Monthly Meetings

August 21st Meeting

This months speaker will be Jeff Green from the Oregon Department of Agriculture. He will be speaking on Oregon honey extraction and labeling guidelines and regulations.

This month’s guest speaker is Dewey Caron. He will be highlighting how to manage colonies mid-May through June with an emphasis on keeping strong colonies growing and avoiding swarming. How to manage weak colonies and newly established colonies from divides, swarm captures, nucs and packages. This will be an interactive presentation with the audience.

Meeting starts at 6:30.

April 17th Meeting

This months speaker will be Andony Melathopoulos from OSU.

The topic of his talk is “Hot To Keep Your Bees Out Of Trees So They Can Make Honey”.

March 20th Meeting

This months speaker will be Ellen Topitzhofer from OSU speaking on “Honey Bee Nutrition”.

This will be a two-part talk. First, she’ll discuss basic nutrition requirements and how bees find what they need, and second, the what/how/when for beekeepers artificially feeding their colonies.

February 20th

This months speaker will be Jen Holt from OSU Honey Bee Lab speaking on “Spring Management for Beginning Beekeepers”

Springtime is a busy time for bees and beekeepers. This talk will cover spring hive inspections (reading frames, assessing food resources, and more!), the mechanics of swarming, what to expect when you peek inside your hives and more! She will also give a brief overview of the Master Beekeeper program and introduce everyone to their new website.