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The Olympia Beekeepers Association

The Olympia Beekeepers Association (OBA) are a non-profit organization that provides education, training, and support for beekeepers in Thurston and surrounding counties. Please consider becoming a member, as there as an array of member benefits.

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For the Public and Members

Association Members are often available for events and education.

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Membership includes entire household.

$25 per year

Latest News

  • Board meeting minutes – October 2, 2024
    Attendees: Nathan, Kristina, Gail, David, Bryan, Lynn, Camy
  • Association meeting minutes – 9/9/24
    38 in attendance: ALL are in person at the club apiary at the Freedom Farm, 3 are new members Intro to the Freedom Farm from Blue, the Founder Discussion about what the club wants out of the apiary Other club updates Mentorship Chair led a live hive inspection of the 2 hives currently located in (more…)
  • OBA Discussion Group
    We are launching a Discussion Group for member and non-members to be able to ask questions and discuss beekeeping. The platform we are using is Google Groups. We believe it is fairly simply to use, and works something like a List Serve. If you do not know what that is, it is simply a way (more…)
  • The 2024 Fair Report
    The 2024 Thurston County Fair wrapped up Sunday and with it the theme of “bees”. Thanks to part of the grant from Inspire Olympia we were able to rejuvenate and refresh the Bee Booth. Included in the upgrades; The feedback we received from both fairgoers and members was great! It was noticed that we had (more…)

Announcements

Swarm Season starts in April

Call the Olympia Beekeepers Association SWARM Coordinator at 360.491.4968 and we will coordinate finding a member who can respond to help you. It is important to have the following information;

  • Location: Address
  • Height from ground
  • Telephone contact number
  • Access to the swarm
  • Any other pertinent information you can provide

Association Members can request to be on the Swarm Catchers List, administered by the Swarm Coordinator. Simply indicate in your member profile that you would like to catch swarms.

Mentorship Program.

Bryan Henn our new Mentorship Chair has modernized the program, creating easy to use online forms. If you are a member and require a Mentor, or you would like to become a Mentor, please check out the Mentorship section.

Something to share?

Do you have a favorite beekeeping web site, article or video you’d like to share?

Send a link to:  vicepresident@olympiabeekeepers.org

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Current Paid Members can log in here or the top right of the page. This will give you access to the Members Only section. Need help? Call the hotline on 360-515-7274, and select option 5. You will be given instructions and if none of those work you can leave a message and we will call you back to help.

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