Board of Directors

President Arthur Kubogamell president@gilroybeekeepers.org
Vice President Curt Cotner vp@gilroybeekeepers.org
Secretary
 Chris Burnett secretary@gilroybeekeepers.org
Treasurer Mike Kurtz treasurer@gilroybeekeepers.org
Communications James Haskell commdir@gilroybeekeepers.org
Board Member Roark Diters diters@verizon.net
Board Member Steve Mink stevejmink@gmail.com

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GBA members have access to:

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Membership

Here are some of the exciting things coming for our members in 2023:

  • More in-person meetings. It will be great to see each other in person!
  • Classes. We plan to have a four-course series “Getting Through the First Year”, and a free, introductory “Becoming a Beekeeper” classes. Click here for details.
  • Social Hive Dives. We meet at a member’s apiary, work with the bees, and hang out and share some food and drink. It’s a great opportunity to ask questions and get some hands-on experience. See the Calendar for more information.
  • Nucs. Club members are first in line for Nucs from the club apiary. This will be an easy way to get a healthy, established colony at a good price.
  • Club Apiary. Thanks to Steve Mink's efforts, GBA has a club apiary just south of Gilroy. We will be having regular events and classes here, as well as raising Nucs.
  • Mutual support and mentor visits.

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NOTE: we have a 3 month "grace period". If you registered after Oct 1, then you are registered for the next calendar year. For example, if you registered after Oct 1, 2022, then you are registered for all of 2023.

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Members only – general and mid meeting presentations

As a member of the Gilroy Beekeepers Association, you have access to this Members Only page.

Come back to see video presentations of guest presenters or GBA member presentations you may have missed or wish to see again.

RECORDINGS 2020-2021

At the request of guest presenters, please do not share these videos with non-members.

GUEST PRESENTERS:

Bee Banking – Ellen Topizhofer (June 2021)

What’s in My Pollen – Dr. Kirsten Traynor (May 2021)

Treatment-free Varroa Control – Ross Conrad (Apr 2021)

The Game of Drones – Julia Mahood (Mar 2021)

Methods for Re-queening Hives – Zac Lamas (Feb 2021)

Miticides affecting Honey Bee Queens – Dr. Liz Walsh (Jan 2021)

Swarm Essentials – Stephen Repasky (Dec 2020)

Bees as Seeds – Melanie Kirby (Nov 2020)

Beez Kneez – Kristy Allen (Oct 2020)

GBA MEMBER PRESENTATIONS:

Mid-year hive maintenance (member hives courtesy Steve, Chris & Chris) June 2021

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Preparing your hive for honey (discussion with Sara & Arthur) May 2021 – Part 2 of 2

Preparing your hive for honey (slideshow – courtesy Jamie) May 2021 – Part 1 of 2

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How’s our hive? New colonies (nucs, bee packages) and existing bee colonies – Sara & Arthur (Apr 2021) – Part 2 of 2

How’s our hive? New colonies (nucs, bee packages) and existing bee colonies – Sara & Arthur (Apr 2021) – Part 1 of 2

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Re-queening and hive Splitting – Sara & Arthur (Feb 2021)

Parasitic Mite Syndrome – Arthur (Nov 2020)

Assessing the Health of Your Hive – Arthur (Jun 2020)

Members Recordings

2023 General Meetings

August General Meeting

  • Discussion of dearth and how to minimize the stress on your hives.
  • Q&A

April General Meeting

Presentation by Christine McDonald with Russian River Apiaries, about Social Media and Beekeeping.

March

Presentation on Queen Rearing by Melanie Kirby.

The bees found Melanie Kirby in the jungles of South America in 1997 and have since taken her around the globe introducing her to the broader fields of agroecology, conscilience research, and whole systems thinking.

After working for 8 years for several commercial beekeeping and queen producing operations, she established Zia Queenbees Farm & Field Institute in 2005 in the the southern Rockies of northern New Mexico- her home state- where she is also a registered tribal member of Tortugas Pueblo. ZQB specializes in regionally-adapted and conscientiously bred bees, applied farm research, pollination services, exquisite hive products, and outreach.

After being in the field for 20 years, Melanie returned to academia to pursue a graduate degree from Washington State University and now works as the Extension Educator at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM where she helped to establish the Land-Grant Ag extension department’s Thunder Bee & Pollinator programs.

Melanie serves on several boards including the NM Beekeepers Association, Western Apicultural Society of North America, American Beekeeping Federation, and Ecdysis. She also serves as a co-cooordinator for the national Managed Pollinator Protection Program working group and is the founder and lead facilitator of the Adaptive Bee Breeders Alliance. She is a writer, artist, National Geographic Explorer and Storytelling Fellow as well as a NM Coalition to Enhance Working Lands Fellow.

February

Stephanie Elle gave a presentation on making your own skin care products using beeswax and other natural ingredients.

Presentations

Introduction to Beekeeping

Introduction to Beekeeping Class, at the Morgan Hill Library Saturday, Feb 25th.

A survey of getting started beekeeping. Necessary equipment, costs, how to get bees, etc.

2022 General Meetings

Guest Presenter Recordings 2020-2021

At the request of guest presenters, please do not share these videos with non-members.

How to read your hive monitor board – Christine Kurtz (August 2021)

Bee Banking – Ellen Topizhofer (June 2021)

What’s in My Pollen – Dr. Kirsten Traynor (May 2021)

Treatment-free Varroa Control – Ross Conrad (Apr 2021)

The Game of Drones – Julia Mahood (Mar 2021)

Methods for Re-queening Hives – Zac Lamas (Feb 2021)

Miticides affecting Honey Bee Queens – Dr. Liz Walsh (Jan 2021)

Swarm Essentials – Stephen Repasky (Dec 2020)

Bees as Seeds – Melanie Kirby (Nov 2020)

Beez Kneez – Kristy Allen (Oct 2020)