Last night was my first SDC meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed it; thank you, all! I just experienced something pretty crazy that I have never seen in my 365 years in Santa Fe and maybe some of the more knowledgeable bee people can tell me what this is. I was hiking in the Arroyo behind Museum Hill and came across this large patch of what looked like ant holes. It was about 5 feet away from a Cholla cactus fully in bloom, so there were lots of bees around the cactus. I bent down to take a close-up photo of the holes and noticed that bees were darting in and out of them. What type of bee is that? I tried to take a video of the bees popping in and out of the holes, but was unsuccessful. I will attach photos. Emily McCarthy Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 26, 2025, at 8:06 AM, Kate Whealen <beto1234@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hello SDC members,
We will be having our fourth SDC Beekeepers meeting of the 2025 season this month on Thursday, June 26, starting at 6:30 PM.
This month’s agenda:
• The recent honey bee transport accident in Washington Sate • A serious africanized bee attack in Albuquerque last week • How our colonies change after the summer solstice • Are your colonies in a dearth or in a nectar flow? • We will try to spend a portion of the time in smaller discussion groups, one for top bar beekeepers and one for Langstroth beekeepers • Questions and answers of course
In addition, once again his month,we will be offering an early session from 6:00-6:30, dedicated to new beekeepers who can benefit from more basic information about hive inspections and such. Everyone can choose to come at either 6:00 or at 6:30.
Our monthly meetings are held at St John’s Methodist Church located at 1200 Old Pecos Trail…..in the Choir Room.
We will attempt to add folks who cannot join in person via Zoom, however the best way to participate is to join us in person.
Topic: Zoom Meeting Time: Jun 26, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82745715531?pwd=PWRCV261S9eIobSMpy7ZosyFiS1eEs.1
Meeting ID: 827 4571 5531 Passcode: SDC
There will be free smoker fuel available to all attendees.
Hope to see you all there! Kate and Steve _______________________________________________ hive mailing list hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org
