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2026 LBBA/LCBA Field Day

Looking for an exciting honeybee learning experience?  Sign up today for our annual field day. Attendance is limited due to the site capacity.

Date:  Sunday, June 21

Time:  9:00 to 3:00 (registration starts at 8:30)

Place:  Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture, 843 SW 35th St, Corvallis

Cost:  $10 for current paid club members. To become of member of LBBA click here.  To become a member of LCBA click here. Lunches are available to purchase on the registration form or bring your own if you prefer. Lunches are no longer available to purchase, you will need to bring your own lunch and drink.

There will be two speakers in the morning, small group, expert-led hive openings in the afternoon.  

Things to bring: Veil, jacket or suit, gloves, lunch, drink and a lawn chair.

To attend, each person will be required to sign an OSU Waiver and Assumption of Risks Agreement during sign in.

Field Day Registration Form

Test Field Day 2026

Looking for an exciting honeybee learning experience?  Sign up today for our annual field day. Attendance is limited due to the site capacity.

Date:  Sunday, June 23

Time:  9:00 to 3:00 (registration starts at 8:30)

Place:  Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture, 843 SW 35th St, Corvallis

Cost:  Free to current paid club members. To become of member of LBBA click here.  To become a member of LCBA, email Nancy.

There will be three speakers in the morning.  Small group, expert-led hive openings in the afternoon.  Lunch boxes can be purchased at time of website sign up. (Lunches are no longer available for purchase)   Parking lot will be across the street at 850 SW 35th St. 

To sign up, please complete the registration here. Please allow up to 24 for conformation of receipt of your form.

March 18, 2026 LBBA Monthly Club Meeting

This months speaker will Dewey Caron.

What is your plan?

At the March meeting I will discuss the PNW Honey Bee Survey. I encourage LBBA members who overwintered colonies to complete the survey, once they have tallied their overwintering results. The survey is open March and April. I anticipate the survival rate will be MUCH BETTER than last year when 16 members reported a 50% loss rate, the second highest of past 14 years and well above the 14 year LBBA average 36.3 percent loss rate. I will address how to flatten the growth curve of varroa mites (it starts in earnest in March) and how we might flatten the growth curve of bee colonies (starts in April) so colonies remain populous and they don’t swarm come April and May.  

See  https://pnwhoneybeesurvey.com/ (click on !Take the Survey!). It should take less than 5 minutes. This year, once again you can fast track your responses and only provide information on overwintering successes/losses and not include your managements.