Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category
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!
PSBA Apiary Work Party, March 26
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Hi folks,
The first work party of the season is coming up. Here is the information:
March Meeting, Tuesday, 3/22/2011- Guest speaker information
Friday, February 18th, 2011Good news! The weather will hold, so as promised, Beth Kahkonen will provide an overview of pest and disease checks, pesticides in and around the hive, food stores, and analysis of colony mortality. She will also talk about her January trip to California, where she was involved in investigating massive colony die-offs in recent months.
Beth is a Research Associate and Manager of the WSU Honey Bee Research Program. She received her Master’s degree in Entomology from WSU in 1999. Her graduate research focused alternative controls for tracheal and varroa mites. She has worked for the past 10 years as a research scientist for WSU, University of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania State University, and Boston University. Beth manages the 200 research hives at WSU and the queen rearing for the breeding program
We are very happy to have Beth come out and share her knowledge and experience.
New Page for Presentation documents and information
Saturday, January 29th, 2011A new page has been added to the PSBA website under the menu selection of “About->Meetings->Presentations“, listing past presentations at PSBA meetings. The intent is to provide as much of the content that is available to anyone who is interested in having it. Please contact the officers if you have suggestions for additional content for future postings.
New Club! Snoqualmie Valley Beekeepers
Monday, January 10th, 2011PSBA would like to welcome our new neighbors to the east, Snoqualmie Valley Beekeepers. This club is just getting started and welcomes your support.
Inaugural meeting: Tuesday, January 11, 7:00 pm at Meadowbrook Farm Preserve in Snoqualmie. Details at www.snoqualmievalleybeekeepers.org
PSBA is co-presenting a film screening of “Vanishing of the Bees” on December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Sorry for the late notice folks, but there is a film screening of “Vanishing of the Bees” tomorrow night.
PSBA is co-presenting a film screening of Vanishing of the Bees on 12/1/10 at Kane Hall (UW campus). The film examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. This screening is part of a film and lecture series called Art + Agriculture, curated by a local non-profit Essential Arts and proceeds will benefit the local nonprofit, Pollinator Pathway
More info about Essential Arts, the series, and the event is available online http://www.essentialarts.org/art-agriculture/
The evening promises to be entertaining with award winning poets (who are preparing bee-themed poems especially for the event), honey tasting and sales, post-film Q&A moderated by PSBA President, Nancy Beckett, with Q&A panelists to include PSBA Board member and owner of Ballard Bee Company, Corky Luster. Come join us in this very special evening focused on bees!
- Kane Hall, #130, University of Washington
- Doors open at 6:30 (for honey sales and tasting)
- Event will start at 7:00 and end at 10:00
- Tickets: $15, PSBA Members, Seniors & Students $10. Get tickets at the door or online: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/133782
To see a PDF of the event poster, click here.