<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Paul:<div>I\u2019m okay with supporting this.</div><div>Tom<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 18, 2026, at 8:57\u202fPM, Paul Reulbach <paul@marinbees.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto">Thanks Dana. <div>Any other feedback from the board? </div><div>Paul</div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Paul Reulbach <br></span><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>President</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Marin County Beekeepers Association</span></div><div><a href="https://marinbeekeepers.org/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font>https://marinbeekeepers.org</font></a></div><div><span dir="ltr" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">617-828-2222</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 18, 2026, at 7:10\u202fPM, Dana Pepp <danapepp@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi,<div><br></div><div>It seems very commercial-focused and/but I am fine supporting it.</div><div>It does impact backyard beekeepers and the environment.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Paul.</div><div><br></div><div>Dana<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 17, 2026, at 6:19\u202fPM, Paul Reulbach <paul@marinbees.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">This is what we discussed on the call. I move that we give him our association support. Paul </div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Michael Thiele <gaiabees@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> September 8, 2026 at 11:43:03\u202fAM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Paul Reulbach <paul@marinbees.org><br><b>Cc:</b> secretary@marinbees.org, beekeepereducation@marinbees.org, treasurer@marinbees.org, membership@marinbees.org, Jim Lawson <communications@marinbees.org>, Justin Strom <Westnovatohoney@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Seeking your support: Sonoma County pollinator ordinance</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div>Dear Marin County Beekeepers Association,</div><div><br></div><div>I am circling back on our request for your endorsement of our Sonoma County campaign for an ordinance on commercial apiaries. I am attaching a copy of my initial email here, in case it is easier to find in a full inbox. Paul mentioned that you would discuss this at your next board meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>I am writing on behalf of the Pollinator Advocacy Alliance of Sonoma County, a coalition working to protect pollinator health and forage across our region. We are reaching out to neighboring beekeeping associations to build alliances in the work that serves the bees, and to seek support for our campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>We are advancing a proposed Sonoma County ordinance that would set sensible spacing and density standards for commercial apiaries, grounded in the ecological carrying capacity of the landscape and written to protect commercial beekeeping, recreational beekeeping, and native pollinators alike. The current draft is inspired by the Nevada County ordinance authored by commercial beekeeper and researcher Randy Oliver, which has worked well in a neighboring California county since 2019. Randy also wrote an endorsement for our proposed ordinance.</div><div><br></div><div>Our hope is that, once you know the campaign well, the Association might consider endorsing it publicly. A statement of support from a respected neighboring association would carry real weight as we work to pass the ordinance through our Board of Supervisors. The Sonoma County Beekeepers Association has already endorsed the campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested, we would be glad to share more information and to find a time to talk it through, by Zoom or by phone. You can also learn more on our website at <a href="https://pollinatoradvocacyalliance.org/">https://pollinatoradvocacyalliance.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmly,</div><div>Michael - on behalf of the Pollinator Advocacy Alliance of Sonoma County </div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 17, 2026, at 12:37\u202fPM, Michael Thiele <gaiabees@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto">Thank you Paul for letting me know and for having it on your next meeting agenda. If you have any questions prior to it, please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out.<div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Michael Joshin Thiele\u2028</i></b><br><font><b><i><a href="https://www.apisarborea.org/">Apis Arborea\u2028</a> </i></b></font>| Executive Director </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Emerging Honeybee Ecologies<br>Cell: <span dir="ltr">707-503-8312</span> </span></div><div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/apisarborea?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==&utm_source=qr">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://mailchi.mp/11ed7047aab3/apisarborea">Newsletter</a> | <a href="https://www.apisarborea.org/arboreal-apiculture-salon/">Podcast</a></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.apisarborea.org/support/"><b>Help sustain our work </b></a>\U0001f41d</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><font><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></i></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 17, 2026, at 12:14\u202fPM, Paul Reulbach <paul@marinbees.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi Michael-<div>We will discuss at our next meeting of the board. Many members are OOT currently. Thanks Paul </div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 17, 2026, at 9:27\u202fAM, Michael Thiele <gaiabees@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">Hello everyone,</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">I am circling back about my email from August 5. You may not have had a chance to discuss our inquiry yet, and I wanted to warmly invite any questions you might have about our campaign. We would be glad to share more, or to find a time to talk it through by Zoom or phone, if that would be helpful.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">Thank you again for your consideration.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr">Warmly,<br>Michael</p><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 5, 2026, at 8:19\u202fAM, Michael Thiele <gaiabees@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Dear Marin County Beekeepers Association,</div><div><br></div><div>I am writing on behalf of the Pollinator Advocacy Alliance of Sonoma County, a coalition working to protect pollinator health and forage across our region. We are reaching out to neighboring beekeeping associations to build alliances in the work that serves the bees, and to seek support for our campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>We are advancing a proposed Sonoma County ordinance that would set sensible spacing and density standards for commercial apiaries, grounded in the ecological carrying capacity of the landscape and written to protect commercial beekeeping, recreational beekeeping, and native pollinators alike. The current draft is inspired by the Nevada County ordinance authored by commercial beekeeper and researcher Randy Oliver, which has worked well in a neighboring California county since 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>Our hope is that, once you know the campaign well, the Association might consider endorsing it publicly. A statement of support from a respected neighboring association would carry real weight as we work to pass the ordinance through our Board of Supervisors. The Sonoma County Beekeepers Association has already endorsed the campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested, we would be glad to share more information and to find a time to talk it through, by Zoom or by phone. You can also learn more on our website at <a href="https://pollinatoradvocacyalliance.org/">https://pollinatoradvocacyalliance.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmly,</div><div>Michael - on behalf of the Pollinator Advocacy Alliance of Sonoma County </div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Avenir Next"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Avenir Next"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font face="AvenirNext-DemiBoldItalic"><b><i>Michael Joshin Thiele\u2028</i></b></font><br><a href="https://www.apisarborea.org/" style="font-family: "Avenir Next"; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;">Apis Arborea\u2028</a> | Executive Director <br>Emerging Honeybee Ecologies<br>707-503-8312 | michael@apisarborea.org \u2028<br><br><a href="https://www.apisarborea.org/support/" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="AvenirNext-Regular">Apis Arborea is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization</font></a></div></div></div>
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