Sangre De Cristo Beekeepers

Mark Your Calendars – SDC Beekeepers March Meeting

Greetings SDC Beekeepers,

We are excited to announce our first SDC Beekeepers meeting for 2023.  It will be held starting at 6:30 PM on Thursday March 23 at the Unitarian Universalist Church located at 107 W. Barcelona Rd, Santa Fe, in the library (new room).

We plan to discuss:

Sharing how our bees overwintered

Diagnosing dead outs

First things to look for when opening hives in spring

Sources for packages, nucs, and queens.

….and of course, Kate will be here to answer any and all questions

While we are hoping everyone can join us in person, we have scheduled a Zoom meeting at the same time so that those that cannot make the trip can still participate.https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83677869706?pwd=a2xtVlM2Qk9GcVFqRm1WYjRURVZ2Zz09
Meeting ID: 836 7786 9706Passcode: Honey

Hoping to see you all there,

Kate and Steve

2022 Summer Conference

Register for the Conference

Institute of American Indian Art Conference Center

83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe NM 87508

Saturday, August 27, 2022

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Secrets of Successful Beekeeping in Challenging Environments

It’s really hard to imagine a better theme for these times. Jose Villa and John Gagne are back with us to speak and lead the discussion. The 2022 meeting this summer is being held Saturday, Aug. 27 in-person at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. The day will feature a panel of beekeepers from different parts of the state revealing their “secrets” of successful beekeeping.  The Institute will have hives on its campus, so we will devote part of the day in the field for demos of mite washes, queen marking, or comb reading.

Be sure to become a member if you aren’t already. Your membership includes admission to conferences, newsletters, access to past recorded conference talks, and more.  Look for more information on the conference as plans unfold in the next weeks on social media FaceBook and Instagram. Another online auction is also in the works.

Register for the Conference

On line registration deadline is 6:00 PM, Thursday, August 25th. After the deadline, the buttons to take you to the registration page will not function. This will allow us to be prepared to welcome you to your conference Saturday morning. Walk in registration will be available Saturday morning, but please be prepared to wait in line.

Schedule

8:00  AM – 9:00 AM

Registration (Library and Technology Auditorium lobby – 5 on map)

9:00 AM

Welcome (Library and Technology Auditorium lobby – 5 on map)

9:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Workshop (Thunder Bee Apiary -12 on map)

The morning activities will be working in the IAIA Apiary.  There will be three groups of attendees working at three stations.  Please make sure you have signed the “Event Release Form” and wear personal protection equipment.  These stations are:

1. Mite Monitoring 
2. Queen spotting
3. Comb Reading
4. Queen Marking

Please prepare for this great experience by bring the following with you:

1. A veil, jacket or bee suit.  There will be a limited number of loaner PPE equipment available at the conference.
2. A water bottle.  Water will be available in the apiary.  Please keep hydrated.
3. Sturdy shoes.  The ground in the apiary is uneven so be prepared.

12:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (Cafe Bon Appetit – 4 on map)

Lunch on you own.  The IAIA on campus restaurant, Cafe Bon Appetit, is highly recommended.  In your registration packet you will also find a list of nearby restaurants.

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Speakers (Library and Technology Auditorium lobby – 5 on map)

1:30 pm     “Bees; A Short Story” by John Gagne

2:15 pm     “A Year in beekeeping management in the foothills of the San Luis Valley” by Dr Jose Villa

3:00 pm     “A Year in Top-Bar Beekeeping” by Amy Owen

4:00 pm     “Secrets to Successful Beekeeping” with the panel moderated by Dr. Jose Villa

                        Scott Anderson, El Paso, TX

                        Brad Kohler, Las Cruces, NM

                        Lara Lovell, Albuquerque, NM

                        Moira O’Hanlon, Taos, NM

5:30 AM – 7:00 PM

Social and Honey Bar hosted by NMBKA (TBD)

A special opportunity to talk to the speaker and panel members.  We will also have a Honey Bar and all attendees are invited to bring several of their jars of honey to share with all the attendees.

There will be drinks (non-alcoholic) and hors d’oeuvres for you to enjoy while you visit with old friends and meet new friends.

The times, location and descriptions may change as we get closer to the conference.  Please check back frequently.

Register for the Conference

On line registration deadline is 6:00 PM, Thursday, August 25th. After the deadline, the buttons to take you to the registration page will not function. This will allow us to be prepared to welcome you to your conference Saturday morning. Walk in registration will be available Saturday morning, but please be prepared to wait in line.

Hello SDC Beekeepers,
We are excited to announce our first in-person meeting in over two years!
The meeting will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 107 W Barcelona Rd, here in Santa Fe, starting at 6:30 PM this coming Tuesday, May 17.  Please join us as Kate will be sharing spring hive management tips and answering any questions you may have about your hives.  
We also enjoy when members share their 2022 beekeeping experiences, especially any swarm capture stories and photos/videos.
We can also talk about queen replacement and the possibility of ordering mated queens as a group in order to save on shipping costs, which could drive the cost from $60 per queen to $30 per queen
In addition to the in-person element of the meeting, we will also have a Zoom element for those unable to attend in person.  Please plan on attending in person if at all possible as we are going to gauge the interest in future in-person meetings
Here is the Zoom link info:
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200231787?pwd=0UpA9-oXIGsskYk2-ncm0j25z3WvH_.1
Meeting ID: 892 0023 1787Passcode: SDC
We hope you all can join us,
Kate and Steve

We are planning our first SDC Beekeepers meeting of 2022 via Zoom, on 3/23, 2022 starting at 6:30 PM.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86916996966?pwd=Rm9BdE00MlEyUnVuVnpmUjFCdmdiZz09

Meeting ID: 869 1699 6966
Passcode: SDC