July Guild Meeting Tonight!

Our June Guild meeting is tomorrow. Emily will be giving us information on Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and we’ll also have our usual discussions about how our hives are doing and what to expect over the next month. Come tell us how your bees are doing after our wet winter! See you there…  

We’ll be talking about non-honey hive products like salves and tinctures as well a mead making. Details on the events page. If you have questions, are looking for a mentor, etc, come early to chat with other guild members. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. Please, respect the El Rio residents: Do not park inside the…

The February Guild Meeting is this Wednesday. We have a great speaker from UCSC – Christof Bernau – coming to talk to us about bee-friendly plants. Also, if you’re thinking of getting into beekeeping, this is the time of year to get started! Come to the meeting at 6:30, where you’ll have an opportunity to…

Our July Guild meeting is tonight: https://santacruzbees.com/event/july-2016-guild-meeting/ We have a great speaker lined up, Hamutahl Cohen, who is a Ph.D. Student in Environmental Studies at UCSC. Her research looks at how agricultural practices and urbanization impact pollinators. She’s conducting research on bee-microbe interactions in urban gardens and farms along the Central Coast of California. She’s worked with honey bees…

Just a reminder that we will not be having a regular Guild meeting this month. Instead, the steering committee will be meeting to organize the meeting topics and speakers for the new year. We will resume our regular meetings next month on February 1st. If you are interested in getting into beekeeping, the February meeting is the…

The April 2017 Guild Meeting is tomorow starting at 6:30 PM. We’ll be doing a package installation demonstration for new beekeepers at 6:30, so if you’ve never installed bees into a hive, this is the demo for you. Dianah Phillips will also be discussing Top Bar hives. See you there!