Meetings

PSBA meetings are 6:30-9:00 pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month except July and December. Meetings are at the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum. The Arboretum is also home to the club apiary, which is behind the greenhouses.

Map to Arboretum Google Map

2012 MEETING CALENDAR

6:30-9:00     Beginners meeting 6:30-7:30

Q&A with Presenter/Break in lobby 7:30-8:30

Regular meeting and talk

Jan 24 TBD

Feb 28
Beginner session with Tim Comstock;
Bees: Species/Type/Lifecycles/Packages
2nd Session: TBD

Mar 27
Beginner session with Tim Comstock;
Spring Management
2nd Session:
David Pearson
Colonial Honey Farm (Snohomish, WA)

http://davesbeeadventure.blogspot.com/
Topic: Spring Bees & “Organic Beekeeping”

 

Apr 24
Beginner Session: Sarah Cooke
Honeybee Swarms and Swarm managment
2nd Session:
Steve Sheppard, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Entomologist and Thurber Chair
Washington State University
http://crb.wsu.edu/centermembers/?faculty/101
Topic: Queens

May 22
Beginner session with Tim Comstock;
2nd Session: TBD

Jun 26 TBD

July PSBA picnic; no July meeting (Date TBD)

Aug 28
Beginner Session: Sarah Cooke
Honeybee Diseases and natural treatments

Sep 25 TBD

Oct 23 TBD

Nov 20 [note special date] Holiday party and potluck; annual election of officers and trustees

Dec No meeting