We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m. at the OSU Extension office, 1211 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, OR.
Next meeting on September 17th featuring Dr. Andony Melathopoulos, Associate Professor Pollinator Health Extension, OSU...
The Pollen Thieves: The secret war between plants and bees
While the bond between bees and flowers is often celebrated as a harmonious partnership, it is actually a tenuous, evolutionary arms race. This talk dives into the hidden mechanics of flower visits, revealing how plants deploy attractants, toxins, and complex release mechanisms to manipulate bees. By reframing this seeming cooperation as a special case of herbivory, we will explore the surprising ways both sides fight for the upper hand. Finally, you will learn practical pollen-trapping techniques to decode the forage coming into your hives and identify exactly which plants your bees are outsmarting.
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See our newsletter for the calendar and schedule or our full list of presenters, topics and links for 2026.
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the PNW honey bee survey!
Beginning in May you may go to pnwhoneybeesurvey.com to find reports of state and local bee club responses. All responses are anonymous without identifying individual respondents.
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Typical bee friendly plants of the central Oregon coast.
Honey Bee Videos from OSU
Carolyn Breece of OSU Oak Creek Apiary fame has put together a video channel with some great stuff on many aspects of the honey bee world. Check it out.
In the Bees with the OSU Honey Bee Lab
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