Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association

01/18/2025

SAZBA 2024 In Review:

Educating the public about the importance of pollinators, beekeeping, and safety around bees is a core principle of our association. Therefore, SAZBA members look for opportunities to interact with the public.

In the past year, we participated in the following Community Outreach Programs:
7 STEM functions at Tucson area schools
Booths at the Tucson Organic Gardner’s Spring and Fall events
4 apiary visits
A booth at the Pima County Fair (10 days)
A booth at the University of Arizona Master Gardner’s event
A booth at the University of Arizona Festival of Books (2 days)
Sierra Vista book club event
Speaking event at Splendido.
Monthly Coffee and Beekeeping

We estimate SAZBA made contact with over 7251 individuals during these events!

In addition these numbers indicate some of the visits to our webpage:
Homepage 4331
Bee removal 3579
Meetings 929
Nucs - for sale directory 712
Resources 640
About SAZBA 633
This month meeting 539
Local honey 529

01/18/2025

We have a few T-shirts left! $30 each including priority mail shipping! Because of the limited supply, please contact us via PM to order.

01/17/2025

Honeybee Safety & Africanization
https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/honey-bee-safety-and-africanization

01/15/2025

Meet your 2025 SAZBA Officers:

Will Fitz - President
Carl Hilber - Vice President
Edita Smrcinova - Treasurer
Christine Stockwell - Secretary
Liza Smith, Michael Shipman, Monica King - Board of Directors

01/08/2025

https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/nucs-for-sale-directory

01/08/2025

Raffles prizes for members at the January 14th meeting!

03/07/2024

Don’t grow this plant if you hate butterflies (or native bees). Beebrush (Aloysia gratissima) is an upright shrub to about 6x6’, and evergreen in our region, briefly deciduous in colder areas. Provide full to part sun, moderate water, hardy to 15˚F. Cut back if they get too leggy. A very good pollinator plant with fragrant flowers most of the year. Reseeds readily. Many granivorous birds like goldfinches love to eat the seeds. Many butterflies and bees are served with its nectar-rich flowers.

Used by people topically to treat wounds in South America. A great plant for domestic beekeepers.

Found in rocky or gravelly hills, sandy or limestone soils, and arroyos, around 3,000-4,000 ft. in southern Arizona to west Texas; south through Mexico into South America.

Aloysia is named in honor of Maria Louisa Teresa, 1751-1819, Princess of Parma and wife of King Carlos IV of Spain; gratissima means very pleasing.

02/08/2024

https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/gallery

Visit the above link to catch a glimpse of all the fun we have while reaching out to educate the community about local beekeeping & Africanized Honeybee safety! Consider joining our fun for only $15 per year individual / $20 family. You don’t have to be a beekeeper to join! Help spread pollinator awareness!

11/14/2023

Tonight our zoom meeting is presented by Dr. Tom Seeley from Cornell University.  Dr. Seeley has authored many publications, including “Honeybee Democracy”….  this meeting will be held in person and via zoom. If you are a member and attend in person, you will have the opportunity to win a copy of this book! We will be raffling off two of them! If you’re not a member, it is only $15 per year to join! For more information about the meeting please visit southernazbeekeepers.org

11/09/2023

Attention members: important voting for changes to bylaws. Vote to be held after dr. Seeley’s presentation on Tuesday, November 14th. Please visit

The name of this organization shall be “Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association”. It may also be referred to herein as “SAZBA”, or “Association”.

09/17/2023

Mark your calendar!

09/17/2023