Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association

Category: Local clubs Also called: SAZBA; Southern Arizona Beekeepers; southernazbeekeepers.org Last checked: 2026-10-01

What it is

The Southern Arizona Beekeepers Association (SAZBA) is a first-party local beekeeping club serving southern Arizona (official Constitution objectives name Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties). Its official site (southernazbeekeepers.org) publishes monthly meeting venue and cadence, membership dues, constitution/by-laws, outreach, and swarm-removal / local-honey resources. Official home copy: “Promoting beekeeping as a hobby or livelihood, and stimulating the public’s interest in the importance of honey bees.” Constitution Article 2 objectives include teaching and encouraging better methods among southern Arizona beekeepers, promoting cooperation and sharing, and public outreach including school visits with SAZBA-approved lesson plans. It is not a commercial hive-equipment shop and not a university certificate pathway.

Who it’s for

New and experienced hobby beekeepers in southern Arizona / greater Tucson who want in-person monthly meetings at the American Legion Hall in Tucson (plus optional Zoom), Coffee and Beekeeping fellowship gatherings, member discounts on local hands-on trainings, and use of the association extractor. Printed first-party dues are $15 individual / $20 family per membership year. Official Meetings and home pages invite visitors: “Everybody is welcome to join! You do not have to be a member to attend.” Not a drop-in equipment warehouse and not a university certification course.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Local club with a named Tucson meeting venue and street address, printed dollar dues on the official Become a member page and Constitution Article 4, monthly second-Tuesday meeting cadence, Pima/Cochise/Santa Cruz service area, and public officer roster (not a private home listing). It is not a Facebook-only group and not a scraped directory card.

• Meeting schedule & venue (home + Meetings page, checked 2026-10-01): “Second Tuesday of each month, 6-8 PM” at American Legion Hall, 330 W. Franklin Street, Tucson, AZ. Home also printed a dated September card: Apitherapy: The Medicine of the Hive — Tuesday, September 8th, 6 PM (same venue). Optional Zoom join link is printed on the home page. Meetings archive lists prior and upcoming cards (e.g. March 10, 2026; January 13, 2026). Home also notes Coffee and Beekeeping typically the last Sunday of each month (informal; watch for details).
• Membership dues (Become a member + Constitution / By-Laws Article 4, checked 2026-10-01): Become a member form tiers: Single ($15); Family ($20); Advertising Fee ($100) (local honey / swarm-removal listing). Constitution (current as of November 2023): “Individual dues are $15.00 per year”; “Family dues are $20.00 per households per year (must live at the same address)”; “Dues for advertising is $100.00 per year”; membership year “runs for twelve months beginning on the month after dues are paid.” Benefits listed on Become a member: monthly meetings with speakers, networking, class discounts, association extractor, website updates.
• Officers & outreach (home, checked 2026-10-01): 2026 Officers and Team — President Monica King; Vice President Will Fitz; Secretary Christine Hendrix (Stockwell); Treasurer Edita Smrcinova; Directors Michael Shipman, Liza Smith, Nitesh Shah. Home also lists swarm/hive-removal contacts, local nucs, community outreach / school visits, and Pima County Fair / Master Gardener event cards for April 2026.

Meeting cadence, venue, dues, officer names, and event cards above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Confirm the live Meetings and Become a member pages before treating any date, venue, or fee as fixed.

Official URL

https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/

Become a member / dues: https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/become-a-member

Meetings (venue, cadence, archive): https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/copy-of-meetings-1

Constitution and By-Laws (dues Article 4; Pima/Cochise/Santa Cruz objectives): https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/constitution-and-by-laws

Location

Primary meeting venue named on the official home and Meetings pages (checked 2026-10-01): American Legion Hall, 330 W. Franklin Street, Tucson, Arizona, 6:00–8:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Zoom option printed on the home page. Check the live home or Meetings page before you go; Coffee and Beekeeping and special events may use other venues.

This is a Local club meeting address, not an Equipment retail counter and not a university Extension classroom.

Notes

• Category is Local clubs. SAZBA is a first-party southern Arizona beekeeping association with a printed meeting venue, annual dues, and monthly meeting cadence. It is not Equipment, and it is not Learning in the university-pathway sense: the club runs meetings, Coffee and Beekeeping, and school outreach, but SAZBA itself is the membership club. It is distinct from the clubs already listed (Collin County, Back Yard, Alamo Area, Central Ohio, Metro Atlanta, Puget Sound, Tri-County, Cabarrus County, Minnesota Hobby, Northeastern Kansas, Southern California / BASC, Central Iowa).
• The $15 / $20 / $100 dues, twelve-month membership year, American Legion Hall venue, second-Tuesday 6–8 PM cadence, Pima/Cochise/Santa Cruz service-area copy, November 2023 constitution date, and 2026 officer roster are transcribed from official southernazbeekeepers.org pages checked on 2026-10-01 and may change. No purchase or membership signup was made from Beekeeping Plaza.
• First-party logo / brand mark saved beside this listing as southern-arizona-beekeepers.png (from the official Wix site asset SAZBA-logo-sm (1).png, unedited aside from lossless re-save).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: When and where does SAZBA meet?
A: Official home and Meetings pages (checked 2026-10-01): second Tuesday of each month, 6–8 p.m., at American Legion Hall, 330 W. Franklin Street, Tucson, AZ. Visitors may attend; Zoom option is printed on the home page. Confirm https://www.southernazbeekeepers.org/ before you travel.

Q: What are the dues?
A: Official Become a member page and Constitution Article 4 (checked 2026-10-01): $15 individual / $20 family per membership year (twelve months beginning the month after dues are paid); $100 advertising fee for local honey / removal listings. Confirm the live page before paying.

Q: Is this an equipment shop or a university course?
A: No. SAZBA is listed here as Local clubs: a volunteer-run southern Arizona beekeeping association with meetings, dues, and outreach. For hive gear see Equipment listings (e.g. Blythewood Bee Company, Premier Bee Products). For a university class pathway see Learning (e.g. UW–Madison Beekeeping Short Course, Rutgers Bee-ginner’s Beekeeping).