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I pledge to be a BSA Beekeeping Mentor if they reinstate the Merit Badge
Rob Arsenault
Ft Vancouver District
Troop 479
Advancement Chairman

Sorry for the late portion of joining in here, but I will hope that we can bring this resolution to a vote at our next meeting. Will let you know the results.

Keep plugging away, there is...

I hope that Christopher is proud of what he has begun. We wouldnt be this close without him. I think we can still sway, possibly later, for more exposure of the boys with Beekeeping.
I as well will...

I know the impact of only about 25 plants is insignifigant but what has been great is with the amount of bees and other pollinators coming into the backyard to work with the Salvias and Lavenders and...

It seems in my garden that the Bumble Bees have no favorites, they love all the lavenders we have out there. My Honey Bees only seem to favor certain ones, and they appear to the be darker blue...

I like using the smoke and it is now more a part of ceremony and ritual. Gettin the burlap lit and then suiting up is all a great part of it. I use it sparingly, and the bees have been much more calm...

Thanks everybody. I think waiting til winter seems best. The bees are doing a great job all around here, and enjoying the blackberry flow as well. There is plenty of compost elsewhere.

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I like your term for your lovely town...Medford might be a nice place for bees though, eh?
Tell your Dad he should think of it as volunteer work, for what raising bees is to nature, helping...

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By virtue of the fact that I now have a hive and my neighbors don't, they came to me with a question I have no idea of answering. We have those very large black bumble bees with the yellow...

I will as well, the Clark County Beekeepers Association, though it is a shame that they meet on the same night as the one in Oregon...

Everybody I have met so far in this hobby have been very...

Good luck, maybe see you at Ruhl's sometime....

Nice Be the Bee...Looks like a nice area out there. Lottsa red clover when I drove through last weekend....
Check out the meadowfoam in bloom if you make the run down to Eugene anytime soon,...

Hi All,
Been thinking about doing this, and finally bought a hive from one of the friendly Clark County Beekeeper Assn members. With the fantastic assistance of many around me, I have gotten the...