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2017 Youth in Beekeeping Scholarship Program


To follow our 3 2017 Youth Scholars through their first year as beekeepers, scroll down the page!

LCBA 2017 Youth Scholarship Student Emily and mentor William

Above, youth scholar Emily with mentor William Pittman pose with the hive boxes that Emily assembled & painted.  William is a certified Journeyman Beekeeper through the WASBA Education program.

Adam's mentor is Cody Warren, who began beekeeping in 2013 and now is an avid swarm catcher, top bar hive beekeeper, & LCBA mentor; he maintains LCBA's YouTube Channel. Below, Adam with his bees on hiving day:

Lewis County Beekeepers 2017 Youth Scholar Adam

LCBA 2017 Youth Scholar Adam with his hive set up

Below, Adam sugar-dusts his package bees to knock down mites prior to hiving:

LCBA Youth Scholar Adam Claridge cutting comb at a colony carveout in June 2017

Above, Adam came along on a bee colony carve-out in June and learned how to carve out, pin, and re-home bees. These bees went to LCBA's new club apiary.
LCBA Youth Scholar Adam Claridge at honey supers removal workshop

Above, Adam with a beautiful frame of honey pulled at LCBA's honey supers removal workshop in July. Adam didn't get honey from his bees - most first year beekeepers do not - but he is learning what to do if his bees produce honey next year.

Youth Scholar Adam lifts a full honey super

Adam lifting a full honey super at Mentorship Coordinator Dan Maughan's apiary. A full medium honey super can weigh over 60 pounds!

2017 Youth Scholar Emily Ecklund answering questions at the SW WA Fair

Above, Youth Scholar Emily answers questions at LCBA's exhibit at the Southwest Washington Fair; below, Adam talking bees with other LCBA volunteers.

2017 Youth Scholar Adam talking bees at the SW WA FAir

Below, Adam, left, examines comb from a hive that absconded from our club apiary with LCBA mentor Rick Battin:

2017 Youth Scholar Adam at LCBAs Fall Management Workshop

2017 Youth Scholar Adam making a moisture control box at Sept Fall Management Wo

Above, Adam's mentor Cody guides Adam in measuring hardware cloth for his bees' moisture control box; below, Cody and Adam display their completed box that will help Adam's bees over-winter.

2017 Youth Scholar Adam and mentor Cody with completed moisture control box


Youth Scholar Adam Claridge and mentor Cody Warren at LCBAs Holiday Potluck

Above, Adam and mentor Cody share high points of Adam's beekeeping year; below, Adam with LCBA VP Bob Harris:

Youth Scholar Adam Claridge and LCBA VP Bob Harris at LCBAs Holiday Potluck

LCBA Youth Scholarship Students 2017

Meet LCBA's 2017 Youth Scholars! Above, left, Adam Claridge, a 9th grader from Tenino; middle Rylea Shan Powell, a 6th grader from Centralia; & right, Emily Ecklund, a 7th grader from Centralia. All 3 Youth Scholars are home schooled & submitted great applications. They passed all their tests in LCBA's beginning beekeeping course, January-February, with flying colors. All three got their bees on April 22 & have started their beekeeping adventure.

LCBA 2017 Youth Scholar Rylea building hive boxes with mentor Gottfried

Above, Rylea assembles hive components at LCBA Vice President Bob Harris's Rose of Sharon Farm workshop. Mentor Gottfried Fritz has been keeping bees for over 55 years - to read some of his migratory beekeeping adventures, see LCBA's February 2017 Newsletter.

LCBA 2017 Youth Scholarship Student Rylea Shan and mentor Gottfried

Above and below, Rylea Shan hives her new package bees with help from mentor Gottfried as her sisters look on:

Below, Rylea Shan & her bees!

LCBA 2017 Youth Scholar Rylea Shan and her bees

Below, Adam inspects his bees:

LCBA Youth Scholar Adam holds up a frame of bees

Adam & Rylea Shan both volunteered at LCBA's booth at the Spring Youth Fair. Below, Rylea Shan answers children's questions at the honey tasting challenge (can you guess which honey came from carrot blossoms?):

LCBA Youth Scholar Rylea answers questions at the Spring Youth Fair

Below, Rylea Shan & Emily at LCBA's May 20 Hive Inspection Workshop:

LCBA Youth Scholars Rylea Shan and Emily at the May 20 Hive Inspection Workshop

2017 Youth Scholar Sam and 2018 Youth Scholar Rylea Shan with honey frames

Above, Rylea Shan with 2017 Youth Scholar Sam at LCBA's July honey supers removal workshop. Sam was able to pull honey from his bees in this, his second year: below, Sam is pictured with his honey, which won an honorable mention in the raw bottled honey category:

2017 Youth Scholar Sam with his Honorable Mention honey at the 2018 SW WA Fair

2017 Youth Scholar Rylea with her blue ribbon cut comb honey

Above, Rylea Shan with her blue ribbon cut-comb honey. Rylea's mentor, Gottfried Fritz, gave her a small top bar hive to help her harvest honey in her first year: top bar hive honey cannot be spun & bottled, but it can be produced as cut-comb, above, and as comb honey, for which Rylea won a red ribbon, below:

2017 Youth Scholar Rylea with her red ribbon cut comb honey

Below, Rylea holds up a frame from her top bar hive as Gottfried looks on. Mentor Gottfried has been keeping bees for 55+ years and loves sharing his knowledge with our Youth Scholars.

2017 Youth Scholar Rylea Shan with her top bar hive

2017 Youth Scholar Rylea Shan answering childrens questions at the SW WA Fair

Above, Rylea Shan answers children's questions about LCBA's observation hive at the Fair.

2017 Youth Scholar Rylea Shan inspects bees with mentor Gottfried

Above, Rylea and Gottfried inspect her Langstroth hive as one of her siblings looks on.

Youth Scholars described their first year as beekeepers at LCBAs Holiday Potluck

Above, LCBA 2018 Youth Scholars described their experiences as first year beekeepers at LCBA's 9th Annual Holiday Potluck. We're delighted to report that all three students' colonies were alive as of the potluck and that all three want to continue as beekeepers.

Youth Scholar Rylie with mentor Gottfried at LCBA Holiday Potluck

Above, Rylea and Gottfried sharing highlights of Rylea's first year in beekeeping at LCBA's 2018 Holiday Potluck; below, Emily and mentor William Pittman speaking at the potluck (photos by Marc Toenyan):
Youth Scholar Emily with mentor William at the LCBA holiday potluck

Below, LCBA members Pamela Daudet and Nancy Toenyan at the potluck: Pamela and husband Tom donated this beautiful stained glass bee window for a silent auction to help fund our 2018 Youth Scholarship students, and Nancy had the winning bid. We're thankful to our members for their generous support of our program.

LCBA mentors Pamela and Nancy at the 2018 holiday potluck

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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