We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m. at the OSU Extension office, 1211 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, OR, except for exceptions. Mailing address:
Central Coast Beekeepers
P.O. Box 1916
Newport, Oregon 97365
Don’t miss this opportunity at our March meeting……
Join us for our March meeting where we will be covering “Coming Out of Winter” presented by Rick Olson. He has been keeping bees on the central coast of Oregon for over 15 year. March is the most important time for beekeepers as they have to get over-wintered colonies ready for the nectar flow coming up in April – June. We will be covering topics from hive maintenance, pests, Varroa, diseases, treatments, cluster evaluations, queen checks and more–all the topics you need to know to have a successful honey harvest. See you there.
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Time to start thing about getting bees for the 2026 season. We will be getting bees from Henry Storch at Oso Apiaries, the supplier we have used for our bee orders for the last several years. Henry’s bees are a mixed race bee he calls “Oregon hybrids.” He started with Buckfast and introduced Carniolans, Caucasians, Russians. They are gentle bees, easy to work and average honey producers.
$180 – 3 lb packages
$210 – 5 frame Nucs
Queens – $35
Marked queens add $10
Bees can be ordered either by sending a check to the club mailbox or by paying in person with cash or check at any meeting. Club address:
Central Coast Beekeepers
P.O. Box 1916
Newport, Oregon 97365
Drop dead date to order is the April 17th meeting. Bees will be delivered to Toledo, Lincoln City, Newport, Waldport, Yachats and Florence.
Tentative delivery dates contingent on weather and bees cooperating:
Packages – May 6
Nucs – May 15
Remember, ordering bees through CCBA is a benefit of paid membership.
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See our newsletter for the calendar and schedule or our full list of presenters, topics and links for 2026.
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
You will never be solicited by the club or asked for payment (other than annual dues). Be aware of scam emails.