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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

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!

 Bee Day!

Thank you all for coming out and participating in our annual Bee Day! It's always one of the highlights of the year.  Thank you to the Hansens for once again hosting this event at the Foothills Honey Company.  It was sure great to see so many new beekeepers getting a chance to see the bees! Also a shout out to Andony Melathopoulos and John Rockrohr for great lectures!


Donate

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


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

Club Apiary 2026

Our  "Sweet Ass Learning Apiary" at the Oregon Donkey Sanctuary will have its next learning day on September 26th, 2026. Register at Saturday in the Club Apiary for September!

Monthly meetings will be topical training based on the beekeeping season, on the last Saturday of each month.  This apiary is a great way to get hands-on experience with honeybees. Sign ups for the sessions will start approximately one month before each one and close the Thursday before.  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.  


Swarm Hotline

The swarm hotline is now closed for the year.  It was our first year being totally automated and we learned a lot. We have a number of ideas how to make it even better for next year.  We should be able to have it up and running much earlier in 2027. 


Annual Club Picnic

Thank you everyone for making our annual picnic such a success.  Looking forward to next year! Our Holiday pot luch is just around the corner.  Save the date for December 10th!

September Meeting

This month’s speaker, Stacy Landers, a certified honey sommelier, will be demonstrating and guiding us through a systematic sensory analysis of harvested honey.  Stacy will also share about her work with others to develop a database to map varietals within the U.S.   Bring a small sample of your harvested honey for your analysis. We will also have some honey from our club’s “Sweet Ass Apiary” to use if you didn’t harvest honey this year. Cups and sample spoons will be provided by PMBA.


CLUB EXTRACTOR

 Our extractors and extracting equipment loaning is now available..    Learn more about and reserve it HERE


Queen REaring Course

We had a great Queen Rearing course.  We had an almost 70% take of our grafts this year.  That's impressive for first time grafting. 

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.  





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