LEWIS COUNTY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION
Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531
ph: 360 880 8130
fax: N/A
susanne
UpComing Events
Honey Spinning Workshops
This year, LCBA has a new program for experienced member beekeepers who need an extractor to spin honey: you can contact a member who is coordinating our “loaner extractor” and kit (see LCBA's August Newsletter). If you are a current LCBA member & a new or nearly-new beekeeper with honey to extract for the first time, and you’d like some guidance, great – please contact Susanne at secretary@lcba.community or 360 880 8130 and we will work out a day and time for you to use the larger club extractors at our apiary.
When: Social Time 6 – 6:30 p.m.; Talk & Q&A, 6:30 to 7:30; Break & Business Meeting, 7:30 to 8:45
Where: Centralia College, Washington Hall 103, 701 W. Walnut, Centralia WA 98531
What: LCBA Community Outreach Coordinator & WASBA-certified Journeyman Beekeeper Dan Maughan will review the things we need to do for our bees at this time of year to help them survive the winter. We’ll cover what to look for during fall inspections, hive manipulations, moisture control methods, Varroa monitoring and management, & more. Please bring your stories and questions!
Saturday, September 15:
Fall Management Workshop
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Please RSVP to secretary@lcba.community for address & directions. It helps us plan to know how many are coming.
What: Are your bees well prepared for winter - how would you tell? LCBA Mentors will go through hives to assess their condition & demonstrate Varroa treatments (oxalic acid vaporizing, Api Life Var, & more), as well as winter moisture control methods, including how to build a moisture control box. After the workshop, those interested are welcome to help build moisture boxes for our club apiary colonies. Please bring your protective gear!
When: Social Time 6 – 6:30 p.m.; Talk & Q&A, 6:30 to 7:30; Break & Business Meeting, 7:30 to 8:45
Where: Centralia College, Washington Hall 103, 701 W. Walnut, Centralia WA 98531
What: Color us excited, because LCBA was THE top responder to this year’s Pacific Northwest Bee Loss Survey! This means that Dewey’s data and insights will be even more relevant to us than usual. Thank you to all our beekeepers who responded to the PNW & BIP Surveys!
Below, visitors to the Observation Hive with 2017 LCBA Youth Scholarship student Rylie. Rylie & other LCBA volunteers will bee available to answer questions about bees in our observation hive at the Chehalis Farmers' Market Kids' Table on Tuesday, August 28:
Above, Dan "the Bee Chef" Maughan makes his own winter patties; below, Cody Warren inserts his fogger with mineral oil & evergreen extract into a hive as part of Varroa control regimen:
Above, Dr. Dewey Caron will bee LCBA's October speaker; below, LCBA 2017 Youth Scholarship students Rylie & Emily at one of our workshops:
Above, LCBA's 2017 Youth in Beekeeping Scholarship students recapped their first year in beekeeping at our holiday potluck.
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Monthly Meetings are at Centralia College, 701 W. Walnut St., Centralia WA 98531
Centralia, WA 98531
ph: 360 880 8130
fax: N/A
susanne