To avoid colony loss this winter you MUST act now!
Our August Program featured the dynamic honey bee expert and Green River College Professor Danny Najera sharing his latest knowledge and information.
Download: The Mite Busters Handout (PDF 10.5MB)
More links for Danny's work;
See GRCC honeybees on Facebook here!
Make donations to his honeybee program here.
Tracking our Native Blooms here.
This month's presenter is Hillary Burgess from the University of Washington.
Hillary did her master’s thesis on landscaping for pollinators, and here's a
link for a bit more information about her work:
http://www.biodiverseperspectives.com/author/
hkb10uw-edu/
We're excited to welcome her to the OBA for our June 2016 program.
Two hives were placed on the front lawn of the Governor's Executive Residence at the Washington State Capitol and honey bees installed on April 20, 2016.
The project, a collaboration between the Olympia Beekeepers Association and the Washington Department of Enterprise Services will help raise public awareness about the decline of bee populations, our dependence on them to pollinate much of the food we eat and their importance to Washington's agricultural economy. The honey bees will also be boosting the pollination of plants at the mansion on on the Capitol Campus.
Links to recent articles on the project in the news:
http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article73484692.html
http://www.king5.com/news/local/governors-mansion-gets-30000-honey-bees/145674691
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article73484907.html
http://q13fox.com/2016/04/20/bees-installed-on-capitol-campus-in-olympia/
http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article72268317.html
http://www.thurstontalk.com/2016/04/21/honeybees-capitol-washington/
Check out the Bee a Pollinator page to find out how you can help bees and join the campaign!
Greetings, I hope everyone is enjoying this sunshine and busy preparing hives for our upcoming delivery of package bees. The bees arrive late in the night of the 19th or early in the morning of the 20th.
Package bee pick up begins on the morning of April 20th from 8:00am -- 1:00pm.
If you ordered bees Mechele will be in contact with you with details.
