Winter is fast approaching here in Western WA and with so much moisture in the air, it is time to stop feeding your bees liquid sugar syrup and move to sugar blocks. With this winter sugar block recipe, your honeybees will not only have the necessary carbohydrates needed to survive the winter, but they will … Read moreWinter Sugar Block Recipe
Hi club members. We still need people to sign up for slots to man both the indoor and outdoor booths at the fair. Remember, you don’t have to know everything about bees in order to work the booths, and you will definitely have a fun time! Also, you will receive a parking pass and a … Read moreEvergreen State Fair Booth Signups
The bee club picnic is coming up on July 28th (a saturday). It is a fantastic event so I highly encourage all members to come. You can reach the SignUpGenius link at http://nwdba.org/picnic for more information and to register that you are coming. Please do register rather than just showing up so that we know approximately … Read more2018 Bee Club picnic coming up soon!
In case you missed it, Ken Reid gave an excellent talk on Swarm Prevention. He has graciously allowed us to share his slides online here:
A report from Kevin Sander on his experiences with beekeeping in Paraguary:
House Bill 2640 has been scheduled for a hearing on January 31st. This is the bill that would help beekeepers by protecting them from liability issues as long as they follow best practices. I strongly urge people to follow the instructions in the message that I have linked to from WASBA bout this issue and … Read moreUpdate on important legislative action
A message from WASBA legislative chair Tim Hiatt, legislativechair@wasba.org View this email in your browser Beekeeper Liability Protection: Call to Action Our beekeeper liability protection bill, HB 2640, has been assigned to the House Judiciary committee for a public hearing. It hasn’t yet been scheduled, and time is running out! Please call and email: Chair … Read moreImportant Legislative Action from WASBA
Bee Availability List 2018 3/12/2018MS This is a list of bee suppliers that NWDBA is aware of for 2018. NWDBA puts this list together to help our club members find out about possible sources of bee packages, nucs, and queens. However, we make no representation that these are particularly good suppliers – it … Read moreBee Availability List for 2018
This is a scientific paper that recently came out with a potentially novel new treatment for varroa. This is very early phase research, but it definitely has some potential. The paper isn’t an easy read for a non-scientist, but I wanted people to be aware of it.
I highly recommend taking the time to watch this presentation by a Canadian beekeeper. We are in the process of arranging for Eric to come down to speak at our meeting a bit later in the year: