November 2025 Newsletter OUT NOW!
Explore the November 2025 Newsletter! 🐝 Happy Holidays! New Varroa Mite Treatments • License Plate Update • Database Volunteer Needed […]
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Speakers List Update!
We just updated our Speakers List for Fall 2025! Browse our impressive list of amazing speakers and presenters on all
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WSDA Approves ‘Norroa’ for Varroa Mite Treatment
Last week, the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) approved for beekeeper purchase and use the new Varroa mite treatment
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2025 Raffle Winner: Russell Deptuch
The 2025 Electric Extractor Raffle Winner is… Russell Deptuch! CONGRATS!
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Budget Board Meeting: Tues. 11/18 @6:30pm
All active WASBA Members are welcome to attend the next WASBA Board Meeting, on Tuesday, November 18th at 6:30pm, via
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POLLINATOR LICENSE PLATE BILL SIGNED!
HOORAY!! HOORAY!! The Honey Bee & Pollinator License Plate has become a reality!! Governor Ferguson signed the bill authorizing it
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2024 Conference Recordings Available to Ticket Holders NOW!
The Recordings are READY!!! Thank you so much for your patience while we prepared the recordings from the 2024 WASBA
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Register Your Hives for 2025!
Registering your hive/s grants liability protection to beekeepers (cheap insurance policy). The lack of hive registration could affect the amount
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2025 Conference ‘Early Bird Tickets’ on Sale!
Early Bird Tickets on Sale NOW until July 1, 2025! Get Tickets Now! Gather all your beekeeping friends and join
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USDA (FSA) Marketing Assistance for HONEY!
USDA (FSA) just announced $2 billion in Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops… Honey is included! Application are accepted from December
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“Ask a Washington Beekeeper” on YouTube!
Last year, WASBA began providing monthly educational programs via Facebook Live with the goal of reaching beekeepers who may not
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SnoKing Beekeepers offers Classes Year-Round
SnoKing Beekeepers continues to offer year-round classes via Zoom for Beginner, Apprentice and Journeyman. Dates and times of current and
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USDA and FarmRaise Disaster Assistance for Livestock, Honey bees, and farm-raised fish producers
USDA and FarmRaise Launch Additional Online Disaster Assistance Decision Tool for Livestock, Honey Bee and Farm-Raised Fish Producers Partnership further
Statewide Pollinator Week Declaration!
Celebrate Pollinator Week with us! Pollinator Week 2024 will take place June 17-23, 2024. Pollinator Week is an annual
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NEW! Ask a WA Beekeeper LIVE Q&A
One of the challenges we have been aware of is trying to provide beekeeping information resources to people without a
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Support the HIVE ACT
We need your help. Congressman Kelly Armstrong from North Dakota has introduced legislation this summer which address many of the concerns
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Notice: Import of Honey Bee Packages from US
Notice from Elizabeth Hill, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Honey Bee and Pollinator Research Coordinator: ———————————————————— Dear stakeholders, The Canadian
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Club Presidents! Join the Outreach Committee
The WASBA Outreach Committee was formed at the beginning of 2023. The purpose is to bring together the presidents of bee clubs
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A new vaccine will protect honeybees from a bacterial disease affecting their larvae
The Department of Agriculture has conditionally approved a new vaccine meant to protect honeybees from a bacterial disease that can
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