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It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017

This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described

It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...

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Posted on Monday, September 26, 2016 at 4:01 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Becky Westerdahl (1), Eric Mussen (9), Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (1), Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility (1), Norm Gary (1), Western Apicultural Society (10)

Eric Mussen to Keynote WAS Conference

Eric Mussen, who retired this summer as Extension apiculturist, will be the keynote speaker on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Western Apicultural Society conference at the University of Montana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee guru Eric Mussen is retired but the "R" word isn't stopping him. Mussen, who served 38...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 9:12 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Eric Mussen (9), Extension apiculturist (1), Western Apicultural Society (10)

A Two-Fold Bee Conference

This photo of a honey bee on an almond blossom will appear on the WAS conference t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seattle will be the place to "bee" on Oct. 4-7. That's where the Western Apicultural Society (WAS)...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Eric Mussen (9), honey bees (2), Susan Cobey (4), Washington State Beekeepers'' Association (1), Western Apicultural Society (10)

Aloha, Bees!

Eric Mussen will be a key speaker at the Western Apicultural Society conference in Hawaii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When beekepers from all over the Western states converge on the Western Apicultural Society (WAS)...

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Posted on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 7:50 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brian Johnson (1), Eric Mussen (9), Hawaii (1), Norman Gary (1), Western Apicultural Society (10)

The Places to 'Bee'

Honey bee on gallardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The places to "bee" for beekeepers in September and November are the Big Island of Hawaii and the...

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Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California State Beekeepers' Association (1), Eric Mussen (9), honey bees (2), Western Apicultural Society (10)

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