Archive

Join us this Sunday for our 2020 kick off meeting. We start the year by welcoming Dw Schoenthal from BlueGreenHorizon Bee Rescue. Dw's talk, "Early never hurts and Late never works!" will discuss prepping for swarms, traps and other historical methods. Many members may be familiar with Dw from Facebook where he's a regular contributor. […]

We had a great time at the parade. Thanks to all who came out. Just a reminder, there will be no potluck or club meeting as was listed in the calendar. We are currently updating our website which will soon be ready for 2020 membership, class sign ups, as well as bee orders. Members will […]

This month we welcome back LeeAnne Mila from the El Dorado County Department of Agriculture. She will be speaking about current California requirements for hive registration, as well as fielding questions about local ordinances. Recently, there's been many questions regarding communities who have beekeeping restrictions beyond the county ordinance, here's your chance to get your […]

We thought it would be fun to have a 'honey tasting' at this month's meeting. We'll supply the sample cups and tasting sticks –– you bring the honey!  We'll also have a refractometer to check moisture content. If you bottle your honey for resale, bring in your finished product. We'd love to see all the […]

Curious about Top Bar Hives? Join us this month as club member Chuck Jachens discusses the management techniques and construction of top bar hives. Chuck will also be comparing the differences and similarities to Langstroth hives. For the second half of our meeting we'll be discussing what's going on in your hives during autumn and […]