LEWIS COUNTY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION                                                          

Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531

fax: N/A

rick.battin@gmail.com

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  • 2021 LCBA at the Southwest Washington Fair
  • 2021 Summer Breakout Picnic
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  • LCBA at the 2015 Southwest Washington Fair
  • August 1 2015 Honey Extraction Workshop
  • July 18 2015 LCBA Honey Supers Removal Workshop
  • Bee Beards at WSU July 11 2015
  • Hive Assembling Workshop, March 21, 2015, Chehalis
  • Honey Extraction Workshop Sept 13 2014, Winlock
  • Fall Management Workshop Sept 6 2014, Winlock
  • Southwest Washington Fair, August 2014
  • Hive Inspection Workshops, June 14 & 21, 2014, Adna & Chehalis
  • Spring Youth Fair, May 3-4
  • Spring Management Workshop, April 26, 2014, Winlock
  • Package Bee Pickup - April 19 2014
  • Hive Assembling Workshops - Feb & April 2014, Chehalis
  • Fall Management III: Sept 14 2013, Packwood
  • Fall Management II: Sept 14, 2013, Randle
  • Fall Management Workshop - Sept 7 2013, Winlock
  • Southwest WA Fair 2013: Exhibit & Observation Hive
  • SW WA Fair 2013 II: Honey Contests
  • SW WA Fair 2013 III: Bee Buzz - Who's Who in the Hive?
  • Summer Potluck 2013
  • Hive Building Workshop - Feb 2013
  • Top Bar Hives - Jan 2013
  • Honey Spinning Workshop ~ Sept 2012

LCBA Photo Gallery

Below, scenes from LCBA events ~ see menu, above, for complete galleries of specific workshops & other events. . . .

 Below, member Terrie Phillips displays newly assembled super at one of LCBA's assembling workshops:

 

Below, new beekeeper Nina gets acquainted with a drone on package bee pickup day:

 

 

Below, LCBA Mentorship Coordinator Dan Maughan displays a frame at a May 2016 hive inspection workshop:

LCBA Mentorship Coordinator Dan Maughan at May 2016 hive inspection workshop

 

Below, Q&A at an LCBA workshop on treating for Varroa mite:

LCBA Workshop

 

Below, tasting honey at LCBA's July 2016 supers removal workshop:

Tasting honey at LCBA supers removal workshop 2016


Below, LCBA Education Coordinator Peter Glover guides 2016 Youth Scholarship student Sam in assembling frames in a jig:

LCBA Education Coordinator Peter Glover guides youth scholarship student Sam in

Below, former LCBA president Norm Switzler leads hive inspection workshop at a member's apiary:

 

 

 Below, new beekeeper Michaela prepares to install nuc bees in hive boxes that she painted herself:

 

Below, workers tend a queen cell from a colony recovered by LCBA's Bee Team:

 

Below, hands of bee team members fixing comb from a colony removal into frames for transport.

 

 Below, bees bring home brightly colored pollen:

 

Below, fascinating abstract shot of bees on comb by member Sherri Underhill:

 

Below, LCBA members relax at July 2013 potluck:


Unless otherwise noted, photos on this website are by the webmistress.  Below, bees begin to beard on this camera ~ evidently ready for their close-up! 

 Below, LCBA President Kevin Reichert guides Youth Scholarship student Sam in hive inspection at a Sept 2016 workshop:LCBA President Kevin Reichert guides youth scholarship student Sam at inspection

 

LCBA member Nancy Toenyan undergoes bee beard challenge at WSU Bee Field Days

Above, LCBA mentor Nancy Toenyan takes on the bee beard challenge at WSU's short course in beekeeping, 2015; below, LCBA Treasurer Rick Battin sporting his bee beard at the same WSU event:

LCBA Treasurer Rick Battin wearing bee beard at WSU short beekeeping course

Below, LCBA Secretary Susanne Weil turns the crank on a honey extractor as members Jenny Salzer & Peggy Hammer look on - at one of LCBA's 2016 workshops:

LCBA honey extraction workshop 

 Below, LCBA President Kevin Reichert displays a sample of a well-filled-out honey frame at a 2016 workshop:

LCBA President Kevin Reichert holds up a sample honey frame at supers workshop

 

Below, new beekeeper Anneke holds a drone at LCBA's package bee pickup:

 

Below, former LCBA President Norm Switzler leads colony removal as homeowner watches inside; LCBA removes swarms free of charge; colony removal may involve a fee depending on the complexity of the removal ~ for information, visit our Swarm & Colony Removal page. 

    

Below, bees on comb exposed after ceiling boards taken down at an LCBA colony removal: LCBA colony removal

 

Below, 2016 Youth Scholarship student Josiah Cowin with Mentor Gottfried Fritz inspecting Gottfried's hives in Mossyrock:

LCBA 2016 Youth Scholar Josiah Cowin with Mentor Gottfried Fritz

Below, Norm Switzler at a hive inspection workshop in 2013; Norm served as LCBA's president, 2011 - 2015. 

 

 

Love bee photos? Explore U.C. Davis apiculture program photographer extraordinaire, Kathy Keatley Garvey's, FLICKR gallery ~ click here. Complete URL: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/networkbees/galleries/72157626217262065/

 


 

 

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Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531

fax: N/A

rick.battin@gmail.com