Attendees: 28 in person, 3 online
Updates from the board
- Nathan, President
- Fair was a success! Sold $1,500 worth of honey. Have some left for the upcoming Steamboat Fair.
- Yesterday, Nathan taught a beginner beekeeping course with 17 people.
- We have a volunteer for Social Media Manager
- Debra – Presentation of Journeyman level certificate to our VP, Bryan Henn!
- Kristina, Membership
- 140 members
- Call for people to be featured in Beeline in a membership spotlight – Debra?
- Outreach is active to schools, apiary, Steamboat Is, Nisqually Festival – if you want to volunteer, please reach out! Includes opportunities to sell your honey, or you can sell it in bulk to the club
- Treasurer – club is in really good financial shape, have about $11K in the bank
- Apiary
- Dome building – seeking volunteers, FF are excited about it – looking at a 40′ dome that would easily fit 30 people, space is already carved out at the farm for us
- Currently 18 very healthy hives that just got mite treatment
- Librarian – we have a new librarian, Sean
- Charlie G – sharing about his experience with OA treatments for Varroa Mites
- OA – Oxalic Acid, naturally occurring acid, so far no resistance developed to it