Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association

SABA Meeting
2024-04-23 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Presentation Details to Follow…
Please check back soon as more details develop for this SABA meeting!
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
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Coming up: Details to Follow…
Thank you for your interest! More details of upcoming events coming soon.
Please come to the meeting prepared to learn from others and to share your tricks!

Coffee Klatsch
2024-04-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date | Private Link
Join us on Sunday!
Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association is inviting you to a scheduled meeting!
Grab a cup of coffee, ice tea, or Mead and let’s chat about BEES! Come on and join us for an hour or so at our biweekly Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup.
Bring Questions, Answers, Stories or just listen in. Suggested topics include, but are in no way limited to preparing for winter, and as always, Strange happenings in a hive…
Topic: SABA Coffee Klatsch
Topic: SABA Sunday Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup

SABA Meeting
2024-03-26 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Varroa Mites and Integrated Pest Management
Presented by DW Schoenthal and Dave Watson

Bring pen and paper to this meeting because you will want to take notes on this important information!
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

Coming up: April 23 Education Presentation
Shared Intel: Beekeeping Tricks, Strategies and Hacks—presented by SABA members
Please come to the meeting prepared to learn from others and to share your tricks!

SABA Meeting
2024-02-27 11:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Swarm Prevention and Spring Hive Preparation at SABA meeting February 27
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Swarm Prevention and Spring Hive Preparation – Blake Dacy
Blake Dacy, founder and lead beekeeper of Sacramento Beekeeper and a longtime member of SABA, will provide instruction and strategies for preparing your apiary for the upcoming bee season. Topics covered will be swarm prevention, feeding bees in the final weeks of winter, treating for mites, splitting hives, and other topics of interest for beekeepers at all levels of experience.
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

Coming up: March 26 Education Presentation
Varroa Mites and Treatment Options—presented by DW Schoenthal, BlueGreenHorizons

SABA Meeting
2024-01-23 11:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Bee Wrangler and Apiculturist to speak at SABA meeting January 23
Norman Gary, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Entomology at UC Davis, will be the guest speaker at the January 23 SABA meeting, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento. Dr. Gary will talk about his experiences as an apiculturist, bee researcher with more than 100 published papers, and a professional “bee wrangler” in Hollywood. His presentation will feature samples of TV shows, commercials, and movies made during his 40 years of training bees to perform on cue for the media.
6:30: Pizza and Bee Talk
7 p.m.: Dr. Gary’s presentation
8 p.m.: SABA plans for 2024

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SABA Holiday Potluck
2023-12-05 10:00 - 13:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
The final meeting of the year is the SABA Holiday Potluck Party on Tuesday, December 5 at 6 p.m. at the Sacramento County-UC Extension Center, 4145 Branch Center Drive, Sacramento.
Please bring a delicious dish to share—appetizer, main dish, salad, side dish, dessert. SABA will provide a baked ham. It will be a great opportunity to renew friendships, get acquainted with new SABA members, and talk about bees!

Coffee Klatsch
2023-11-26 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-11-12 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-10-29 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-10-15 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-10-01 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-09-17 12:00 - 13:30 | SABA Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81528154461?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join us on Sunday!

Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Grab a cup of coffee, ice tea, or Mead and let’s chat about BEES! Come on and join us for an hour or so at our biweekly Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup.

Bring Questions, Answers, Stories or just listen in. Suggested topics include, but are in no way limited to preparing for winter, and as always, Strange happenings in a hive…

Topic: SABA Coffee Klatsch
Link: Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association Presents is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SABA Sunday Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup
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Products of the Hive
2023-10-29 09:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Products of the Hive
Louis Zurlo and Vickie Lewis will offer a hands-on class that instructs participants on using beeswax to make lip balm, lotion, soap, beard balm and other products. Participants will leave the class with products they created that will make perfect holiday gifts.
Saturday, October 29, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sacramento County-UC Extension, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Registration fee: $75, plus $25 for supplies
Class size: 30 participants
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SABA Meeting
2023-10-24 12:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Please come in person, or join us on zoom for our monthly meeting. Please come at 6:30 for pizza, ice cream and bee talk.
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Hands On Mead Making
2023-09-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Strad Meadery, 2539 Mercantile Drive, Suite 1, Rancho Cordova, CA, United States
Hands On Mead Making
Experienced mead maker Louis Zurlo and experienced winemaker Karen Burleson will take class participants step-by-step through the process of making mead. Mead making kits will be available for purchase for $25 (one-gallon kit) and $45 (five-gallon kit). Those who want to bring their own mead making supplies are welcome to do so. Participants will take home a batch of young mead to be fermented and finished at home.
Saturday, September 30, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Strad Meadery, 2539 Mercantile Drive, Suite 1. Rancho Cordova
Registration fee: $75, plus $25 for one-gallon mead making kit or $45 for five-gallon mead making kit
Class size: 20 participants
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SABA Meeting
2023-09-26 12:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Come to our next meeting! We encourage you to come out, learn about bees and honey, meet fellow beekeepers and have a little fun. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month.
On Tuesday, September 26, we will meet at 6:30 for a social gathering, with pizza and ice cream.

The 7 p.m. education presentation is Bee Friendly Gardening presented by Bernadette Balics of Ecological Landscape Design, a Davis based garden design company. Bernadette endeavors to reduce the impact of landscaping projects on the environment, creating natural habitats guided by ecological principles. She creates healthy landscapes that are free from reliance on fertilizer and pesticides, and that do not waste water. This will be an interesting education program that SABA members will not want to miss.

Coffee Klatsch
2023-09-03 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-20 12:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-06 12:00 - 13:30 | SABA Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81528154461?pwd=[REDACTED]
Join us on Sunday!

Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Grab a cup of coffee, ice tea, or Mead and let’s chat about BEES! Come on and join us for an hour or so at our biweekly Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup.

Bring Questions, Answers, Stories or just listen in. Suggested topics include, but are in no way limited to managing the colony, and as always, Strange happenings in a hive…

Topic: SABA Coffee Klatsch
Link: Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association Presents is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SABA Sunday Coffee Klatsch and Bee Buddy Meetup
Join Meeting

SABA Meeting
2023-08-22 12:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Come to our next meeting! We encourage you to come out, learn about bees and honey, meet fellow beekeepers and have a little fun. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month.
On Tuesday, August 22, we will meet at 6:30 for a social gathering, but will not have pizza and ice cream this month in order to have fresh palates for our special education presentation.
7 p.m.presentation: Honey Tasting: the sources, flavors, aromas and appearances of honey, focusing on honey created in our region
Special guest presenter: Amina Harris, owner of The HIVE in Woodland and founding Director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis..

Class: Session 4: Preparing for Winter/Honey Extraction Basics
2023-08-20 09:00 - 13:00 | Sacramento County Ag Office 4137 Branch Center Road, Sacramento CA 95827, 4137 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827
Session 4: Preparing for Winter/Honey Extraction Basics:
Sunday; August 20, 9 am – 1:00 pm
Instructor: Rachel Morrison, The Beecharmers.

Topics:

Preparing your colony for winter

Winter Bees
Combining Hives
Requeening
Looking toward your second year
Q & A and troubleshooting
Honey Extraction Demo

Date/Time: Sunday; August 20, 9 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Sacramento County Ag Office 4137 Branch Center Road, Sacramento CA 95827
Other Information

Please bring your Beekeeping suits or veils.
SABA classes work with honey bees. Honey bees are stinging insects, and while most stings do not require immediate medical attention, a small portion of the population can develop a life-threatening allergy. When working in the hives you will need to wear closed toe and closed heel shoes, long pants and a long sleeve shirt. If you don’t have/or bring protective gear, a hat and veil will be available for your use during the class. If stung, immediately remove the stinger by scraping it off and wash the area to reduce the alarm pheromone. If you experience shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea or any other serious symptoms, immediately seek medical attention.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to be a SABA member to enroll in classes? The Beginning Beekeeping class series is open to members and non-members. Intermediate courses are open to SABA members only.
Are refunds available if I am unable to attend a class? SABA classes are offered at a low price and refunds are not issued.

Class Coordinator: Lisa Romero, romero.lisa.s@gmail.com

Date
08/20/2023 (Sun.)

Time
9:00AM – 1:00PM PST

Location
Sacramento County Ag Office 4137 Branch Center Road, Sacramento CA 95827
4137 Branch Center Rd
Sacramento, CA 95827
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SABA Meeting
2023-07-25 12:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Members: Please come in person, or join us on zoom for our monthly meeting. Please come at 6:30 for pizza, ice cream and bee talk.
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