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Pesticide Research Institute Survey – Send them your feedback Now!

The Pesticide Research Institute wants feedback from beekeepers about pesticide related issues.  Now is our chance to be heard by the EPA.   We encourage our members to take the survey and give them your input.  The survey will be available more »

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OSBA in the News

Four days in April Deadly for Bees While Ohio agriculture officials look for the cause of another mass die-off of commercial honeybees, beekeepers say they know what’s killed them — a popular insecticide. Hundreds of thousands of dead honeybees were more »

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Report Your Pesticide Bee Kills

In response to many recent reports of possible pesticide kills of honeybees at Ohio apiaries.  The Ohio State Beekeepers association has started to independently collect information on possible kills to help in the fight to protect honey bees.   If you more »

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Pesticide Kills in Ohio

Recently in Ohio there have been several reports of beekeepers with piles of dead bees in front of their hives.   This is a classic sign of a pesticide kill.  Once you see this there is little you can do besides more »

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Section 18 for HopGuard Approved in Ohio

The Section 18 for HopGuard has been approved by EPA and the registrant has registered the product with Ohio. I have let the registrant know they can start selling the product in Ohio. If you need more information on this more »

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Ohio Beekeeping – New 2nd Quarter Newsletter

OSBA Summer Meeting – June 8th Beekeepers Take Front Seat at Ohio State Fair Upcoming events Ohio Queen Initiative, and more…  

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OSBA President’s Newsletter – March 15th, 2012

OSBA President’s Newsletter:    March 15th , 2012    From: Dana Stahlman, President of OSBA   One of the major features of my two years of office as President of OSBA is to communicate with the bee organizations in Ohio more »

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Support Ohio’s Bee Inspection Program

A letter was sent to County Commissioners by a Knox County beekeeper, Brian Farmer, with three or so years of experience and an ax to grind advocating the end of County bee inspection programs in Ohio.  OSBA has responded to more »

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Members’ Beekeeping Classifieds

Looking for Nucs, Package Bees, Beekeeping Equipment, Honey and more?  Check out our members’ classifieds ads and help support our members and Ohio businesses.

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Systemic Pesticides – Approved Without Testing

Dan Rather Reports, “Bee Aware”.  We investigate growing questions about the impact of a new class of pesticides on honey bees — and ultimately our entire food system. Are government regulators taking the potential threat seriously enough? Many say the more »

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