SnoKing Beekeepers Association
Classes, Networking & Support for Beekeepers
SnoKing Beekeepers
at the 2024
Evergreen State Fair
Bringing bees, beekeepers & bee people together
To find out how to volunteer at the 2024 SnoKing booth, check out the July 2024 newsletter and upcoming newsletters, our recent meetings, posts in our Facebook discussion group or email eliochel@snokingbka.org. Thank you to the 1000s who stopped by last year and we hope to meet you again in 2024 to "talk bees" at the SKBA booth in the Outdoor Agricultural Display Area.
We are planing a wonderful time for booth staff and visitors young and old. No one is too young or too old to get a sticker for "spotting the queen" at the observation hive. The Queen of the Fair reared and bred in our club apiary will "hold audience" in the tabletop observation hive at our booth.
Some of our members will also be earning service points for Journeyman certification while enjoying the fellowship of beekeepers, staffing the booth, explaining the demonstration hive, and demoing. Several of our Journeyman candidates will handle honey entries in Bldg. 500 and serve as honey taster judges with training by experts such as veteran honey judge Wanda Booth last year, pictured on this page.
Beekeeper scarecrows will again join us at the fair:. Last year we had the Beekeeper Victim of too many pesticides, Honey Bandit and Pumpkinhead Hornet Trapper. Watch for a new fair-themed scarecrow this year!
Again this year, SnoKing members who sign up on SnoKing's signup genius website for 3 or more shifts will receive t-shirts handcrafted by volunteer Becky Glaze. Each shift will also give the volunteer an additional entry to win prizes at the SnoKing September meeting drawing: the grand prize single deep hive setup donated by Mann Lake Ltd., t-shirts, bee-themed items and more. To be a member, one must be current on dues, having paid the 2023-2024 membership dues or paying for the upcoming 2024-2025. Our membership year runs Sept. 1st through August 31st.
Visit our booth at the Return of the Salmon Celebration Saturday September 28 at Osprey Park in Sultan, WA.
SnoKing Beekeepers will again host a member club booth at the Washington State Beekeepers Association (WASBA) Conference Saturday/Sunday October 5-7 , 2023 in Olympia, WA. Stop by and say hi; we like to "talk bees"!
We hope to see you at these and other events in 2024.
