April Meeting Everyone really seemed to enjoy the roundtables last month so we are going to do it one more time! We are going to have a series of round tables targeting your level of experience. This will include breakout rooms both in person and on line. These will be facilitated by experienced beekeepers and will include a large round table at the end. There is much going on this time of year and this is a great way to help maximize your learning. Come this month and let's learn together. DonateWe are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all funds raised go to honey bee education and research.
MeetingsWe 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.
Club Apiary 2026
| Bee Day!It's time for our annual signature event. This year it will once again be at Foothills Honey Company out in Colton Oregon. It will be on May 9th from 8:30 to 3pm. Registration will open up here on the website in a couple of days, but for now save the date! Swarm HotlineSo as you have probably noticed, we have had a few hiccups getting the hotline up and operating. Not to fear, it should be back in operation shortly. An email will go to all club members with instructions on how to sign up soon. Member's NUC SALENUCS are for sale at the store for pick up April 18th. This year they are $175. This is an unbelievably good price as the same nucs often run $40-$50 more elsewhere more than offsetting the cost of membership. The deadline for ordering is April 4th. Pacific Northwest Honey bee Survey
spring garden fairVolunteer to represent PMBA at the Spring Garden Fair at the Canby Fairgrounds, Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3. PMBA has an educational booth that is always popular with fair visitors.Register for a four hour shift on either Saturday or Sunday. Volunteers will set up the booth with provided educational materials and engage the public throughout their shift. The last shift will pack up the materials and return them to PMBA. Volunteers will receive a free entrance and parking pass to the Garden Fair. Sign up here! BEE SCHOOLThank you John Rockrohr of "Our Biz is Bees" for teaching our annual Bee School at Clackamas Community College. We're looking forward to meeting the new beekeepers! | MEmbershipThere are so many great reasons to join PMBA, including:
Queen REaring CourseBack by popular demand is our queen rearing course. This will be a 3 part course using grafting techniques combined with Cloake boards. The first session is on Friday May 15th at 7pm via Zoom. This is a didactic session where we will go over the details of how to raise queens. This is free and open to the public. The link is HERE. The other sessions will be hands on and limited to 10 people. If more than 10 people register, then we will have a lottery on May 1st to select participants and alternates. Those selected and alternates will be notified in 1-2 days by email. There are several pre-requisites for the hands on sessions.
CLUB EXTRACTOROur 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
Pollinator Paradise
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The 18th annual Pacific Northwest Honey Bee Survey is Now Open at 
The Pollinator plates are here! You can go to the DMV and get yours today! Your dollars go to support OSU Bee Research.
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