In 2015, I surveyed 250 OR backyarder beekeepers during April seeking answers to questions about overwintering losses, colony feeding, sanitation and varroa control efforts (2015 survey questions posted on website pnwhoneybesurvey.com/annual-surveys). Loss levels you reported were 27% for both 8-and 10-frame Langstroth hive beekeepers, double that number for 5-frame nucs and Top bar hives and intermediate […]
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) Established in 1967. Our October and November meetings will be held in Building 9, Room 115 at Chemeketa Community College. Our speaker for October will be presenting on the subject of mead. The 2015 Oregon State Fair was a big hit. The booth was visited by thousands of fair goers.
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The recent successful Bee booth at 150th Oregon State Fair is now history. Although nine local bee associations each helped cover a day at the fair, WVBA members play a dominant role each year in establishing, peopling and making the Bee Booth a reality. The organizing committee thanks once again all WVBAers who were a
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The recent successful Bee booth at 150th Oregon State Fair is now history. Although nine local bee associations each helped cover a day at the fair, WVBA members play a dominant role each year in establishing, peopling and making the Bee Booth a reality. The organizing committee thanks once again all WVBAers who were a
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Feeding bees in the fall is unquestionably a way to make the difference whether a colony survives overwinter or not. When colonies are light on food stores, feeding a heavy sugar syrup or not extracting capped honey can improve winter survival. It is the best management option to insure the proper fall configuration and
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Feeding bees in the fall is unquestionably a way to make the difference whether a colony survives overwinter or not. When colonies are light on food stores, feeding a heavy sugar syrup or not extracting capped honey can improve winter survival. It is the best management option to insure the proper fall configuration and
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) Established in 1967. Our next meeting on Monday the 24th of August at 7 p.m. will be in Building 9, Room 111 at Chemeketa. Plan to bring your questions for a round table session. Todd and Trevor are going to show the 18 minute video that is going to play
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The Flow Hive™ has captured the attention of the bee world. It often comes up as a question in bee meetings and bee schools. People mostly have questions and also lots of opinions upon hearing about it. Labeled “the Holy Grail of Beekeeping,” it has been self-proclaimed “the most significant invention in beekeeping since 1852”
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The Flow Hive™ has captured the attention of the bee world. It often comes up as a question in bee meetings and bee schools. People mostly have questions and also lots of opinions upon hearing about it. Labeled “the Holy Grail of Beekeeping,” it has been self-proclaimed “the most significant invention in beekeeping since 1852”
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At the March and April WVBA meetings I distributed paper copies and directed members to a web-based survey document as a continuing effort to define overwintering success. This was the 7th year of such survey activity. I received 230 responses from OR backyarders, keeping anywhere from 1 to 50 colonies; Willamette Valley members sent in
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