🌱 How a Copake beekeeper is helping honeybees weather climate change
Copake, New York Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Copake! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Copake beekeeper is helping honeybees weather climate change
Also on today's calendar: Roger & Lenny at Parker House.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
- Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• HARVEST REPORT Local honey farmers adapt to a changing climate (theberkshireedge.com) — A Copake-based beekeeper from Bash Bish Honey is adapting his hives to increasingly erratic weather, offering a local window into how climate change is reshaping beekeeping across our region. The story explains how Copake and nearby farms are protecting honeybees, from closer hive monitoring and supplemental feeding to planting more pollinator-friendly habitats that residents can help support. 
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Copake Music in the Park: Ghent Band →
Copake park, 305 Mountain View Rd, Copake
3:00 pm
Saturday August 15
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Other local events
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Roger & Lenny at Parker House →
Parker House 1893, 4221 County Rd 7, Craryville
5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Board of Education Meeting →
Red Hook Csd Red Hook, NY 12571
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Literacy Connections: English Class
Hudson Area Library -1-Teen Room (15)
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Hillsdale Arts Walk
Columbia County Tourism Hamlet of Hillsdale, Intersection of Routes 23 & 22, Hillsdale, NY
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Valenciano Sweet & Savory Siesta – a cooking class with Kogetsu →
HGS Home Chef, 2635 NY-23, Hillsdale
11:00 am -
Roe Jan SummerFest
Columbia County Tourism Roe Jan Brewing Co, 32 Anthony Street, Hillsdale, NY, 12529
4:00 pm -
Dance Showing ~ 20 Years of International Exchange
Columbia County Tourism Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, NY, 12075
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'80s & '90s Party with Grand Central Station
Columbia County Tourism OK Social, 3321 Route 9, Valatie, NY, 12184
7:00 pm -
Brittany Haas with Natalie Haas →
Mettabee Farm and Arts, 551 Harlemville Rd, Hillsdale
7:00 pm -
Digital Camera Club
Hudson Area Library -1-Community Room (100)
12:30 pm -
Dinos Rock!
Hudson Area Library 51 N 5th St, Hudson, NY 12534
3:00 pm
Thursday August 6
Saturday August 8
Tuesday August 11
Wednesday August 12
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🗞 Nearby News
Hudson
- Rock Voices Hudson Valley to host summer concert (timeshudsonvalley.com)
- Rare Hudson Valley Quarters Worth Hundreds; Do You Have One? (hudsonvalleypost.com)
- Augtober Is Real, Dunkin' and Starbucks Set 2026 Pumpkin Spice Dates (hudsonvalleypost.com)
Chatham
- WHAT I ATE An evening picnic at ART OMI (theberkshireedge.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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