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by Aveh Beckley 31 May '26

31 May '26

Hello, will you please remove me from this list as I no longer live in the area. Thank you!

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Joining the list
by Linda St Clair 31 May '26

31 May '26

Hello! I’ve attended a few SDCBKA meetings. I am a new beekeeper, and relatively new to Santa Fe (my husband and I are retired educators from Washington State). I’m currently going through the NMBKA Level 1 course. Also, I’m neighbors with Dean and Cindy Fry , who have been so helpful to me in the world of beekeeping. I’m looking forward attending meetings regularly and gleaning all information I can to support the bees. Best, Linda

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Change of date: SDC Beekeepers Mtg. Thursday June 4 @ 6:30
by katewhealen＠earthlink.net 30 May '26

30 May '26

> > Hello SDC members, > We will be having our third SDC Beekeepers meeting of the 2026 season Thursday June 4, starting at 6:30 PM. Our meetings are held at St John’s Methodist Church located at 1200 Old Pecos Trail…..in the Choir Room. > > On our agenda: > Varroa Mites - Testing and Why it is Important > Varroa Mite - Treatment (Including some updates) > As well as any issues members want to discuss or questions you may have. > > In addition to the meeting at the church, this month we will be demonstrating one of the popular methods for testing for mites ahead of the meeting. > Dean and Cindy Fry have graciously offered one of their hives for the demo. We will meet from 6:00 - 6:30 a their home at 1461 Encina Rd, which is only a few blocks from the church. > While the best way to attend is in-person, we will also set up a Zoom meeting with the following link: > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84567541599?pwd=MlUsS4aA20bFSjFbIZuQB1fRlCxeQn.1 > Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting > us02web.zoom.us > As always, there will be free smoker fuel available to all attendees. > Hope to see you all there! > Steve B and Steve W and Kate W

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Anyone use a Jon Peters top bar hive?
by Amy 20 May '26

20 May '26

Hi, I am looking for a nuc that would fit a "Jon Peters" top bar hive body if anyone has one. I am working with someone who built a hive using this plan and it is completely different measurements than what I have available.🤷 Thanks, Amy

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Fwd: confirm 7e28b810419df85370c2f2024862031156fa01b1
by Elizabeth Foree 08 May '26

08 May '26

Ola Stephen, Are other members getting this email...or just moi? Will follow thru w one of the email address...which do U recommend? Betsy > Begin forwarded message: > > From: hive-request(a)lists.sdcbeeks.org > Subject: confirm 7e28b810419df85370c2f2024862031156fa01b1 > Date: May 7, 2026 at 11:00:30 PM MDT > To: feforee(a)icloud.com > > Your membership in the mailing list hive has been disabled due to > excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated > 30-Apr-2026. You will not get any more messages from this list until > you re-enable your membership. You will receive 2 more reminders like > this before your membership in the list is deleted. > > To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message > (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at > > http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/confirm.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org/7e28b810419df85370c… > > > You can also visit your membership page at > > http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/options.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org/feforee%40icloud.com > > > On your membership page, you can change various delivery options such > as your email address and whether you get digests or not. As a > reminder, your membership password is > > sedoapoz > > If you have any questions or problems, you can contact the list owner > at > > hive-owner(a)lists.sdcbeeks.org

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Two Queens Available
by Mike and Ruby Alexander 04 May '26

04 May '26

All, I order queens and I have 2 Buckfast Hydrids available. I live in White Rock/Los Alamos. Text or call me at 505-412-9293. $50 each Mike Alexander Sent from my iPhone

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Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus
by Kate Whealen 01 May '26

01 May '26

> Recently I was called to help a beekeeper in the Las Campanas area figure out what was killing her bees. Upon inspection there were many hairless shiny bees with hairless black thoraxes as shown in the photos, and we found these infected bees in 3 colonies. One colony was severely infected with hundreds of dead bees inside and outside the hive. These were established colonies that had overwintered successfully. There had been no new queens, nucs or packages introduced into the bee yard. This is most likely Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV). There are several paralytic bee viruses, it is hard to distinguish between them unless a laboratory can test for molecular pathogen loads. Infected bees were observed last year in a colony in central Santa Fe from a package of bees in the spring (the bees did recover), and have also been observed this year in south Santa Fe around the Country Club. > > I spoke with Amy Rogers of Desert Hives who does the annual honeybee testing for the New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture and the National Honey Bee Disease Survey. Honey bee samples collected in New Mexico in October of 2025 contained Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus so it’s been in New Mexico but everyone needs to be on the alert and recognize symptoms in their hives. Here’s some info about it: > > https://www.nationalbeeunit.com/assets/PDFs/3_Resources_for_beekeepers/Fact… > Fact_10_Chronic_Bee_Paralysis_Virus > PDF Document · 507 KB > Chronic bee paralysis virus https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8365 > Bees who are weakened by varroa mites are more susceptible to viruses so it’s important to control mites. > > Interesting fact: Virus-infected honeybees are more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives https://news.illinois.edu/virus-infected-honey-bees-more-likely-to-gain-ent… > Fact sheets about other bee viruses: > Acute bee paralysis virus. https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8321 > Israeli acute paralysis virus. https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8442 > Kashmir bee virus https <https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8443>://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8443 <https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8443> > Deformed Wing Virus https://idtools.org/thebeemd/index.cfm?packageID=1180&entityID=8386 > Chronic bee paralysis as a serious emerging threat to honeybees > https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15919-0 > Chronic bee paralysis as a serious emerging threat to honey bees - Nature Communications > nature.com > > > > > > Identification Technology Program has fact sheets for help with identifying pathogens. > TP is a collaborative project between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Science & Technology (S&T) Pest Identification Technology Lab (PITL), Colorado State University Department of Biology, North Carolina State University Center for Integrated Pest Management, and University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. > > > https://idtools.org/aboutITP.cfm >

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