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Inland Empire Beekeepers Association

This page is devoted to activities and news from the Inland Empire Beekeepers Association. It meets the 2nd Friday of every month at the Spokane County Ag Extension office by the County Fairgrounds, at 222 N. Havana. The executive board meets at 6:30-7:00, followed by a social hour till 7:30 when the general business meeting starts. The business meeting ends at 8:30. *8:30 to 9:30 is Program hour. The association is affiliated with the Washington State Beekeepers Association.

Membership dues are $5.00 for an individual or $10.00 for the entire family. This includes your receiving the Inland Beemail which is published by the association.

The association is the trustee for the Walt Peterson Joy in Beekeeping Trust Fund which seeks to help young people and first time beekeepers get started with there first colony of bee's. Each year the association picks one young person to receive a grant from the trust.

Web Link to the association Home Page: http://inlandbeemail.com/

Inland Empire Beekeepers Association

IEBA NORTH YARD

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The IEBA/WSBA North Yard is a joint venture between this Association, the Washington State Beekeepers Association, and the Washington State University Entomology Department.

Visit our Web site at  www.inlandbeemail.com

Go to the IEBA Apiary and Queen Rearing Yard and sign up for notifications and all the info on the yard…There will also be a work schedule when members will be there to work the hives and to mentor new beekeepers.

2014 Beekeeping Class Signup info:

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EBA Events Calendar

 

Inland Empire Beekeepers Association

Schedule for 2014 vs. 1

 

Dates and time may change

Classes may be cancelled if an instructor is not available

Courses open only to members of the Inland Empire Beekeepers Association

 

Date

Subject

Program Topics/Notes

10 Jan

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

IEBA Budget

Monthly What to Do: Wintering, Yearly Hive Management Plan

14 Feb

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do:

Emergency Feeding

Feeding

15 Feb

(Saturday)

Basic Beekeeping Class

Group A

Classroom portion 9-5 pm

County Extension Office

1 Mar

(Saturday)

Basic Beekeeping Class

Group B

Classroom portion 9-5 pm

County Extension Office

14 Mar

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Equipment Construction Demo ˜ 5:00-6:30

Monthly What to Do: Feeding & Stimulating Hives, Splits, Nucs, Emergency Re-Q, Emergency feeding, Honey Bank

21 Mar

2nd Year Beekeeping

County Extension Office

6:00 – 8:00 PM

See course syllabus

 

28 Mar

2nd Year Beekeeping

County Extension Office

6:00 – 8:00 PM

See course syllabus

4 Apr

2nd Year Beekeeping

County Extension Office

6:00 – 8:00 PM

See course syllabus

5 Apr

Train the Trainer Class

0900-1030

2nd Year Beekeeping Field Day

1200 (noon)

County Extension Office

See course syllabus

11 Apr

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do:

Mite Eval, Spring Mite Treatment, Swarm Mgt, Prep for Splits & Nucs

 

 

 

12 Apr

Package Installation Class

-Basic Beekeeping Students-

1st group at 11:30 AM

New group every 30 minutes

Parking lot of County Extension

How to install a package

Students install IEBA packages

11:30, 12:00, 12:30, etc.

3 May

Field Day 1

Basic Beekeeping Course

See course syllabus

Group A: 9-1200 am

Group B: 1-4 pm

TBD

Farm Fair

POC: Scott Ingles

TBD

6th Grade Conservation Day

POC: Scott Ingles

 

9 May

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

 

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do: Mite checks, Emergency Nucs, Supering, Swarm Control, Splits, Queen Eval/Re-Queen

TBD

Fair Exhibits

How to exhibit your honey and other products from the hive.

24 May

Field Day 2

Basic Beekeeping Course

See course syllabus

Group A: 9-12 am

Group B: 1-4 pm

13 June

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do: Requeening, Queen excluder use, Fine Tuning Supering, Mite checks

21 June

Field Day 3

Basic Beekeeping Course

See course syllabus

Group A: 9-12 am

Group B: 1-4 pm

11 July

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

 

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do: Honey Flow Discussion, Pulling Honey, Extracting, Winter Requirements, Mite Evals & Treatments

2 Aug

Field Day 4

Basic Beekeeping Course

See course syllabus

Group A: 9-12 am

Group B: 1-4 pm

8 Aug

IEBA Monthly Meeting – 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do: Hive Evaluation, Sampling, Mite Treatments, Re-Queening

10 Aug

(Sunday)

IEBA Annual PICNIC & Graduation Ceremony

12:00 PM, Sullivan Park

 

29 Aug

IEBA Meeting – September Meeting – 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do: Mite & Hive Eval, Feeding, Winter Prep

20-24 Aug

Idaho State Fair

 

 

 

5-14 Sep

Spokane State Fair

 

 

 

10 Oct

IEBA Monthly Meeting - 6:30 PM

New Beekeeper Questions ˜ 5:00–6:30

Monthly What to Do:

Wintering, Wintering Nucs

14 Nov

IEBA Monthly Meeting

Thanksgiving Feast

6:30 PM, Eats 7:00 PM

Monthly What to Do:

Guest Speaker

12 Dec

IEBA Monthly Meeting

Christmas Celebration – 6:30 PM

Election of Officers

Monthly What to Do: Picture Presentation/Year in Review

 

 

 

     

 

Spokane Interstate Fair 

The association has one of the nicest bee booths around. You can get lots of free advise, find out about the association and sign up for our bee class. Its fun to see all the exhibits. Be part of the fair and volunteer to work for a four hour session. Also we sell honey at the booth to raise money for the association, which we use to assist WSU with research.

Pictures from the Spokane Interstate Fair.

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My niece and her exhibit at the Interstate Fair. This was a blue ribbon winner. I just had to brag.

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Last modified: February 07, 2011