A Best Practices & Education monthly meeting of North Central Washington Beekeepers Assoc. 

Was held on March 17^th 2019. 

And was Presided over by Wayne Ranne & Teri McGarr  as secretary 

Board members in attendance were:   Kristen Taylor – Vice Chair  &Peter Hill – Treasurer 

 

Craig Dunning   gave a talk on how package bees came to be a “Thing” and the pros and cons of packages and Nucs. 

 

Thiago Moraes  gave a talk and a slide presentation on his set up and his first year of beekeeping. 

 

We will be doing a Bee  colony census in April,  from Oct 1^{st   2018}  to april 1^st.2019 

Covering the following: 

Types of hives, types of bees 

IS mite treatment used? Supplemental feeding yes/no? 

Source of Colony ie, Package, nuc, swarm, split? Queens age, and source 

General geographical location and Elevation. 

Wayne will send out a  BPE To Do list for  Feb/Mar/Apr.  via  The Google group,  

 

Our Master Gardener Joint Exhibit team is : 

Lee Madden, Walter Kursave,Patti Egglestone,Alice Crawford,  &Amy Cummings 

 

 As of March 17^th2019  CVB online Balances were  Checking: $6,259.90      

and Savings:  $993.16 

 

Please note**** our April BPE meeting will be held on 28^th this month NOT 21^st.  

Due to 21^st being Easter sunday. 

 Bee chat is to be held on April 11^th at 6pm at the Countryboys BBQ in Cashmere.