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 ^{Backyard Beekeeping Ban Discussion}

This month's club speaker was Andony Melathopoulos. His talk,    "Should Portland Ban Beekeeping?" - The Willamette Week Article and Discussion on Beekeeping in Urban Spaces was very enlightening. View the whole talk HERE.

Here is the  link to the Extension piece he and Ramesh Sagili wrote in response to the Willamette Week article: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/em-9524-impact-beekeeping-native-bees-urban-settings.  The plant-pollinator site that he mention can be found at melittoflora.org.  These resources are  a great opportunity for local beekeepers to become better educated about interactions between honey bees and wild bees in our setting. Let's work together to help both honey bees and native bees and not be divisive. 

Special Guests at our Apiary in June

This June 28th we are delighted to have Caroline Breece and Dewey Caron as our hive presenters.  Carolyn is a Research Associate at the OSU Bee Lab.  Dewey Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology at the University of Delaware and Affiliate Professor, Dept. of Horticulture at OSU.  He has written numerous books on beekeeping. Both are amazing educators and this should be a great way to learn about bees. You can sign up Here

Bee Day Was a great Success

It certainly take a village.  Thanks to everyone for making this such a fun day!

Nuc Sales

Once again, we were happy to offer nucs from the Foothills Honey Company.  This year we sold 250 nucs!. Thanks everyone. 

MEmbership

There are so many great reasons to join PMBA, including:

• Steep discounts on equipment and nucleus colonies (nucs) through our online store
• Sign up for PMBA's swarm hotline
• Free use of the club's honey extraction equipment
• And more

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