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Learn All About the Sweet Life… Beekeeping!

Don’t miss your last opportunity this spring to join WSU Snohomish County Extension and Beez Neez Apiary Supply as they sponsor the apprentice level course in the Master Beekeeper Program. This five-week course serves as a thorough introduction to beekeeping for novice beekeepers as well as a comprehensive refresher course for experienced apiculturists. The course will be held Monday evenings, April 6 through May 4, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at WSU Snohomish County Extension, McCollum Park, 600 – 128th St SE, Everett.

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BEE SMART - BEE PREPARED

WSU Master Gardeners and the North Olympic Fruit Club are collaborating on a program to promote knowledge and creation of habitat for mason bees, leaf cutter bees and other wild bees.

Here are some sites that provide up to date BEE RESEARCH:  

Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb0838/eb0838.html  

Choosing Fruit Trees for Home Orchard Pollination http://gardening.wsu.edu/column/01-10-99.htm  

Partners in Pollination- Bees and other things in your garden that Pollinate http://clark.wsu.edu/volunteer/mg/gm_tips/PartnersInPollination.html 

Celebrate our native Mason Bee http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse006/inse006.htm 

Modular Housing for Mason Bees
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/mg/ombblock/ombblock.htm

 Honey Bee Web site
http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm