Bee Schools around our region Compiled by Dr. Dewey Caron Last month four February Bee Schools/Events for new and less-experienced beekeepers were mentioned in this space. Here are some later February/March events. Next month we will feature April events. Central Oregon Beekeepers Association: March 9th, 2024 from 8:330 am to 3:30 pm. Space is limited! … Read more
NEW Resource on Feeding Bees By Dr. Dewey Caron Beekeepers now have a valuable resource at their fingertips with the release of the latest comprehensive Honey Bee Nutrition Guide from the Honey Bee Health Coalition. The guide is a review manual on everything you need to know, up-to-date bee nutrition and supplemental feeding of bee hives. It … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Free seeds for bees The Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge, Oregon State University Extension’s statewide seed giveaway, with continued partnership with the Oregon Bee Project begins its fifth year. It is a program of Food Hero, a statewide initiative of the … Read more
Advertise your Bee School (compiled by Dr. Dewey Caron) For next month I would like to help you advertise your bee school/bee events for new/les-experienced beekeepers in this space. Here are some early classes that will take place in early February. The Portland Metro beekeeping group has one of the earliest bee courses. John Rockrohr, … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Large European Foulbrood grant awarded to OSU Bee Labs By this time next month most of the Sagili and Melathopoulos bee lab personnel will be in California almond orchards. They will be assessing bee colonies as part of a $4.2 million, … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Are Langstroth style hives a stressor to overwintering bees? US beekeepers largely keep honey bees in a Langstroth hive. The original Langstroth hive, designated (at least in the US) as the first practical movable comb hive incorporating bee space, has been … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Feeding pollen Do you regularly practice feeding protein to your bees? Did you feed pollen this fall? Did it make a difference? How could you tell? Collectively, the literature shows a mix of positive, neutral, and negative impacts of pollen substitutes … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Some Master Beekeeper Program cross pollination The Colorado Master Beekeeper Program is patterned after the Oregon requirements. They recently had their initial tests for their first Master candidates. Dr. Sagili and Dr. Caron were members of the oral examination committee and … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program Need a veterinarian? Beginning in 2017, due to a Food and Drug Administration directive, certain antibiotics we might use to treat bee diseases became subject to a Veterinary Food Directive (VFD) if fed as animal feed or as a prescription from … Read more
by Dewey M. Caron, Communications and Content Specialist for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program New virus discovered in honey bees A metagenomic analysis of the virome of honey bees identified a novel positive-strand RNA virus. The virus was named Apis mellifera solinvivirus 1. It’s closest relative is in fire ants. The virus was initially sequenced … Read more