<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>Our last SDC Beekeepers meeting of the year will be held Thursday 9/26/24, starting at 6:30 PM……reminder that we now meet at our NEW LOCATION: St John’s United Methodist Church located at 1200 Old Pecos Trail here in Santa Fe.</div><div><br></div><div>As is our tradition, we will be having a honey tasting so please bring a sample of your 2024 harvest to share with the group.</div><div><br></div><div>Among other information, we will share how to prepare your own Extended Release Oxalic Acid sponges for mite treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a video we shared at our last meeting regarding Varroa mites….and a link for the Varroa Management Decision Tool:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; 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