What can I say about this treasure of a human being?! Maggie, dahling, you complete me.
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Phylicia. Chandler. If you were at the Western Apicultural Society conference banquet you saw me cry my eyes out while I was handing her the President’s Award.
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The upcoming WAS Conference will offer a specialized class for those who are interested in learning more about bumble bees endemic to the Southern Oregon area.
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Flowing down the river with us and speaking at the conference this year will be Stuart Anderson, co-founder of the overnight sensation Flow Hive.
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What better way to kick off the WAS Conference weekend than an exhilarating trip down the Rogue River with one of North America’s topmost rated whitewater rafting companies? We don’t think there is one!
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Our goal is to sell out WAS out by the end of the month! Register now!
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We have been getting a few questions about kiddos and WAS. We will not be providing day care, but there are a few options for you here in Ashland!
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I made a YouTube video of the “Bee and Beekeeping” station to give you a tour of the materials we use, and how and why we use them.
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As you may know, our bees are facing unprecedented challenges. Like the wise ol’ Professor Einstein said, “We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”
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What do you want from your beekeeping conference? What do you want from the Western Apicultural Society?
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Every year the president of the Western Apicultural Society is given the chance to host the “WAS” conference on their own turf and highlight what’s good about their region.
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On Friday, January 11th from 9:00 am – Noon, 343 local and visiting elementary-aged kids, and 267 teachers,
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Many years ago I had the great privilege of being the keynote speaker at the launch of the International Bee Research Association’s “BEEWORLD” kid’s project.
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The highlight of my “Kids and Bees” adventures this summer was, without a doubt, joining the Montana Farmers Union’s 2018 Youth Camp.
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Honey is not bee puke. Did you know a whole lot of kids think it is? Did you also know that there are a lot of kids out there that really don’t like honey!?
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Since the 2014 Western Apicultural Society (WAS) conference in Missoula, Montana, I have hosted nine “Next Generation Beekeeper Breakout Sessions” in every corner of the US.
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What word comes to mind when you think of Chinese honey? Laundering, tainted, counterfeit?
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Winners of the lg Nobel Prize are awarded for their ability to make people laugh, and then think.
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I hate that sound.
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Last fall, a beekeeper sent me an urgent message letting me know that all of his bees had died, and he suspected his neighbor to be at fault.
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