LEWIS COUNTY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION                                                          

Tomato & Pepper Plants

Free to LCBA Members!

While They Last....

LCBA Mentor Steve Howard is cleaning out his greenhouse & giving these plants to LCBA members. You can contact Steve at 360.827.1527; 3015 Harrison Avenue, Centralia, WA 98531. Thanks, Steve!

 Missed bee sales?  You can still buy bees from multiple vendors:

* Both Harold (Beeline Apiaries) & Kevin (Hive 5 Bees) still have bees for sale, though not at the club price;

* Alan Woods (Woods Bee Co) in Centralia is offering a $10 discount on nucs with locally reared queens and $5 discount on equipment to LCBA members;

* Mike Radford of Northwest Bees, based in Sequim, also has PNW bees for sale.

You can find all these vendors’ contact information on our website, under the Beekeeping Supplies link: https://www.lewiscountybeekeepers.org/beekeeping_supplies .

Need sugar for bee feed? In addition to regular grocery vendors, Reichert's Distributing in Centralia sells 50 pound bags of pure can sugar for about $38.

Need pollen patties to help bulk up spring bees? In addition to bee vendors listed under Beekeeping Supplies on this site, Global Patties in Montana sells 15% patties that bees eat up.

Bee Q &A in the Time of Coronavirus & Social Distancing

* LCBA's Education Link on this Website has information & links to resources & videos on topics throughout the beekeeping year. Click on "Education" in the toolbar, above.

* LCBA's Facebook Page:  See news items & post questions about bees & beekeeping; get answers from experienced beekeepers. Go to https://www.facebook.com/LewisCountyBeekeepers/?ref=bookmarks or, on FB, search for Lewis County Beekeepers Association.

* Private LCBA Facebook Discussion Group: LCBA members can join a discussion group on the club Facebook page.

* LCBA's Mentor Program: New & nearly-new beekeepers who are members of LCBA can also contact their mentors by phone, email, & work out their own way of social distancing for in-person help with their bees.

*Email with Questions! Beekeepers are also welcome to email secretary@lcba.community with questions.

These are challenging times, friends… please take good care of yourselves, and may we all bee happy spending more time with our families. 

Our Wednesday, April 8, 2020

LCBA Monthly Meeting is canceled

Centralia College has closed events until April 24. Please check back for updates!

Dr. Dewey Caron:

Rescheduled to September 9

Africanized Honey Bees in Bolivia & the U.S.; Bee Survey Results

Postponed - please check back for reschedule date:

May 13 LCBA Monthly Meeting

Dr. Danny Najera, Green River CC 

Mite Busting & More!

 Danny's group is also on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRiverHoneybees/

Above, the "Mite Busters" patch designed by Dr. Danny Najera & his Green River College Honeybees team. For an article on Danny's work to save honey bees, click here: https://southsoundmag.com/saving-our-bees/ .

 

Above, Bumble bee pollinating tomato flower, by Antonio Jose Cespedes, Pixabay

 Above, Beeline Apiaries in Rochester; below, nucs at Beeline on one of our Bee Pickup Days in April.

 LCBA's Youth in Beekeeping Program is going forward with 6 new students, all of whom completed our beginning beekeeping course in February 2020. Above, new beekeeper Olivia with her bees; photo by mentor Kevin Reichert.

 Above, Dr. Dewey Caron at a 2019 LCBA workshop.



     LCBA is on Facebook! 

If you're a Facebook member, put "Lewis County Beekeepers Association" in your FB browser to see events, bee news, & more.