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2010

March	Family Honey, by Judy Manzone.

2009

December	Grant opportunities for local associations
September	Northwest Corner Beekeepers Conference in Seaside Oregon
July	Local Beekeeping Grant Proposed!
May	June Field day at WSU is primed to be fun and educational
March	New Local Beekeeping Associations! Enthusiasm for honey bees reflected in new groups forming.
January	Honey Bee Pollination Survey results from 2008

2008

November	WSU opens Honey bee diagnostic lab for Washington State beekeepers.
August	Tri-state convention news.
July	Eric Olson Reports on WSU Honey Bee Research.
May	Washington State Honey Bee Research Gets Rolling .
March	Senate Bill 6468 Favoring Washington Beekeepers Passed.
January	This years goals and notes from the convention.

2007

November	WSBA convention news from Winthrop Washington
September	Washington State Legislature and Honey Bee Laws
July	Beekeepers to advise WSDA on Beekeeping Industry
May	Colony Collapse Disorder Make the News
March	Honey Bee Pollination Survey results from 2006
January	Apiary Advisory Committee Nominations Are Invited

2006

November	Reports, highlights, from the Annual Meeting
September	2006 Pollination survey & convention news
July	Are the pesticide doses found in pollen dangerous for bees?
June	Local honey bee yards created for WSU queens in Spokane, Skagit, and Pierce Counties.
May	Breeding honey bees, mite resistance to pesticides and limitations of bee research, Dr. Steve Sheppard discusses Varroa mites and how the pest has effected beekeeping.
March	Research from Oregon. Pacific NW Pollination Survey for 2005, by Michael Burgett, Dept. Horticulture OR.
Page 1	President's Message, Mite Control Update, Program Calendar
Page 2	Honey Bee Pollination Survey 2005
Page 3	Master Beekeeper News
Page 4	Honey Bee Pollination Survey 2005 continued
Page 5	Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Page 6	AGRICULTURE: 'Organic' honey? USDA rules say 'no way'
Page 7	Organic Honey, cont'd., Executive Board Meeting Minute cont'd.
Page 8	Pacific Northwest Honey Bee Pollination Survey – 2005, Continued
Page 9	Pacific Northwest Honey Bee Pollination Survey – 2005, cont'd.
Page 10	Pacific Northwest Honey Bee Pollination Survey – 2005, cont'd.
Page 11	Beekeeper/Broker Registration 2006
Page 12	Letter from Brad White, Pest Program Manager, WA Dept. of Ag
Page 13	Association Membership Form
Page 14	Ads, return address
January	The latest research on the Effect of Concentration and Exposure Time on Treatment Efficacy Against Varroa Mites During Indoor Winter Fumigation of Honey Bees with Formic Acid.

2005

November	Canada approves the use of oxalic acid for control of Varroa mites.
August	A beekeeping trip to the Republic of Georgia, by Jim Miller, Inland Empire Beekeepers.
June	Research from Oregon. Pacific NW Pollination Survey for 2004, by Michael Burgett, Dept. Horticulture OR.
April	Field days planned for June in Pullman and July in Puyallup. Real beekeeping with WSU research.
February	Master Beekeeper Certification submission category 7: Honey Composition, Sources and Marketable forms, by Louis Matej, Pierce County Beekeepers.

2004

December	Master Beekeeper Certification submission category 8: Pollen and Pollination, by Louis Matej, Pierce County Beekeepers.
October	The Washington State University Queen Breeding Project; 2004 Progress Report, by Marina D. Meixner and Walter S. Sheppard.
August	Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV) was diagnosed in the Fraser Valley in a commercial operation whose honey bee colonies had declined and subsequently died.
June	Mite control products affect honey bee queens; finding support common sense approach for prudent and minimal use of pesticides in haney bee colonies.
April	Research from Oregon. Pacific NW Pollination Survey for 2003, by Michael Burgett, Dept. Horticulture OR
February	White Paper - Beekeeper membership in the local and state beekeeping organizations, by Jim Bach.
January	Use of Sucrose Octanoate Esters to Control the Parasitic Honey Bee Mite Varroa destructor, by the Department of Entomology, Washington State University.

2003

NW Corner Beekeeping Conference at Hood River Oregon