Monthly Beginners’ Classes Throughout the Season

Join us at 12:00 - 1:00 pm during our regularly scheduled meetings at the Library for beginners’ classes discussing relevant seasonal topics. (Second Sunday’s unless otherwise noted)

2026 Peninsula College Beginning Beekeeping

A more concentrated 10-hour beginners course aiming to get you up and running prior to the season is now open for enrollment at Peninsula College.

Classes will be held on campus, Tuesday evenings from 6:00- 8:00 pm, February 10 to March 10.

For more info or to register: <click here>

or call (360)-417-5683

Advanced beekeeping topics

Summer Brood Interruption: A club presentation by Rex Roberton, March 10, 2024

Based on his own experience and many trials over the years, Rex presented methodologies he has personally proven to be successful for combating and controlling varroa mite populations. These methods, known as biotechnical controls, were developed in Europe in order to promote beekeeping practices that are safe for bees and produce safe hive products using techniques that take advantage of the honey bees’ natural life cycle.

The link to Rex’s slide deck is found <HERE>. The slide show is about 7 minutes, with each slide showing about 5 seconds.

Reference: Uzunov, A, Gabel, M, and Büchler, R (2023) Summer Brood Interruption for Vital Honey Bee Colonies: Towards sustainable varroa control using biotechnical methods. Apoidea Press.