Posts Tagged: Cheryl Veretto

California Master Beekeeper Program: On a Roll to Help the Bees

They've got your back. And your bees. The declining honey bee population now has 52 more friends. Science-based friends. Bee ambassadors. Partners. They're the new apprentice graduates of the California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMPB), administered...

California Master Beekeeper Program examiner Charley Nye tests six-year beekeeper Cheryl Veretto, president of the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association. She is one of the 52 graduates of the CAMPB apprentice level. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Master Beekeeper Program examiner Charley Nye tests six-year beekeeper Cheryl Veretto, president of the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association. She is one of the 52 graduates of the CAMPB apprentice level. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

With their veils off in this portion of the practical exam, CAMPB examiner Charley Nye watches Cheryl Veretto finish the last steps of the test. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

With their veils off in this portion of the practical exam, CAMPB examiner Charley Nye watches Cheryl Veretto finish the last steps of the test. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Part of the practical exam: how to fuel a smoker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Part of the practical exam: how to fuel a smoker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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