March Message From The President

Hello OSBA members,

It appears that winter is slowly loosening its grip on us, just be careful. This is when hives can starve because the
bees are starting to build up and then the weather turns and the bees run out of resources. Most of my commercial
beekeeping friends are back home from placing bees in almonds waiting to see what the almond bloom
brings before they go back to California and make splits and prepare to bring bees home.

The officers of the OSBA are working diligently to implement changing the way we do our membership (switching
over to Wild Apricot) and working on how we will be distributing the newsletter. This last issue Jan/Feb was
mailed out 1st class. We did not use our non-profit bulk rate because we did not meet the minimum number of
pieces of mail required. In the next few months, Amanda will be trying to collect data from the membership as
to how you would like to receive the newsletter. Please when you renew or update your membership, give us as
much information as possible such as email address, phone number, mailing address, and what bee associations
or clubs that you are a member of. We promise not to share or publish your information without your approval.
This information is important to us so that we can better serve you, the membership, and if we need to communicate
with you.

Sincerely,
Joe Maresh