Upcoming events and more

Learn to keep bees in Everett master course
A Master Beekeeper introductory and refresher course is 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 16 to Dec. 14, at WSU Snohomish County Extension’s Cougar Auditorium, 600 128th St. S.E., Everett.

The five-week course covers basic beekeeping, bee biology, equipment, disease management and more, and will repeat in February. Learn more here.

Video looks at promising biofuel
A cheap, simple biofuel called cellulosic ethanol may be the first poplar-based fuel to hit the market. A new video by the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest, a WSU Extension partner, explains how cellulosic ethanol is helping prepare the Pacific Northwest for a new, sustainable industry. Watch it here.

Potato, cattle, barley advances
Researchers at the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences constantly advance discoveries affecting food, farming and fuel. You can explore their findings every week through the college’s Weekly Published Research web page.

Recently, researchers explored muscle tissue in beef cattle; effects of disease on potato yields; and the barley genome, among other projects. Read more here.