Washington State Beekeepers Association

Help us assess what is happening to our honey bees as we approach the Spring of 2010. Please take this very short survey about how many of your hives survived the winter, so far. For more information, email Paul Lundy at editor@wasba.org.
Click here to take survey

Request to Beekeepers - Bradley University SURVEY

Larry Krengel (Illinois State Beekeepers), along with Wendy Schweigert and a team of her students from Bradley University, will be conducting research about beekeepers and their characteristics. The results of this research will be used to identify characteristics of those who chose to become beekeepers, to compare various subgroups of beekeepers with each other, and to compare other groups with beekeepers.

If you are 18 years or older and keep bees you are invited to be a part of this research by completing a short anonymous survey about beekeepers. We are interested in new beekeepers as well as those who are experienced. Hobbyist, sideliners and commercial beekeepers are all invited to participate.

The survey can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9NSWHZ5.

The survey will be available online until February 14, 2010.

If you have any questions about this research please feel free to contact Dr. Wendy Schweigert
wendy@bumail.bradley.edu

PNW Mortality Survey

Oregon State University PNW Mortality Survey. If you keep bees in the Pacific Northwest, please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. Dr. Mike Burgett's mailing address is at the bottom of the document. Thank you!

Honey Bee Diagnostics Lab

Washington State beekeepers now have a Honey bee diagnostic lab right at home. For more information, click here. Use these forms to submit samples for testing:

Colony Health data sheet (pdf)

Field Sampling Protocol (pdf)

Please fill out the forms as completely as possible. Please print, if possible and make sure your phone # and email address is current. Thank you!

Register Your Hives
Please register your hives with the Washington State Department of Agriculture to take advantage of new state tax exemptions. Link to the registration form: Apiary Registration form

Interested in joining WSBA? Click here.