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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 last guild meeting of 2016 is tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 December. Instead of our regular meeting, we will be celebrating another successful year of bee stewardship with a potluck and social time. Bring something to eat and drink, and have a good time with fellow beekeepers. Same time, same place – see you there!

Our November Guild Meeting is tomorrow at 6:30. We’ll be talking about making sure your girls are ready for winter, and what to watch for now that the rains are upon us. See you there!

Our October Guild Meeting is this evening. For our presentation session, guild Member Bodo Langen will be discussing alternative beekeeping approaches and hive product uses. There will also be a new sub-group meeting from 6:30 to 7:00 to talk about Top Bar Hive management. This will take place alongside our regular Q&A session at this…

The September 2016 Guild Meeting is tomorrow night. In addition to our usual agenda items, we will hear from UCSC graduate student, Monika Egerer. She’ll be discussing her research on the ecological complexities of urban agriculture in the California central coast. Check out the meeting agenda here. Note: to accommodate Monika’s schedule, we’ve changed the format…

Our August Guild Meeting is tomorrow night. In addition to the standard topics, Karla and Marja will be discussing fall management practices and late-season hive management. See you there!

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…

The June 2016 Guild Meeting is tomorrow. In addition to our regular agenda, Emily Bondor will be talking about the UC Davis Bee Symposium, Small Hive Beetle, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) See you there! P.S. As usual, please park outside the El Rio Mobile Home Park. If there are spaces available, you may use…