Post Box 98
Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0098
Post Box 98 Santa Rosa, CA 95402-0098 |
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To increase interest in and knowledge of bees and beekeeping for the hobby and commercial beekeeper, and to educate the general public in the value of bees.
Looking for information on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)? We have some information on disorders including some cautions.
The Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association has monthly meetings that cover a
variety of topics designed to help all beekeepers at their various stages of
knowledge. Each meeting begins with a question and answer time when the
members help each other solve problems they encounter or attempt to prevent
problems.
Topics that are covered during the year are disease and mite prevention methods, uses of hive products such as wax, honey extraction techniques, hive building, hive management, apitherapy, bee friendly plants, gadgets we have found that make beekeeping easier, and other topics of interest. Some speakers are professional beekeepers, some are long time beekeepers who have good techniques to share and some are entomologists such as Dr. Eric Mussen from U.C. Davis.
Benefits to becoming a member include use of the library of books, journals, and video media, use of our two electric honey extractors and hot knives, and receiving a monthly copy of the newsletter. Members are also able to post want ads having to do with bees in the newsletter at no cost.
We attempt to match up new beekeepers with mentors to help them work with their hives.
Members pay an annual membership fee of $25 per person. We also encourage members to participate in exhibits we have during the year at various faires.
The Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association has exhibits at Ag Day for School Children in March, Day Under the Oaks at Santa Rosa J.C. the first Sunday every May, Sonoma Co. Farm Trails Apple Fair the second weekend in August, and the Harvest Fair the first weekend in October. At the last two exhibits, the Association has a bee-proof tent that allows a beekeeper to open up a working hive so the public can safely see what the inside of a hive looks like. At all the exhibits, the Association has a working observation hive and a collection of bee photographs and items such as a complete hive (except that it is devoid of bees).
The Association also has an on-line discussion group open to any interested person. To subscribe to this group, send an email to sonomabees-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or head to the Yahoo Groups page directly (we have nothing to do with Yahoo having categorized bees as pets however).
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