The July Guild Meeting is tomorrow, July 1st.

Karla will be addressing drought related hive maintenance issues. Karla has asked for you to bring your questions and issues for group discussion.

If you have questions, are looking for a mentor, etc, come early to chat with other guild members.

As always, please respect the El Rio residents: Do not park inside the park, please park outside the mobile home park and upon leaving (with all the enthusiasm we always have) please keep your voices down.

If you park on the street, make sure you pay your meter to avoid a ticket.

If you park in the LENZ parking lot, do not park anyone in.

See you there!

The June Guild Meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday June 3rd.

Details here.

See you there!

The May guild meeting is coming up this Wednesday. In additions to the usual topics (introductions, the good bad and ugly) Marja will be talking about swarms. More info here.

Bee packages will be arriving this coming Thursday, 30 April 2015. If you ordered from James, you can pick your package(s) up at:

4-6 PM
507 Fair St
Santa Cruz, CA

James will be calling you if you placed an order. If you need to contact him, his number is 415.613.6975.

The last chance to order packaged bees will be this April 1st at the monthly guild meeting. If you want packaged bees, be sure to have your order and payment in to James Cook by the end of the meeting. Information about ordering packages is in an earlier post, here.

The April Guild meeting is coming up next Wednesday on April 1st. Don’t miss it! This meeting is specifically oriented to new beekeepers who will be getting their first bees this month. We’ll cover lots of good stuff for the new beekeeper – see the event calendar for the list of topics. Highlights include:

• Equipment Selection
• Package Installation
• Apiary Visit Signups
• Last chance to sign up and pay for Packages of bees

The guild will be ordering packages for guild members this year. As in the past, James is very generously coordinating the order and picking up the bees for us. James’ information on package orders follows:

Package bees are available in late April or early May, and are supplied by BZ Bee Pollination. Actual delivery date is weather-dependent. They are three pound package bees with either Carniolian or Italian queens mated in the beautiful Capay Valley and Lake  Berryessa areas. The cost for 2015 is $85 each, which is relatively inexpensive considering you can pick them up in Santa Cruz. Interested parties should feel free to contact me with questions.  Orders need to be in April 1 and have a very legible phone order with the check. James will call folks a week or so ahead of the pickup day. Package bees are a reliable way to get introduced to beekeeping, I usually think of them as an ant farm for big kids!

James Cook
507 Fair Ave
415 613 6975

Call James with you order or see him at a meeting!