SnoKing Bees at the Fair 8/24-9/4 |
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This is not the monthly newsletter which will be sent out next Monday 8/14, but just announcements, mostly about our club involvement in the Evergreen State Fair, Monroe, WA, 8/24-8/29, 8/31-9/4 (Labor Day). If you close enough to attend, we hope to see you there. If you are farther away, we hope you have as much fun at your fair as we do at ours. |
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CONTENTS: Calendar Evergreen State Fair Prize Drawing for Fair Volunteers & Members Local Honey – Member List Club Apiaries SnoKing monthly meeting |
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CALENDAR for this rapidly disappearing summer: TONIGHT: August 10, Thursday 6PM, THE HIVE MIND. Beekeepers from first-year to advanced meet online 2nd Thursdays of the month to share their beekeeping journey. For meeting link, email Gina Cuff ginacuff@gmail.com SATURDAY & SUNDAY Aug 12 & 13 – last days club apiaries are scheduled to be open SUNDAY Aug 13 – T-shirt sizes must be texted to Becky WEDNESDAY Aug. 16 – SnoKing monthly meeting THURSDAY Aug. 17– online honey entries close but walk-in entries still possible on Sat the 19th SATURDAY Aug. 19 – 10am-5pm – Honey and hive products drop-off Bldg. 500. Walk-in honey entries accepted at this time and location. TUESDAY Aug. 22 – Fair booth setup Thursday Aug. 24 – Fair opens! Monday Sept. 4 (Labor Day) – Fair ends Monday Sept. 11 – Journeyman class starts Thursday Sept. 14 – Beginner class starts |
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EVERGREEN STATE FAIR In addition to being our biggest social event of the year and perhaps the biggest annual beekeeper social event in Western WA, the fair is the easiest way for anyone with the Apprentice certificate to earn up to half the Journeyman Service Credits required for WASBA certification. The 17 ½ maximum service credits for a single category of service could by covered by 9 shifts during the 11 days of the fair. You can start the service part of the Journeyman certification process before taking the academic portion. By the way, the next academic class starts the week after the fair ends, on Monday, Sept. 11. In addition to service credit, each 4-hour shift earns you a one-day admission ticket for any age or day of the fair and a parking pass. The Daily Schedule link below may help you decide what days you want to attend the fair. The club canopy will be larger, so more shade! We are scheduling 3 volunteers per shift, so more company! |
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INDOOR BLDG. 500 BOOTH SIGNUP If you really need shade or to sit down indoors, Tim Ade, bee and honey display superintendent extraordinaire, would be happy to have you at the Ag Display Building 500 honey booth. Tim is glad to give you a parking pass and several tickets per shift. You can also text Tim at 425-239-9959 or email him at mbeshonohomish@yahoo.com . The signup link for that inside honey exhibit booth is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054baea728a5f85-honey/69627346#/ This only the signup for the indoor booth in Agricultural Display Building 500. It still counts for Journeyman service! |
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FAIR COUNTDOWN: 14 days until first day of fair (August 24) USEFUL FAIR LINKS: OPEN CLASS information page: https://www.evergreenfair.org/251/Open-Class-OC ONLINE ENTRY FORM https://egreen.fairwire.com/ DAILY FAIR SCHEDULE https://www.evergreenfair.org/162/Daily-Schedules PARKING & TROLLEYS One or more trolleys cruise the parking lot and will transport you and whatever you are carrying from your parked vehicle to the gate and back. Park as near the Red Gate as possible by entering the parking lot with the red flags. Ask for load/unload or handicapped parking as needed. |
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August 10, Thursday 6PM, THE HIVE MIND meets online. Contact Gina Cuff ginacuff@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link. September 11, Mondays 6:30PM JOURNEYMAN starts. September 14, Thursdays 6:30PM BEGINNER starts. October 17, Tuesdays APPRENTICE 6:30 PM starts. JOURNEYMAN LEVEL DISCUSSION GROUP forming this Fall |
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DRAWING for fair volunteers and members whose 2023-2024 dues are paid by Nov. 10th: This year for every 4-hour shift you do at the fair you also get an entry into the drawing for the 2 grand prizes pictured above – handcrafted bee themed quilt or a Mann Lake donated single deep hive with solid bottom and inner and outer covers -- and additional prizes including bee-themed birdhouse or napkin holder crafted by Walt and beekeeping books donated by Dadant. Winners get to pick their prize in the order in which their names are drawn. We will mail the quilt or books but for the other items will need to arrange pick up at a club apiary or some other mutually convenient location. Also, any member paying 2023-2023 dues by November 10th receives an additional chance to win a prize. |
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T-SHIRTS & STENCILS If you do 2 shifts, you get a t-shirt with the 2023 logos Becky Glaze designed and has volunteered to print. Pictures of logos above. If you do a 3rd shift, Becky will make you a vinyl sticker pictured below. Even if you are not yet sure which shifts you can do, text your t-shirt size by this Sunday 8/13 to Becky Glaze 903-931-1834 who has volunteered to handcraft each one. |
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LOCAL HONEY member list: SnoKing is asked at every fair for contact info for local honey. At the fair, we will post a list of members who sell their local honey, and after honeys offered for sale. Note: We are providing this service to individual members and small scale beekeepers, not to brick and mortar stores that can be easily found. However, if that larger store or concern is the only venue by which a beekeeper sells his/her honey, a beekeeper may list his/her honey description here and refer buyers to that reseller for sales. |
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To be added to the list, email eliochel@snokingbka.org with as much of the following information as you wish to offer: Product: honey, wax, pollen, other Type of honey: extracted, comb, creamed, chunk Variety – wildflower if unknown Preferred contact: your website, text or phone #, email Point of sale: Farmers’ market, honor box, pickup at address, or call for address or sales location Feel free to add colorful descriptive text about what makes your products special. We will do our best to include it but we reserve the right to correct grammar and spelling or trim ads down to a reasonable size as needed. |
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CLUB APIARIES: Maltby this Saturday 8/13 1pm – 3pm Eli Ocheltree 206-859-7392 eliochel@snokingbka.org Only 1 more Granite Falls Sunday scheduled: - this Sunday 8/13 – contact to confirm: Ron Robinson beebuddy.skba@gmail.com 206-719-3604 |
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TROPHALLAXIS - a JOURNEYMAN level discussion and networking group SnoKing Beekeepers will start an online Journeyman level discussion group/club this fall. Interested beekeepers in Western WA – Journeyman candidates, Journeymen or Masters – will be invited to an organizational meeting on Zoom in September, time and date to be announced. We are looking for a venue to encourage beekeeper communication, education and networking after completion of the WASBA Beginner and Apprentice level. The topic of the first meeting will be the desired format for such a group. Possibilities include a Facebook group, a website forum/blog allowing members to start posts, comment and share profile information, use of online chat session software similar to zoom, or continuing with regular Zoom meetings. Please watch for a time and date for this organizational meeting, and start thinking of how to set up and maintain communication for such a group. Ideas are welcome! Email eliochel@snokingbka.org if you have suggestions or questions. |
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The mission of the SKBA, a 501c3 member club of WASBA, is to provide educational opportunities, networking and support to beekeepers and people interested in honey bees, particularly those involved in small-scale beekeeping in Washington State west of the Cascades. |
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Thank you for reading this newsletter. We hope to talk bees with you at the fair and before then next Wednesday at the August 16, 6:30PM SnoKing Beekeepers 3rd Wed. Monthly Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89047672409?pwd=S0IyblNRN2pqOTErdTQ2NWJLQ3VaZz09 Meeting ID: 890 4767 2409 Passcode: 908865 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89047672409#,,,,*908865# US (Tacoma) +12532050468,,89047672409#,,,,*908865# US Dial by your location • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kY5YMDpy |
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"We talk bees!" at SnoKing Beekeepers Association. |
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