Puget Sound Beekeepers Association is committed to educating both beekeepers and the public about honey bees. One way we do this is by curating interesting and renowned speakers for our meetings. All meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you enjoy this year’s schedule of speakers and topics!
PSBA meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month, excluding July, November, and December. Typically, a beekeeper lesson is offered at 6:30pm and main presentation starts at 7:30pm.
Meetings are at the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum.
Here are details for the meeting – no registration needed:
Tuesday, April 22nd:
6:30 Pre Meeting Lesson
7:00 PSBA Announcements
7:30 Main Meeting Presenter:
Daniel Najera, PSBA’s research chair will present-PSBA Research, Knowledge, and Learning – The Varroa Mite In 2013, PSBA started a cooperative effort with Green River Community College to analyze the populations of honeybees in our region. Here, we detail the methodology and basic results. More importantly, we demonstrate the effectiveness of research efforts and put out a call for more participation. We will discuss the future research efforts to be conducted in 2014. Come listen to how we can work together to help understand how to handle varroa in our part of the country and become a powerful example for what beekeeping organizations can do.