Another fun day at the fair

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Paula Breen

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Jul 2, 2026, 12:58:06 AM (10 days ago) Jul 2

to Alameda County Beekeepers Assn.

I just got home from covering the evening shift at the ACBA booth at the County Fair. If you haven't done this yet, I can't encourage you enough. It's so much fun. My favorite part about doing the booth is talking to the kids. So many of them know so much about bees and are so eager to talk about it with you. They're full of charm and excitement.

Giving the bee demonstration is super easy, and the people in the audience basically treat you like you're a wizard of some kind! 🐝 The bees are super gentle and you don't even need a veil

(although they are provided if you are more comfortable with that). Just open it up, show a few frames, let them take a look and take pictures, talk about what you're seeing. People are amazed and grateful for the entertainment and information.

I believe there are still plenty of shifts available if you are considering. Please sign up sooner than later so our organizers can relax and not worry if they will be enough people to provide supervision to the observation hive for the remainder of the fair. Give a little back to the club if you can find the time. You can see available shifts here:

https://www.alamedabees.org/fair-calendar/

In friendship,

Paula

Robert L Mathews

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Jul 2, 2026, 12:46:14 PM (9 days ago) Jul 2

to Bee Talk

Thank you Paula! I really do want to encourage people to still sign up.

There's another week of the fair to go, but we're having real trouble getting enough volunteers and with last minute cancellations. For whatever reason, it's been much more difficult to keep things covered than it has been in previous years.

In particular, there are two spots uncovered this afternoon and evening. If anyone has free time today, please click the links below to sign up and I'll get you the tickets right away by text message:

Thursday July 2, 2:30-5:30 PM

Thursday July 2, 5-8 PM with demonstration

A spot on July 4 also just opened up due to a cancellation:

Saturday July 4, 5-8 PM

And then there are still 12 spots unfilled for the last week of the fair. I hate nagging people; if you're able to sign up and give something back to the club in a fun way (where we even give you $35 of free tickets!), please do. Thank you!