May General Meeting: 

May 12, 2025 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Druid Hall: 1011 College Ave.  Santa Rosa

Guest Speaker: Robert Mackimmie 

Improve Beekeeping

Through Careful Queen Selection and Monitoring

Robert Mackimmie is the founder of City Bees in San Francisco and has been beekeeping in the city for almost 30 years. He will be joining us at our May general meeting to discuss the problems with Varroa Mites, Varroa sensitive hygienic bees, and treating for Varroa. He produces VSH queen daughters from select VSH breeder queens, runs a collection of VSH queens from specialized breeders around the country to provide VSH genetics in the sky and uses an island apiary to maintain genetic integrity when open mating daughters from VSH Breeder Queens.

Robert attends The Ferry Plaza and Clement Street Farmers Markets and is currently the Education Director for the Marin Beekeepers organization.

 Christine Kurtz Educational Series (4:30-5:30):

Deciphering the Monitor Board

Get there early for Christine Kurtz's Educational Series from 4:30-5:30.  This month Christine will be discussing “Deciphering the Monitor Board” Why is it important to have a monitor board? How do you “read” the monitor board and what sort of information can you gather from it? You can learn a lot from Christine and do not want to miss out on these talks.

 Honey Tasting:

Our Honey Tasting table this month will feature Honey from around the world.  Bring a jar of honey from your international travels to share.