With spring it is the time to check on how bees overwintered and to fill out the PNW overwintering losses (successes!) survey from OSU PLEASE Consider helping provide this information !! This year with help from a couple of Portland area PUB beekeepers I have expanded the backyarder (small-scale/hobbyist) beekeeper survey and developed it into […]
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I have spoken to John Edwards of Ruhl Bee Supply. Yes, John did sell to Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, however John still owns a part of the business. The business will retain the name of Ruhl Bee Supply. John will continue to manage the business which is going to move to a bigger warehouse in
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) Established in 1967. I hope you have been out to have a look at your bees. It’s been an interesting winter, or should I say the lack thereof. The hives are the strongest that I have ever seen for this time of year. The only other time, that I can
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Knowing your bees is part of having a successful and satisfying beekeeping experience. Is this the season to do something about improving colony records? Or will you continue to use the ‘brick’ method? Hivetracks is a better way to keep hive/apiary records. And Hive Tracks is launching a series of improvements to make it even
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Knowing your bees is part of having a successful and satisfying beekeeping experience. Is this the season to do something about improving colony records? Or will you continue to use the ‘brick’ method? Hivetracks is a better way to keep hive/apiary records. And Hive Tracks is launching a series of improvements to make it even
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association (WVBA) ESTABLISHED IN 1967 Hope you are all enjoying the unusually warm and beautiful weather. The bees are making the most of it. Forty five students attended this years WVBA Bee School. All the students were very eager to get started. They were all very attentive. Thanks to all that helped
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In Salem State Tax Court, Old Sol Apiaries owner John Jacob won one for bees. John had leased the property of LeRoy & Nancy Wehdes’ for an apiary site but Jackson County disallowed the bees as livestock and part of the property as qualifying for bee pasture. Their projected tax bill jumped from $100 to
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In Salem State Tax Court, Old Sol Apiaries owner John Jacob won one for bees. John had leased the property of LeRoy & Nancy Wehdes’ for an apiary site but Jackson County disallowed the bees as livestock and part of the property as qualifying for bee pasture. Their projected tax bill jumped from $100 to
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Willamette Valley Beekeepers Association – ESTABLISHED in 1967 I wish each and everyone a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful and Happy New Year! I wish you an old-fashioned Christmas; the kind where concerns are simple, feelings sincere, and the greatest gift of all is peace and love. Have you been out to observe your
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One of the books I took to Bolivia to catch up on my reading was Bernd Heinrich’s newest The Homing Instinct, his 16th book; I professionally reviewed his Bumble Economics book several years ago. The book was a gift from my beekeeper hosts when I talked to the Maine beekeepers in mid-October. Before leaving Oregon
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