OBA Discussions

I need to "borrow" a small amount of thymol crystals and lecithin granules to prepare sugar

I discovered that the 12-minute time for my oxalic acid heater wand is excessive and harmful to bees.

Attached is the presentation document I shared on Monday night. Also, I find that the following book

$1500 per quart - yellow jacket legs at no charge. Charlie

I would set a frame or two at a time and let the bees rob or rinse nectar out with water and let it

OAV is best done either at night when they're all home or very early morning before they're

I have a timer setup that runs to one of those misting hoses. One of those little perferated 25 foot

Sure! I'll be home this weekend if you want to come get them. I live in Shelton - if that works

That's kind of you to help them. It is going to be a huge mess if you leave the comb. I've

Hi, Steve; Nathan has all of the tickets. So just get in touch with Nathan and you can pick them up

Thanks all. I'll give Jordan a call shortly. Steve Steve Messman (c) 360-580-8843 On Wed, Jul 9,

I purchased a mated queen from Jordan early last week. I asked him at that time if he had any others

I think you have to be logged in for the link to work. Nathan and I both tried it and it is working

Sounds good. Whatever you want. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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