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• Sonoma Ecology Center: Harvest Festival

  • When
    Saturday, October 03, 2026
  • Location
    Sonoma Ecology Garden Park

  Sonoma Ecology Center

  Harvest Festival

  Saturday October 3, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location: Sonoma Ecology Garden Park, in Sonoma

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• Childrens Jamboree

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    Sunday, October 11, 2026
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    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  Master Gardeners Childrens Jamboree

  Sunday October 11, 11-2

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• SCBA General Meeting

  • When
    Monday, October 12, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM

  SCBA General Meeting

  Oct 12, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

  Location: Druid Hall - 1011 College Ave, Santa Rosa

  Guest Speaker: Susan Kegley. 

  Pre-meeting Education Series, at 4:30, will focus on products of the hive.

  Gardening for Bees will have some of their amazing plants pollinators love available.

  Our October Speaker is our very own, Susan Kegley, owner of Bees N Blooms and principal scientist and CEO of the Pesticide Research Institue (PRI). PRI is an environmental consulting firm based in Santa Rosa, California, specializing in pesticide chemistry, toxicology, risk assessment, and environmental monitoring. She will be sharing some of her experience and research into Pesticides with us.

  Honey bee colonies suffered extraordinary losses during 2024–2025, with additonal losses continuing into 2026. While no definitive cause has been identified, pesticides remain an important part of the picture. For years, much of the attention on pesticide harm to honey bees has focused on neonicotinoid insecticides—and for good reason. They are highly toxic to bees, persistent in the environment, and systemic in plants, resulting in contamination of pollen and nectar. But as neonicotinoids become more restricted, another question becomes increasingly important: What is replacing these insecticides? This presentation will provide an overview of what we know about the newer insecticides, why honey bee larvae may be especially important in assessing risk, how pesticide mixtures complicate the picture, and what could be done differently to identify emerging threats before they become widespread problems.

  Susan Kegley, PhD, Principal Scientist

  Pesticide Research Institute

  Susan Kegley, Pesticide Research Institute and Bees N Blooms Farm

  Susan is a PhD chemist and founder of Pesticide Research Institute, an environmental consulting firm focused on understanding the scope of pesticide impacts on the environment and human health. PRI works to provide research, data tools and toxicological information to clarify the potential impacts of pesticides and make informed decisions about pesticide use. Susan works with commercial beekeepers to investigate the adverse impacts of pesticides on bees.

  Susan is also co-owner of Bees N Blooms, an 11-acre organic farm in Santa Rosa, CA. Started in 2016, the farm has a lavender labyrinth (the largest labyrinth in California), lavender for oil production, a certified organic nursery operation focused on pollinator-friendly ornamentals, and flower and vegetable gardens, with an emphasis on providing food for pollinators and humans. The farm is managed using reduced-till regenerative organic agricultural practices and is also home to 4-7 colonies of honey bees, thousands of native bees, 6 cats, 18 chickens, 14 ducks, and 10 geese.

  
  
  

  
  

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• River Montesorri School Comm Outreach

  • When
    Saturday, October 17, 2026

  Community Outreach Event:

  Creator Fair at River Montesorri School, Petaluma

  3880 Cypress Dr, Petaluma

  Oct 17, 12:00-3:00

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• SCBA General Meeting

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    Monday, November 09, 2026
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    6:00 PM

  SCBA General Meeting

  November 9, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

  Location: Druid Hall - 1011 College Ave, Santa Rosa

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• Thanksgiving

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    Thursday, November 26, 2026

  
  

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• Hannukkah

  • Start
    Saturday, December 05, 2026
  • End
    Saturday, December 12, 2026

  Hannukkah 2026:  December 5 - December 12

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• Christmas

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    Friday, December 25, 2026

  
  

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• Happy New Year

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    Friday, January 01, 2027

  
  

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