Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category
Rainier Beach Urban Farm Kick-off event
Friday, September 30th, 2011Hi folks,
An opportunity to volunteer this Saturday from 10AM to 3PM and represent PSBA while getting to see lots of cool things.
Here is the flier for the event:
http://pugetsoundbees.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RB-Urban-Farm-Celebration-Final-Flier.pdf
Contact Nancy Beckett if you can help out at enbee555 at gmail dot com.
Apiary Work Party- July 9th
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011If interested in maintaining the club’s apiary and learning something new, join a work party! Contact work party organizers to be updated with planning information and to RSVP your participation.
Next Party: July 9th (10 a.m.-12 p.m.) Contact: Aaron Lum 541-231-1979
Where: Arboretum Apiary Work to do: Check hives, see apiary log in shed.
Future Parties:
July – 17th – Steve Near 425-306-8137
Aug – 1st half – Brad Jones 206-612-1068
Aug – 2nd half – Nancy Beckett 206-937-5583
Sept – 1st half –Krista Conner 206-938-5158
Sept – 2nd half – Marie Emerson 425-882-3261
Oct – 1st half – Anna Wald 206-325-7118
Apiary Work Party
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011If interested in maintaining the club’s apiary and learning something new, join a work party! It’s a great chance to ask questions, get some hands-on experience, and help the club’s bees. Contact work party organizers to be updated with planning information and to RSVP your participation.
Next Party: Please RSVP- June 11, 2011 at 1pm. Leader: Christine Ranegger 206-200-1769 or cranegger@msn.com
Where: Arboretum Apiary
Work to do: Check hives, address items listed in apiary log.
PSBA figures prominently in Seattle Times article
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Hi folks,
Here is a nice article featuring many PSBA members re: arrival of honey bees
Enjoy!
Backyard beehives the new buzz in town, By Erik Lacitis
Catch the Buzz
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011The Bee Informed Partnership, a joint project among numerous universities and laboratories, needs your help and is asking you to please participate in two surveys. Both surveys are open only from April 1 through April 18 2011.
The purpose of the Bee Informed Partnership is to use beekeepers’ real world experiences to help solve beekeepers’ real world problems. We will use the data generated from these two surveys to help you decide which management practices are best for beekeepers like you, who live where you do and have operations similar to yours. For this to work, we need as many participants as possible…so please take the time to fill out the questionnaire and SEND THIS EMAIL TO ALL THE BEEKEEPERS YOU KNOW asking them to fill out these questionnaires too.
Please take 20 minutes out of your busy day to complete these two surveys.
1) Winter Loss Survey
http://is-nri.com/take/?i=166637&h=vZbUWfMhA1z9sEg54S0HCw
This should take less than 5 minutes.
2) Past Year Management Survey
http://is-nri.com/take/?i=166638&h=wCvJELAvCqbkk3aIowhTMQ
This should take less than 15 minutes.
Should you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us at askbeeinformed@gmail.com or call us at 443.296.2470. You can learn more about the Bee Informed Partnership at http://beeinformed.org/.
Thank you for your participation,
The Bee Informed Partnership Team
Urban Beekeeping Questionnaire
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011Lilia Walsh, a human geography student at the University of Cincinnati, is doing her thesis on urban beekeeping. She will be collecting quantitative and qualitative data through a questionnaire that she wrote and hopes to have it filled out by 100+ urban beekeepers from around the country. Additionally, she wants to meet and photograph beekeepers and their hives.
Lilia will be in the Seattle area from April 6-April 16. If interested, please contact her at walsh.lilia@gmail.com.
Northern Cascades Apiculture Event
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Join North Cascades Institute at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center April 9–10 for an evening exploring apiculture, or beekeeping, one of the oldest forms of food production known to humankind. Join local beekeepers and gardeners Darren Gordon and Pam Woods on an educational journey into the fascinating world of bees, pollination, honey and hives. We’ll learn about the practice of Natural Beekeeping, a movement that abandons chemicals and begins to address the problems of Colony Collapse Disorder. Darren and Pam run a business providing seeds and advice to growers interested in attracting more bees to their gardens, orchards and apiaries, so they’ll also discuss how to create more natural habitat for native bees and honeybees.
For this presentation, our chef will create a special multi-course meal created to showcase local organic honey, and we’ll partake in libations from Honey Moon Mead Company in Bellingham. Your $125 ticket includes a casual gourmet dinner featuring locally-grown foods, a unique presentation by our speaker, overnight accommodations in our guest lodges, breakfast and a naturalist-led morning activity. Register online at www.ncascades.org/speakerseries or by calling (360) 854-2599.
Whether you are an avid bee enthusiast or considering taking up beekeeping as a hobby, this evening is sure to be sweet!