Social distancing to resist COVID-19 doesn’t mean you need to stop learning about your favorite social insect, according to Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association.
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Two observational hives were recently installed at Henkle Middle School and Wallace and Priscilla Steven-son Intermediate School as part of an…
Whether you find them fascinating, terrifying, or some mix thereof, everyone benefits from having bees around. Not only are bees essential to …
Columbia Arts is hosting an exciting live auction in the theatre on April 9 at 3 p.m., starting with music, silent auction and social hour at 2 p.m. The live auction will feature: 18 original works by artist Ellen Dittebrandt; three original pastels by artist Judith Cunningham; and additional collector pieces by Sherrie Wolfe, Sydney Roark, Roland White, and more.
The White Salmon Valley Community Library and Stevenson Grange 121 invite the public to join Melissa Elliot of Melissa Bees to learn about the importance of bees and other pollinators Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2 to 4:00 p.m. in the library’s Sprint/Baker Gallery.
PORTLAND (AP) — The mystery of the dead honeybees in Clackamas County will take a little longer to solve. The Oregon Department of Agriculture says it collected dead bees from four locations to screen for pesticides, but has yet to test them because the lab is backed up with other projects. Agency spokesman Bruce Pokarney told the Statesman Journal newspaper that tests results might be ready within the next couple of weeks.
Jacqueline Freeman, a biodynamic beekeeper, farmer and owner of Friendly Haven Rise Farm in Venersborg, Wash., will be presenting a lecture on Monday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Rockford Grange in Hood River.
A SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY, a honeybee and a spider share real estate on this thistle bloom in the Mt. Hood National Forest south of The Dalles.
CORVALLIS — Move over backyard chickens. Here come honeybees. They’re an emerging homesteading trend, according to a honeybee expert at Oregon State University.
CORVALLIS – According to a press release from Oregon State University, an OSU researcher has reported Oregon’s first documented case of a “zombie” fly infecting a honeybee, but he doubts that the parasite at the moment poses a threat to the already beleaguered bee, which is a vital pollinator of some of the state’s key crops.
