Various on going seasonal topics of interest will be discussed at our regularly scheduled monthly meetings and hive-side visits.

2025 Beginning Beekeeping

Get your bees off to a good start for our upcoming 2025 season.

Registration is now open for the 10-hour beginning beekeeping course. Five 2-hour classes will be held Tuesday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, February 4 - March 4, 2025, on campus at Peninsula College in Port Angeles.

Registration available at: Peninsula College Community Education website

Summer Brood Interruption: A club presentation by Rex Roberton, March 10, 2024

Based on his own experience and many trials over the years, Rex presented methodologies he has personally proven to be successful for combating and controlling varroa mite populations. These methods, known as biotechnical controls, were developed in Europe in order to promote beekeeping practices that are safe for bees and produce safe hive products using techniques that take advantage of the honey bees’ natural life cycle.

The link to Rex’s slide-deck is found <HERE> The slide show is about 7 minutes, with each slide showing about 5 seconds.

Reference:

Uzunov, A, Gabel, M, and Büchler, R (2023) Summer Brood Interruption for Vital Honey Bee Colonies: Towards sustainable varroa control using biotechnical methods. Apoidea Press.