Updates

September 13, 2026 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm Bluestone Meadow Farm  |  2025 Carson Rd  |  Placerville Alexis is a crop consultant for Grow West, an account manager for Dixon Bee Co., a pollination consultant for Beewise and the manager of Bedoya Orchards. As a crop consultant, she works with growers in different commodities, such as […]

For August, Club Members are invited to attend our Summer Social. August 9, 2026 | 5:00pm to 8:30pm | Bluestone Meadow Farm Join us for an evening filled with great food, music, laughter, dancing, and memories with our amazing beekeeping community.  The meal will be catered by Chef John Sanders of Old Town Grill, and […]

For July Leigh Wilkerson will talk about her techniques. Leigh Wilkerson manages her apiary in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina (Zone 6b).  Leigh cares for around a dozen hives in a rural Appalachian setting and has spent over a decade developing a self-sustaining, chemical-free beekeeping system focused on bee health, vigor, and genetic […]

For June our local panel will discuss local conditions and practices for this time of the year and beyond. Our panel this year will consist of beekeepers from low to high elevations and cover a wide spectrum of beekeeping from hobby to commercial beekeeping.  The panelists will be Eric Oliver, Louis Zurlo, and Jim Guilliams.  […]

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 […]