Puget Sound Beekeepers Association » Announcements http://pugetsoundbees.org Puget Sound Beekeepers, association, beekeepers, swarm, swarm list, WSBA, Beekeeping, beekeeping, bees, King County, Washington, honey, Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, West Seattle, Issaquah, Ballard Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 PSBA January 2012 Newsletter http://pugetsoundbees.org/2012/01/20/psba-2012-january-newsletter/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2012/01/20/psba-2012-january-newsletter/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:51:45 +0000 krista http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1477 PSBA Newsletter January 2012

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2012/01/20/psba-2012-january-newsletter/feed/ 0 Rainier Beach Urban Farm Kick-off event http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/09/30/rainier-beach-urban-farm-kick-off-event/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/09/30/rainier-beach-urban-farm-kick-off-event/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:20:43 +0000 brad http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1437 Hi 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.

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/09/30/rainier-beach-urban-farm-kick-off-event/feed/ 0 Apiary Work Party- July 9th http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/apiary-work-party-july-9th/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/apiary-work-party-july-9th/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:44:06 +0000 krista http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1380 If 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

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/apiary-work-party-july-9th/feed/ 0 PSBA Newsletter June & July 2011 http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/psba-newsletter-june-july-2011/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/psba-newsletter-june-july-2011/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:38:37 +0000 krista http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1373 PSBA Newsletter June & July 2011

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/23/psba-newsletter-june-july-2011/feed/ 0 Apiary Work Party http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/07/apiary-work-party/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/07/apiary-work-party/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:04:45 +0000 regina http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/06/07/apiary-work-party/ If 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.

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]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/05/19/psba-may-2011-newsletter/feed/ 0 PSBA figures prominently in Seattle Times article http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/05/10/psba-figures-prominently-in-seattle-times-article/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/05/10/psba-figures-prominently-in-seattle-times-article/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 17:16:07 +0000 brad http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1328 Hi 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

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/05/10/psba-figures-prominently-in-seattle-times-article/feed/ 0 Catch the Buzz http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/catch-the-buzz/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/catch-the-buzz/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:52:51 +0000 regina http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1227  The 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

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/catch-the-buzz/feed/ 0 Urban Beekeeping Questionnaire http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/urban-beekeeping-questionnaire/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/urban-beekeeping-questionnaire/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:40:18 +0000 regina http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1217 Lilia 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.

]]> http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/04/02/urban-beekeeping-questionnaire/feed/ 0 Northern Cascades Apiculture Event http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/03/30/northern-cascades-apiculture-event/ http://pugetsoundbees.org/2011/03/30/northern-cascades-apiculture-event/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:19:53 +0000 regina http://pugetsoundbees.org/?p=1201 Join 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!

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