

The aim of our Abell Saves Bees program is to first, raise awareness of the global decline in bee populations and secondly, to take action in supporting the sustainable future of bees. This year, we set up 5 hives across Canada through our Employee Beekeeping Program. The second program we are running is our Bee Swarm Relocation. When safe to do so, we are committed to humanely relocating bee swarms to a local beekeeper. We are happy to share with…

How to protect bees from pesticides

August 6, 2018

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How to protect bees from pesticides Broad spectrum pesticides can be a great way to control insects around residential properties, businesses and farms, but they can also affect insects that aren’t causing problems. In fact, bees and other pollinators can be very susceptible to these types of chemical pest control methods. This can pose a serious problem, because bees are an important part of keeping crops healthy. Here’s what people can do to protect bees from these harmful effects: Why Pollinators…

Abell is Kicking Off Honey Bee Season!

June 13, 2018

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With the summer approaching, the Abell team is preparing for Honey Bee season! To start a new hive, beekeepers purchase a “nuc” (nucleus) from a local beekeeper. A nucleus is a smaller version of a normal beehive which might contain a queen bee or contains the eggs and the worker bees create a new queen. The Abell beekeepers are receiving their nucs from local beekeepers this month! As part of the Abell Employee Bee Keeping program, we have 4 new hives…

A visit to the University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre

September 21, 2017

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As part of the Abell Pest Control Bee’ cause we Care program, all Abell employees received a jar of Honey to celebrate World Honey Bee Day. The Honey provided came from the University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre, and that was our excuse to pay them a visit and see their facilities. Here are some pictures sent to us by Mike Heimbach, Abell’s Director of Marketing, Sales and National Accounts.

Abell’s Home Office Celebrations

September 20, 2017

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Abell’s Home Office celebrated World Honey Bee Day What an awesome (and healthy) treat! Honey and toasts for everybody! Also every Abell employee received a jar of Honey from the University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Center. Thank you to our Honey Bees Mike and Elina!!

Abell’s Honey Bees walked for conquering cancer…

September 20, 2017

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Abell Said Present on Rexall’s One Walk to Conquer Cancer. We are very proud of our Abell Honey Bees Team completing the 25km walk on Rexall’s One Walk to Conquer Cancer for Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Collectively raised $45k!!! Thank you very much to all the supporters, we couldn’t done it without you! And Abell’s HoneyBees make it to the end of the walk!

The Season for Bees

September 19, 2017

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The Season for Bees By Chris Lesperance – Abell Pest Control Windsor Branch Manager. This is the Season for Bees for sure . The Bee community is all about educating about Bees, saving, and growing the bee populations in their local zones. It’s a challenge that’s well rewarded if done correctly !! Seeing a small nuc hive progress to thousands of Bees gives you a great feeling of satisfaction, knowing that you helped mother nature in a small way .…

And it’s time for some honey!

September 19, 2017

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And it’s time for some honey! 5 month ago, we talked about Abell’s bee’ cause we care employee program, how Abell’s employees were able to start amateur bee farms through it, and we shared Ruth Gowan and her daughter’s story (you can find it here). Now Ruth sent us an update on her hard working honey bees … “The Honey Bees have been busy this summer. On Sunday we “harvested” some of the liquid gold, keeping in mind we…

Abell Pest Control Program Overview

August 4, 2017

Institutional

August 19th is World Honey Bee Day and Abell Pest Control will be launching the Bee ‘cause we Care program. We talked to Mike Heimbach Director of Marketing, Sales and National Accounts at Abell Pest Control to learn more about it Q: What is the Bee ‘cause we Care initiative? M.H.: Bee ‘cause we care is a long-term effort by Abell to help rebuild bee populations. Q: What is it that the program tries to achieve? M.H.: Our focus is on…

We Had to Start Somewhere…

August 4, 2017

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By Chris Lesperance. Windsor Branch Manager – Abell Pest Control With the start of spring, our thoughts turned to warm temps and summer breezes. We also began thinking again about the honeybee issue that has been developing over the last few years. I said “This year, we need to do something to help.” We enlisted the help of the Ontario Bee Association and a few beekeepers in our region. Our goal was to save the bees at all costs. Once swarming season hit…