November 2018 Guild Meeting
🐝 6:30 - 7 Meet & Greet - find a mentor, etc. 🐝 7:00 Main Presentation: TBA 🐝 ~ 8:00 Break 🐝 ~8:15 - The Good, Bad and Ugly and open forum to address any questions
February 2019 Guild Meeting
🐝 6:30 – 7:15 New-Bee Meet & Greet; Q + A; "The Good, The Strange, and The Funny” Stories 🐝 7:15 – 8:15 Main Presentation: Ian will discuss Emergency Feeding / Where to get Bees / Package Install 🐝 8:15 – 8:30 Goodbyes / Find a Mentor / Room Cleanup
Beginner Beekeeping Class
Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA, United StatesThis is a two-session class, with the first meeting on 2/23 and the second on 3/2. Whether you are interested in learning sustainable backyard beekeeping practices or just want a better understanding of how these delicate, intricate creatures benefit us and our planet, you will leave this class a-buzz with new energy! Whether you are … Continue reading Beginner Beekeeping Class
Beginner Beekeeping Class
Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA, United StatesThis is the second session of the class that meets on 2/23 and 3/2. Whether you are interested in learning sustainable backyard beekeeping practices or just want a better understanding of how these delicate, intricate creatures benefit us and our planet, you will leave this class a-buzz with new energy! This course covers hive structure, … Continue reading Beginner Beekeeping Class
Spring Management & Swarms
Mountain Feed & Farm Supply 9550 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA, United StatesSuccessful beekeeping is an artful balance of skill, anticipation, preparation, and luck. This intermediate class will explore the best methods to achieve this for Spring. Most of the beekeeping year is spent supporting colonies for optimal health and Winter survival. In Spring, management techniques aim for this, but also must incorporate Spring build up, swarm … Continue reading Spring Management & Swarms
March 2019 Guild Meeting
🐝 6:30 - 7 Meet & Greet - find a mentor, etc. 🐝 7:00 Main Presentation (Marja): Swarms/Bait hives/Get set up for success and Good Neighbor Beekeeping 🐝 ~ 8:00 Break 🐝 ~8:15 - The Good, Bad and Ugly and open forum to address any questions
Beginner Beekeeping Workshop
UCSC Hay Barn , United StatesCASFS Beginner Beekeeping Workshop: The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz invites you to join Apiarist Emily Bondor for a beginner beekeeping workshop at the UCSC Hay Barn. The Workshop will cover basic honey bee biology and colony dynamics and how to start a hive. The class will conclude with … Continue reading Beginner Beekeeping Workshop
Beginner Beekeeping Intensive
Mountain Feed & Farm Supply 9550 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA, United StatesMountain Farm and Feed if offering a two-part series to help prepare you to be a successful beginning beekeeper. Lecture 3/30 @ Mountain Feed
April 2019 Guild Meeting
🐝 6:30 - 7 Meet & Greet - find a mentor, etc. 🐝 7:00 Main Presentation (Amanda): Splits/Value of local bees to lower spread of pests 🐝 ~ 8:00 Break 🐝 ~8:15 - The Good, Bad and Ugly and open forum to address any questions
The Honey Bus Memoir Reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz has invited the Beekeepers Guild to co-sponsor this event. It will be an author reading and signing of the memoir "The Honey Bus" + a beekeeping Q&A.