Work party this Saturday (May 5) from 10-noon at the PSBA Apiary, just up the hill from the Washington Park Arboretum Graham Visitor Center. We will be checking for successful release and acceptance of the queens of the new packages we installed last week. Work party leader is John Woodworth. Hope to see you there!
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Work Party Tomorrow, 5-5-2012
Friday, May 4th, 2012PSBA April 2012 Meeting, Tomorrow!
Monday, April 23rd, 2012Hi folks,
We will have Sarah Cooke doing beginner instruction, covering April’s to-do list, especially swarm management.
Steve Sheppard, M.SC., Ph.D. Entomologist and Thurber Chair, Washington State University will be presenting his latest Research in Queens. Check the newsletter for more detail. Hope to see you all there.
First Facebook Post from our website
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012Hi Folks,
President Brad here (HiYa!) In an effort to streamline our communications, we’ve connected a Facebook plugin to the PSBA website to automatically update FB when any new content arrives on our website. This will help to get the word out about events, volunteer opportunity and just general beekeeping items of interest.
Happy Beekeeping!
PSBA October 2011 Newsletter
Monday, October 24th, 2011PSBA September 2011 Newsletter
Monday, September 26th, 2011May Work Party
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Bob Redmond is leading our next apiary work party on May 14, 2-4pm. The focus will be checking up on new packages, which presumably will have been installed the week prior. People should bring a veil and gloves if they use them. If packages are delayed, we’ll adjust the agenda.
Interested folks should contact Bob at bob@urbanbee.com or 206-786-5715.
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.