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Buzzy Bee Blog

Click here to read our blog and stay up to date with current WSU Bee Program events and achievements!

NEW! A.B.E.J.A.S. Training Videos

Available in English or Español

Check out this video series that covers honey bee biology and nutrition, best management practices, tools, and safety, and pests, parasites, and diseases!

Request a Speaker

Are you looking for someone from our program to speak at one of your club meetings or events? Click here to find a list of people who may be available!

Diagnostic Aid

Here you will find information about how to quantify Nosema or dissect your bees for tracheal mites. Are you looking for a diagnostic lab to send honey bee samples to? Click here for more!

HELP! I have a swarm!

If you have a swarm in the Pullman area, feel free to contact us!

Regional Associations

Find a Washington Beekeeper Club in your region!

Master Beekeeper Program

WSU Bee Program has partnered with the WASBA to create a new master beekeeper certification, click here to learn more!

Bee-yond Honey Bees

Are you looking for information about the diversity of pollinators, or mason bee care? Click here for more!

Printable Anaphylaxis Recognition and Response Aid

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Extension Publications

Emergence of Amitraz-Resistant Varroa: What Beekeepers Should Know and How to Respond

Allyson Martin, Briana Price, Frank Rinkevich, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti, Brandon Hopkins

New! Honey Bee Colonies That Fail to Overwinter Have a Tale to Tell

Dewey Caron, Briana Price, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

Oxalic Acid Options for Varroa Control

Briana Price, Brandon Hopkins, Cameron Jack

Navigating the Mite Spectrum in Honey Bee Colonies: From Harmful Tropilaelaps to Harmless Counterparts

Briana Price, Katie Buckley, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

Yellow-Legged Hornet: What Beekeepers Need to Know

Briana Price, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

A Guide to the Small Hive Beetle: an Emerging Pest in Washington State

Briana Price, Riley Reed, Brandon Hopkins, Gengping Zhu

Pollinators in Canola in the Pacific Northwest

Authors: Rae Olsson, Karen Sowers & David Crowder

The Asian Giant Hornet – What the Public and Beekeepers Need to Know

Susan Cobey, Timothy Lawrence & Michael Jensen

Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Honey Bees

Timothy Lawrence & Walter (Steve) Sheppard

A Citizen Science Guide to Wild Bees and Floral Visitors in Western Washington

Elias Bloom, Rae Olsson, & David Crowder

Megachilid Bees in the Pacific Northwest: An Introduction

Samantha Roof & Sandra DeBano

Washington Bumble Bees in Home Yards and Gardens

David Pehling & Jenny Glass

An Introduction to Cavity-Nesting Bees in the Puget Sound Region

Elias Bloom, Rae Olsson, Emily Wine, Robert Schaeffer, & David Crowder

Extension Publications (Español)

Traducido por Sandra Mina-Herrera, PhD

Un recorrido por los diferentes ácaros en las colonias de abejas melíferas: De los nocivos Tropilaelaps a sus inofensivos homólogos

Briana Price, Katie Buckley, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

Avispón de patas amarillas: Lo que los apicultores deben saber

Briana Price, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

Guía del pequeño escarabajo de la colmena: Una plaga emergente en el estado de Washington

Authors: Briana Price, Riley Reed, Brandon Hopkins, Gengping Zhu

honey bee on canola flower

Pollinators in Canola in the Pacific Northwest

Rae Olsson, Karen Sowers & David Crowder

Guía de ciencia ciudadana en abejas silvestres y visitantes florales del oeste de Washington

Elias Bloom, Rae Olsson, & David Crowder

Abejas megáquílidas en el Noroeste del Pacífico: Introducción

Samantha Roof & Sandra DeBano

Abejorros en patios y jardines de Washington serie jardines residenciales

David Pehling & Jenny Glass

Introducción a las abejas que anidan en cavidades en el Estrecho de Puget (Serie jardines residenciales)

Elias Bloom, Rae Olsson, Emily Wine, Robert Schaeffer, & David Crowder