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

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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!

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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!

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!

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Extension Publications

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

Authors: Dewey Caron, Briana Price, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

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Oxalic Acid Options for Varroa Control

Authors: Briana Price, Brandon Hopkins, Cameron Jack

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

Authors: Briana Price, Katie Buckley, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

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Yellow-Legged Hornet: What Beekeepers Need to Know

Authors: Briana Price, Brandon Hopkins, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti

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

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

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Pollinators in Canola in the Pacific Northwest

Authors: Rae Olsson, Karen Sowers & David Crowder

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

Authors: Susan Cobey, Timothy Lawrence & Michael Jensen

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Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Honey Bees

Authors: Timothy Lawrence & Walter (Steve) Sheppard

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

Authors: Elias Bloom, Rae Olsson, & David Crowder

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Megachilid Bees in the Pacific Northwest: An Introduction

Authors: Samantha Roof & Sandra DeBano

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Washington Bumble Bees in Home Yards and Gardens

Authors: David Pehling & Jenny
Glass

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

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

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