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Please join us for the August General Meeting and the MDBA Honey Tasting! All members are encouraged to bring a small jar of honey to share during the honey tasting. We’ll provide tables, informational cards to fill out, and other tasting supplies. It’s an exciting opportunity to share our bee’s honey and taste the variety of honeys produced by other club members. We’ll set up the honey tasting station prior to the beginning of the meeting and enjoy tasting the honey after our speaker presentation and a short informational note on what to pay attention to when tasting honey.

Our guest speaker for the evening will be Rob Keller, founder of the Napa Valley Bee Company Rob is excited to join us for the annual MDBA honey tasting event, and his presentation will be keyed to our club’s honey tasting. Here’s a short bio of Rob from the Napa Valley Bee Company website:

While earning his MFA at UC Davis, an interest in entomology emerged as Rob incorporated bees into his art practice, and since then Apis mellifera has been his focus. Rolling full circle, he eventually found himself back at UCD in their Master Beekeeping Program and has become an inspirational leader and educator of regenerative beekeeping in Northern California.  His love for art and attention to aesthetics remain strong, and it is clearly seen in the detail of his custom-made hives and his engaging photo images. To grow new stewards of the profession, Rob teaches beekeeping at Napa Valley Adult School as well as adolescents at St. Helena Montessori. His strength of character and conviction provides all who are in his presence with numerous ah ha moments and much laughter. He is available for speaking engagements, teaching seminars and sharing a pint after a day of hive dives. Rob lives in downtown Napa with his 14-year-old son Davis, where he is surrounded by music, creativity and a great community of friends who share in his passion for life and a good buzz.