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For May our speaker Dr. Rogan Tokach will present on the next mite threatening the USA Tropilaelaps. Dr. Tokach is an Assistant Professor of Applied Honey Bee Entomology at North Dakota State University.  His latest paper is First observation of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) on Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) exiting colonies is available in […]

For April our speaker Sarah Red-Laird will update us on her work at the Bee Regenerative. Sarah (Bee Girl) is the founder of the Bee Regenerative and lead worker on bee regenerative projects.  The Bee Regenerative is dedicated to improving bee landscapes through collaborative relationships with agricultural land use and beekeepers.  Typical agricultural land use […]

Our March meeting will be on new mite treatments with Dr. Dewey Caron. Dr. Dewey Caron will give us an update on new mite treatments.  Some of these were approved in California last summer.  Because of their recent release here in California, we do not have much history with them. Dr. Caron is Emeritus Professor […]

Our February meeting presentation will be on winter hive thermodynamics. Even though it doesn't feel like winter, we are still looking at future winter conditions in Northern California.  We will have either a recorded presentation by Dr. Debnam from the University of Montana presented at the 2025 WAS mini conference, or Dr. Debnam himself.  This […]

Join us at our meeting Sunday December 14th 4:00-6:00 pm.   Bluestone Meadow Farm  |  2025 Carson Rd  |  Placerville Our December meeting is the Winter Social! Our winter social will introduce you to another use of your honey harvest.  We will demonstrate how easy it is to produce mead with your honey and get started […]