Portland Metro Beekeepers Association

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We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all funds raised go to honey bee education and research.

Meetings

We meet on the second Thursday of each month at 7pm except in August (we have a picnic) and December (we have a party). We are now doing hybrid meetings so you can choose to come in person or participate via Zoom. We meet at Creator Lutheran Church, 13250 SE Sunnyside Rd in Clackamas,

Members can find recordings of past meetings under the Member Pages tab.

Zoom meeting link here

Membership Application

Club Apiary 2025

Our "Sweet Ass Learning Apiary" at the Oregon Donkey Sanctuary is now closed for this year. Plans are already underway for next year. This apiary is a great way to get hands-on experience with honeybees. It will usually be on the last Saturday of each month. Sign ups for the sessions will start approximately one month before each one and close the Thursday before. We will post sign up information here probably around the beginning of March 2026. The program is designed for beginning to intermediate beekeepers to learn about hive management strategies for the month. This is a casual, loosely structured gathering intended to provide a learning experience in a relaxed setting.

Upcoming events

No upcoming events

Dead OUT or Disease?

If you have a colony that you think may have a disease or has died out, we have trained club members who are willing to help you sort it out. Contact us here

Holiday Potluck

Thanks everyone for attending the annual Holiday Potluck. We had over 90 people attend. Lots of good food, good conversation and good friends! Not to mention awesome prizes and fantastic honey tasting! Have a peaceful Holiday!

^{Thanks for coming to our Annual Picnic}

^{THANK You Mandy Shaw!}

and the Triskelee Farm for a great July Meeting. It's always fun to have a field trip!

Special Guests at our Apiary in June

Thank you Caroline Breece and Dewey Caron for coming out to our apiary.

Our next day in the apiary will be July 26th and you can sign up HERE.

BEE School

Once again, PMBA is happy to announce that John Rockrohr of "Our Biz is Bees" will be teaching our annual Bee School at Clackamas Community College. If you are new to beekeeping or thinking about keeping bees, this is a great class for you. He will go over the basics plus many pearls of beekeeping. This would make an excellent gift as well. The dates are 2/7/26 and 2/14/26. Sign up HERE

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

sign up today!

^{THANK You Doug Sieckmann!}

Doug and the lucky winners of the fishing/crabbing trip had a great time out in Tillamook Bay.

CLUB EXTRACTOR

Our extractors and extracting equipment loaning is now done for the year. It was used more than ever before. Thanks to Nancy for managing it for us this year. It will be available again next year starting in June. Learn more about it HERE

BEE DAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

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

Pollinator Paradise

The Pollinator plates are here! You can go to the DMV and get yours today! Your dollars go to support OSU Bee Research.

Portland Metro Beekeepers Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. P.O. Box 158, Gladstone OR 97027