Oklahoma State Beekeepers Association
To promote and improve the art of beekeeping.
Message from the President
Welcome to the O.S.B.A website and the world of beekeeping. As beekeepers, our goals are to research, learn, and educate people about honeybees. We also provide services and products that are produced by honeybees. The days of wild or "feral" bees may be seriously threatened as they were in the nineteen-eighties with the invasion of mites in honeybee colonies. The pest threatening the existence of the honeybee today is the small hive beetle. The only means to pollinate many crops for human and animal food, in a few short years, may be managed colonies. Promoting beekeeping among our youth and educating people about the chemical hazards our bees face, will play an important roll in helping the United States in its endeavor to feed the world in the years to come. I encourage anyone interested in beekeeping to contact our association for further information and locations of clubs in your local areas.
Sincerely,
Keith Amason
President O.S.B.A.