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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Retirement Banquet for Dr. Walter ‘Steve’ Sheppard
Purchase your tickets today for a Retirement Banquet celebrating the remarkable career of Dr. Sheppard following the first day of
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July 2024 Newsletter OUT NOW!
Explore the July 2024 Newsletter! 🐝 Get Your Conference Tickets! Oct 4-6 in Lynnwood, WA Read the Issue!
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The PAm. Bellows Award-A Storytelling Competition
Behind every new discovery is a story, and we want to hear it! This year, Project Apis m. will give out our
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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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Queen Rearing Workshop (June 29th Othello)
The registration form for the Queen Rearing Workshop (June 29th Othello) is now OPEN!! Register here: https://registration.events.wsu.edu/webentom/product/wsu-honey-bee-program-queen-rearing-workshop-2024/ This workshop has a capacity of 25 participants.
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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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Renew or Join WASBA for 2024!
Renew or Join WASBA for 2024 Your dues support local beekeepers, bee research, WASBA events, and supportive legislature right here in
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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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BEEKEEPER OF THE YEAR 2021… RUTHIE DANIELSON!
The 2021 Beekeeper of the Year is… Ruthie Danielson from Blaine, Washington! Nominated by Dorothy McFall of the Mt. Baker
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Thank you! Online Auction Raises over $10,000 for WSU Pollinator Research!
From all of us at the Washington State Beekeepers Association (WASBA), a big THANK YOU for your participation in our
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