Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association

Coffee Klatsch
2024-11-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom 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
Zoom Meeting Link

SABA Meeting
2024-10-22 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Honey Tasting with Amina Harris, Queen Bee of The HIVE: 7:00 pm
Business Meeting: 8:00 pm
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link in Bee Line newsletter
Zoom Meeting Link

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!

SABA Meeting
2024-09-24 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Hang-out and bee talk: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Selling Your Honey!
Learn the regulations and ideas of successful honey sellers!
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

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
2024-09-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 and 8 more dates | 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

Hands On Mead Making
2024-09-22 10:00 - 14:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
Hands On Mead Making
Back by popular demand! Learn how to make mead. Leave with your own mead and the know-how to make more. Award winning mead maker Victoria Alvarez will take class participants step-by-step through the process of making mead. Participants will take home a batch of young mead to be fermented and finished at home.
Required Materials:

1 One Gallon glass carboy with narrow opening (apple cider jug or similar)
1 airlock with stopper that fits snugly in the opening of the carboy
1 funnel
5 pounds honey (preferably not crystalized)

Saturday, September 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sacramento County-UC Extension Branch Center, 4145 Branch Center Dr, Sacramento
Registration fee: $75 for course. There are also required materials you will need to purchase ahead of time and bring to class.
Class size: 15 participants—register soon for this popular class
Register

SABA Meeting
2024-08-27 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA MEETING – Tuesday, August 27
Preparing Your Hives for Winter
Presented by Doug Peccianti and Dave Watson
Come at 6:30 p.m. for bee talk; education presentation begins at 7 pm
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

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!

SABA Meeting
2024-07-23 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Bee Forage in the Sacramento Area
SMUD experts will talk about their efforts to increase areas of bee forage in our region
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

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!

SABA Meeting
2024-06-25 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Hang-out and chat: 6:30 pm
Educational Presentation: 7:00 pm
Educational Presentation: Pollinator Friendly Gardening
Speaker: Greg Gayton of Green Acres Nurseries
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

SABA Meeting
2024-05-28 12:00 | UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County, 4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento, CA, 95827, United States
SABA Meeting—Tuesday, May 28, 2024
6 p.m.—Marketplace on the front lawn of Sac County-UC Cooperative Branch Center
Bring your extra beekeeping equipment and supplies to sell, trade and/or give away
7 p.m.—Research on the Evolution of Bee Social Behavior and Colony Design
Speaker: Brian Johnson, Ph.D., Johnson Bee Lab Director
Associate Professor of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Location: Sacramento County-UC Cooperative Extension
4145 Branch Center Road, Sacramento
Zoom Meeting Link

SABA Meeting
2024-04-23 12:00 | 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
Zoom Meeting Link

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!

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
