Q1 2025 Board Meeting: 3/24 @6:30pm
All active WASBA Members are welcome to attend the next WASBA Board Meeting, the first official meeting of the year, […]
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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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January 2025 Newsletter OUT NOW!
Explore the January 2025 Newsletter! 🐝 Happy New Year!Honoring MLK’s legacy & looking hopefully into 2025 Read the Issue!
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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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Register Your Hives for 2024!
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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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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First Honey Bee Vaccine!
US Approves World’s First Honeybee Vaccine Against the Deadly Hive Bacteria A honeybee vaccine, meant to protect honeybees against the
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Olympia’s newest park is for the bees
Capitol Campus Pollinator Garden is a great spot to bring kids, or just a lunch. By Danny Stusser for Jolt
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WSU Entomology Releases Guide to Determine if Hives have been damaged by Asian Giant Hornets
Beekeepers have a new resource if they suspect the invasive Asian giant hornet is attacking their honey bee colonies. An
President’s Message
Greetings BEEKS, I pray this message finds everyone in good health and spirit. First, I want to thank each of
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