OBA Discussions

When initially designing them, I saw them more initially as something for people who were signed up

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let people know because there was some interest - I have a few nucs

Hello, I just treated my hives with VarroxSan, a new mite treatment product. I didn't know before

This came up recently in a discussion with new beekeepers and I think there has been a discussion on

Attached photos show the smoker tools I use. The small steel ash can is a 6-gallon Behrens. This

Here is the link from the Beeline: Add your name and contact info to the volunteer sign-up sheet and

Hi all - Jordan asked me to let you all know he has 5 mated queens available, $60 each. Shoot him an

I found this interesting presentation on swarming and splits. You might find it helpful. Charlie

Thanks. Bought a queen at Woods. More splits on the horizon. Charlie Garrott From: Nicole Warren <

So...as referenced in the title, I had my strangest bee experience ever yesterday afternoon. I was

I did a split yesterday and would like to put in a mated queen. Anyone have one available in Olympia

Had a 3 way walk away split go bad. There were 7 queen cells that ended up open, but none survived. I

I put on robbing screens and screened off upper accesses. The bees don't like the detour but

Michael Jaross of the [mtbakerbees] discussion group posted this reply to Charlie's post on

In my area in Northeast Thurston County, we have LOTS of Scotch Broom, some clover, thimble berrys,

I am pretty new with beekeeping. I have one hive at present and ready to split it if it grows strong

I'm picking one up from Jordan, thanks though! On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM Charlie Garrott

Good job! On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM Charlie Garrott <charlie...@gmail.com> wrote: I

This was discussed at last year's WASBA conference. It sounded more difficult to treat than

Is anyone going to the diagnostic microscopy workshop in puyallup? I'm looking for carpooling

A potential solution in this situation is the Club Apiary! We have room for more hives. You could

Yesterday, 5/12/2025, Debra came to help me with my hives. She is my instructor for the Journeyman

I love this question/topic, Mohan! Knowing when the dearth is can be so very useful to work in

The Hawthorn bloom has been underway 10 days - 2 weeks by my reckoning. This seems extraordinarily

We are here now it was 4pm on Facebook post Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25, 2025, at 4:21 PM, Kristina

para mtbakerbees "The Bees Are Disappearing Again" NY Times. An article from April 12th

I'd like to give you a hand. I also want to split a couple of hives this year. Nick Peters On

Kristina - i was advised that having ventilation air flow through the hive is much preferable to

Some guidelines on what to look for and take care of in your first deep inspection of the season. [

Lots of things for our members to know! 1.) Register for WASBA conference. Early Bird pricing until