<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Last night was my first SDC meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed it; thank you, all! <div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><img alt="image0.jpeg" src="cid:mf_77C7FD0B-01EA-45CA-9F5C-4612B94362AC/L0/001"><img alt="image1.jpeg" src="cid:mf_933770D7-A870-4A24-B6D6-DE3629889D92/L0/001"><br><div><br></div><div>Emily McCarthy<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 26, 2025, at 8:06 AM, Kate Whealen <beto1234@earthlink.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">Hello SDC members,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">We will be having our fourth SDC Beekeepers meeting of the 2025 season this month on Thursday, June 26, starting at 6:30 PM.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This month’s agenda:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• The recent honey bee transport accident in Washington Sate</div><div dir="auto"><span style="caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• A serious africanized bee attack in Albuquerque last </span><font color="#080809"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">week</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• How our colonies change after the summer solstice</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Are your colonies in a dearth or in a nectar flow?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• We will try to spend a portion of the time in smaller discussion groups, one for top bar beekeepers and one for Langstroth beekeepers</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Questions and answers of course</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">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.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">Our monthly meetings are held at St John’s Methodist Church located at 1200 Old Pecos Trail…..in the Choir Room.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">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.</div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Topic: Zoom Meeting</div><div dir="auto">Time: Jun 26, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)</div><div dir="auto">Join Zoom Meeting</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82745715531?pwd=PWRCV261S9eIobSMpy7ZosyFiS1eEs.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82745715531?pwd=PWRCV261S9eIobSMpy7ZosyFiS1eEs.1</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Meeting ID: 827 4571 5531</div><div dir="auto">Passcode: SDC</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#d95000">There will be free smoker fuel available to all attendees.</font></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">Hope to see you all there!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(8, 8, 9); color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;">Kate and Steve</div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>hive mailing list</span><br><span>hive@lists.sdcbeeks.org</span><br><span>http://lists.sdcbeeks.org/listinfo.cgi/hive-sdcbeeks.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>