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Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association

Promoting beekeeping as a hobby or livelihood, and stimulating the public’s interest in the importance of honey bees.

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We are a beekeepers' association dedicated to promoting the importance of bees and beekeeping in Southern Arizona. Our focus is on supporting the local beekeeping community and ensuring the health and well-being of our honey bees.

Monthly Meeting

Topic: SAZBA Holiday Party

Friday, December 6, 2024

6:00 PM

Read the announcement.

Everybody is welcome to join! You do not have to be a member to attend.

American Legion Hall,

330 W. Franklin Street,

Tucson, AZ

Second Tuesday of each month, 6-8 PM.

(First Friday for December)

A list of our previous meetings.

Honey Bee Removal

Have you come across a swarm of bees? Have a hive within a structure?

Monica King
520-240-0532

Thunderbird Apiaries
Alan Hillhouse
208-794-9229

American Bee Control
520-780-1831

Local Nucs

Monica King
520-240-0532

Thunderbird Apiaries

Alan Hillhouse

208-794-9229

Wagon Wheel Ranch

of Arizona

520-780-1667

2024 Officers and Team

Meet our officers!

Coffee and Beekeeping

Sunday, TBA. To be returned in January.

With Tom Chester at Kettle Restaurant, I-10/22nd

Our monthly Coffee and Beekeeping meeting, an informal gathering of SAZBA members and friends on the last weekend of the month to talk about beekeeping, ask questions, and get to know other beekeepers. There is no agenda, just fellowship and a chance to share information.

Community Outreach

The Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association participates in outreach activities including special events and visiting schools to teach and inform the general public relating to honey bees and the beekeeping industry. If you are a community organizer or teacher and are interested in having SAZBA talk to your group or do a presentation please contact us.

Local Workshops/Classes

Monica King
520-240-0532

Wagon Wheel Ranch

of Arizona

520-780-1667

Our Mission

Our goals are to teach and encourage better methods among the beekeepers of Southern Arizona (Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz), to promote cooperation and sharing, to reach a common understanding regarding our problems and their solutions, and to stimulate the interest of the general public in the advantages and benefits of beekeeping.

We encourage the study and research in Apiculture with an eye towards better methodology, increased production, public safety and improved marketing.

We participate in outreach activities including special events and visiting schools to teach and inform the general public relating to honey bees and the beekeeping industry.

If you have any questions about what we do, our mission or just general beekeeping questions, please reach out.