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• Community Outreach: Bastille Day

  • When
    Saturday, July 12, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  Bastille Day Celebration

  Saturday July 12, 2025

  4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  Location: 59 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa 

  (Goguette Bread Parking Lot)

  
  

  We are hosting and SCBA education booth at the Bastille Day Celebration, hosted by Alliance Francaise de Santa Rosa and SR French American Charter School. Shifts are in 2.5 hr blocks.

  Sylvia Cook is the lead

  To sign up to volunteer:

  volunteersignup.org/DW478

  
  

  
  

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• Community Outreach: Petaluma Art and Garden Festival

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    Sunday, July 13, 2025
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    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  Join SCBA at the

  Petaluma Art and Garden Festival

  Sunday July 13, 11:00-5:00 pm

  SCBA will have a Community Outreach, Education booth at Petaluma's annual Art and Garden Festival.  SCBA Members will be sharing their love and knowledge of honey bees, native bees, and all pollinators

  To volunteer 

  volunteersignup.org/74KJK
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• SCBA July General Meeting

  • When
    Monday, July 14, 2025

  July General Meeting: 

  July 14, 2025 6:00 - 8:30 pm

  Druid Hall: 1011 College Ave.  Santa Rosa

  Join us for a fun meeting as we gather together and break up into groups for discussions. Each group will focus on a different topic: Beginner Beekeeping, Varroa Mite, Gardening…Is there a topic you would like to have a group discussion on, let us know.

  We learn so much from our peers. This will be fun and a great opportunity to meet members from all over Sonoma County, hear their stories, and learn from their experiences. You don’t wanna miss out!

  Join us early for our educational series with Christine Kurtz from 4:30 – 5:30. This month Christine will be discussing “Preparing for Winter” 
  . It is never too early to start planning ahead. Hear from Christine as she goes over the steps to prepare your apiary for winter  

  
  

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• Preparing for Winter with Christine Kurtz

  • When
    Monday, July 14, 2025
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    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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  Preparing for Winter with Christine Kurtz

  Monday July14, 4:30 - 5:30

  Location: Druid Hall - 1011 College Ave

  Join us before our monthly General Meeting for our educational series with Christine Kurtz, with new topic every month.

  It is never too early to start planning ahead. Hear from Christine as she goes over the steps to prepare your apiary for winter  

  You can learn a lot from Christine, you do not want to miss out on these talks.

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• No August General Meeting

  • When
    Monday, August 11, 2025

  No August Meeting

  With all that is going on with fairs we have cancelled all of our meetings so we can focus on these events and then have a couple weeks break.

  Hopefully we will see you at the Sonoma County Fair and/or Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Fair.

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• Labor Day

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    Monday, September 01, 2025

  
  

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• Robbing and Collapsing Colonies with Christine Kurtz

  • When
    Monday, September 08, 2025
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    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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  Robbing and Collapsing Colonies with Christine Kurtz

  Monday September 8, 4:30 - 5:30

  Location: Druid Hall - 1011 College Ave

  Join us before our monthly General Meeting for our educational series with Christine Kurtz, with new topic every month.

  As summer comes to an end and we start entering fall, the dearth begins, flowers are receding and there is less pollen and nectar available for the pollinators. This is also when the bees that were used for pollinating crops are brought back to Sonoma County. What does this mean for the local bees?

  Often what happens is that strong colonies will start robbing the weaker colonies. This is when we start seeing colonies collapsing. 

  Join us and learn more about and Robbing and Collapsing Colonies and what you can do to help the hives in your apiary stay strong and make it through these few months.

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• September General Meeting

  • When
    Monday, September 08, 2025
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    6:00 PM

  September General Meeting: 

  September, 2025 6:00 - 8:30 pm

  Druid Hall: 1011 College Ave.  Santa Rosa

  Join us as we invite members who have traveled to other countries to share their stories and experiences with beekeepers there.

  Candice Koseba, North Cluster, has taken multiple trips to Africa, working with beekeepers, sharing stories and learning their ways. 

  Maria Owl, West Cluster, travels back and forth to Central America, and will share with us her experiences and what she has learned from Mayan Beekeepers.

  Vivian Marani, Central Cluster, and will share with us how beekeeping is done in her home country of Brazil working with native, stingless "honey" bees there. 

  Our Honey Tasting Table will feature honey from these regions and other countries from around the world

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• Rosh Hashanah

  • Start
    Monday, September 22, 2025
  • End
    Wednesday, September 24, 2025

  Rosh Hashanah: Jewish Holiday

  The eve of this holiday is Monday, September 22, 2025  (Starts at sunset) It lasts for two days. Until eve of 9/24. 

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• Yom Kippur

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    Wednesday, October 01, 2025
  • End
    Thursday, October 02, 2025

  Yom Kippur: Jewish Holiday

  The eve of this holiday is Wednesday, October 1, 2025 and it lasts until sunset of Thursday, October 2, 2025. Most important holiday of the year. 

  
  

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• Thanksgiving

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    Thursday, November 27, 2025

  
  

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