🐝💦 How Cool Is This DIY Bee Watering Station?!
Buck Brignano came up with this awesome watering station for his bees, and we just had to share it! 🐝💛
He used a 30-gallon plastic container for the reservoir and repurposed old fence boards around the outside to give it a rustic look.
💧 Water flows gently down a cypress plank, giving the bees a safe place to land and drink.
At the bottom, he used the top of an old birdbath filled with lava rocks to catch the water and provide even more landing spots for thirsty bees.
And the really clever part? The reservoir is connected to well water with an automatic fill valve—similar to the valve inside a toilet tank. As the water level drops, it refills automatically and shuts off when the container is full.
No constantly remembering to refill the bee waterer! 🙌🐝
Such a creative way to reuse old materials while making sure the bees have a reliable source of fresh water—especially during our hot summer days. ☀️
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We are a community of passionate beekeepers in Santa Rosa County who come together to share knowledge.
Whether you’re just getting started or have years of experience, you’re welcome here!
🐝 Visit our website for more info: santarosabees.com
08/23/2026
The Association Is Ready for Its Next Chapter!
The current leadership has worked hard over the past two years to strengthen the association and build a solid foundation. As we approach our November elections, we’re looking for members who would like to bring fresh ideas, energy and leadership to SRBA.
Systems, contacts, programs, membership and finances are already in place to help make the transition easy.
Could It Be You?
💛 President
💛 Vice President
💛 Treasurer
💛 Secretary
Watch for future announcements and details about the upcoming elections. SRBA needs members who are ready to step forward, lead and help shape the association’s next chapter.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to last night’s meeting and Honey Show!
We are especially grateful to Roy Smith, who taught us so much about how to properly prepare and present our honey for competition—and even showed us how to put together a mini honey show of our own. We truly appreciate him sharing his time and knowledge with us. 💛🐝
And thank you to everyone who brought honey and participated! 🍯 It was so much fun seeing—and tasting—the results of all that hard work from our bees and beekeepers.
And can we talk about that potluck buffet?! 😍 Unfortunately, I didn’t get a single picture before we descended on it like a pack of hungry animals. 😂 Apparently, documenting the food was much less important than EATING the food!
Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a fun, educational, and delicious evening. This is exactly what makes our beekeeping community so special. 🐝💛🍯
08/16/2026
Outreach programs are always so much fun!! 💛🐝
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Education always inspires us to do better, learn more, and keep growing. The more we learn, the more we realize just how much we don’t know—and that’s what keeps us curious, asking questions, and wanting to learn even more. 💛🐝
08/13/2026
Don’t forget this Thursday August 20th!
🍯🐝 SRBA BLACK JAR HONEY TASTING — PEOPLE’S CHOICE! 🐝🍯
Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association members — it’s time to find out whose honey will be our 2026 People’s Choice Winner! 🏆
🖤 HOW IT WORKS:
🍯 Bring at least 4 oz. of your honey to enter.✨✨✨ you can enter one jar only!
You must be a member of Santa Rosa Beekeeper Association to enter your Honey. Non members can taste and vote 💛
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🖤 Each honey will be placed in a black bag and assigned a number, so nobody will know whose honey they are tasting.
🥄 Members and guests MUST TASTE ALL of the different honeys and choose their favorites.
🎟️ Each member will receive 3 voting tickets and may vote for 3 different honeys — one vote per honey.
🗳️ Drop a ticket into the voting container next to each of your three favorites.
Then we’ll count the votes and announce our winners!
🥇 1st Place — People’s Choice
🥈 2nd Place
🥉 3rd Place
And there’s something extra special at stake…
🏆🍯 Our 1st Place winning honey will represent Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association at the Florida State Beekeepers Association Black Jar Honey Contest!
This isn’t about having the prettiest jar or the lightest honey — it’s all about TASTE!
Honey can have amazingly different flavors depending on nectar sources, location, season and what was blooming when our bees were working.
🐝 Bring your honey, bring your taste buds, and let’s see which SRBA honey takes the top spot!
🍯 May the best honey win! 🏆🐝
08/04/2026
We have TWO exciting fundraisers coming up to support the Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association, and we’d love your help spreading the word! 🐝
🍯 Tuesday , August 25 | 6:00–8:00 PM | Navarre
Join us for a unique Mead & Rare Honey Tasting! Enjoy delicious meads, sample rare and unique honeys, and more. Tickets are $25, and 100% of the proceeds benefit the Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association, helping us continue our education, outreach, and honey bee conservation efforts.
🎁Raffle Alert!🚨
We will also be holding a raffle for a $300 bee-themed basket! Suggested donation is $5 per ticket, and all raffle proceeds also go directly to the Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association.
📍See the flyer below for all the details, and please share it with your friends and family!
🌕 Thursday, August 28 | 7:30 PM | Navarre Beach
If you love yoga, honey bees, and full moons, you won’t want to miss this special Full Moon Yoga event hosted by Elementree Yoga Studio! Each month they select a local charity to support, and this month’s beneficiary is the Santa Rosa Beekeepers Association!
Thank you for supporting our mission to educate the community and protect our pollinators. We hope to see you at one—or both—of these wonderful events! 💛🐝
I've been experimenting with using the 21stBEE drone frames in my super. What I found, is the bees fill them out better when you have all the 21stBEE frames in one box. The benefit here is, it takes less resources to build out a drone frame and the SHB's don't have a place to hide on the frame.
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07/25/2026
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