Do you know what is in the foods you eat? Most of us are only vaguely aware. Nutritional labelling, mandatory on many foods, can help lead to a better understanding. Do you find nutrition labels on honey jars better informs you of your dietary choice? Honey labels may soon be subject to a significant change.… Read more about Does honey have “added sugar”?
Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association Established in 1967. I hope everyone had a wonderful and Merry Christmas. May there be peace and joy throughout the new year. May there be many blessings come your way in the New Year. I wish good health to all, including your bees. For me, I continue to need more time. … Read more about A Note from the President by Rich Farrier
Do you know what is in the foods you eat? Most of us are only vaguely aware. Nutritional labelling, mandatory on many foods, can help lead to a better understanding. Do you find nutrition labels on honey jars better informs you of your dietary choice? Honey labels may soon be subject to a significant change.… Read more about Does honey have “added sugar”?
WVBA beekeepers may recall meeting Dan Wyns. Dan, with Ellen Topitzhofer, has been the 2 person BeeInformed PNW Tech Team working out of Oregon State the past 3 seasons. Dan moved back to his native state to form a Michigan Tech Team this spring. The PNW Tech teams offer regular on-site hive inspections and sampling… Read more about Drifting
With the most recent PNW honey bee survey, the 10th year of such survey activity I received 303 responses from OR backyarders, keeping anywhere from 1 to 50 colonies; Willamette Valley members sent in 34 surveys, 10 more than the previous year, reporting loss/survivorship of 153 fall colonies. Overwintering losses of WVBA respondents was 55… Read more about 2018 WVBA Loss Report
At the April WVBA meeting Morris Ostrofsky gave lots of practical information, most from his own experience, on how to capture swarms via swarm traps. If you’re looking to increase your number of colonies, consider setting out one or more swarm/bait boxes, an inexpensive means of starting additional colonies. Swarm traps can bring the swarms… Read more about Swarm trapping
