MSBA Kim Mehalick comments on an interesting year, new online alternatives, the importance of remembering to take time to smell the nectar! ...

Cybil Preston updates us on pandemic practices for which apiaries are inspected and how they must be conducted, as well as the National Honeybee Survey ...

There is an old custom in Old World beekeeping that some carry on in the New World, that is telling the bees when the beekeeper dies. So, we must tell the bees of the passing of their extraordinary friend, Ann Harman ...

Our June Meeting Keynote is Dr. David Tarpy, speaking to queen issues and dynamics, and diagnosing hive conditions! ...

During the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, MSBA will be conducting meetings as "webinars" that us the Zoom platform. You will need two things for each meeting, a Zoom Account and the meeting Number and/or password Meeting Numbers and Passwords The Meeting Number and Password (if any) for each individual meeting will ...

Last year, MSBA had the privilege to welcome Dr. Humberto Boncristiani to discuss his deep research into small hive beetle and the challenge of control. He is now offering an online, dynamic, and collaborative new channel of communication for beekeepers and beekeeping groups, InsideTheHiveTV. He explains, "'Inside the Hive.TV' is ...

We've compiled a list of very helpful online learning tools to speed you to better beekeeping ...

The UMD Bee Squad has created a series of online webinars for beekeepers, taking the place of the planned in-person events and classes planned for the Summer of 2020. The Bee Squad offered several sessions, free of charge, this Spring and is in the process of planning a new series ...

Beekeeping club phones and email boxes, Extension and Apiary Inspection offices, entomology departments and (perhaps gleefully) pest control companies have been inundated with frantic inquiries since the unfortunate May 2 New York Times article describing a terrible threat, especially to beekeepers, from this fearsome looking insect. This creature is ...

Puerto Rico has faced hard times –hurricanes, earthquakes, economic collapse, and now a pandemic–but the Maryland State Beekeepers community can take pride in pulling together and overcoming obstacles to get critical bee feed into the hands of these special beekeepers as of May 14, 2020. Dr. Tugrul Giray of the ...

New varroa silver bullet? Nectar is hard! Too many bees? Almonds, Bt, pesticide concentrations ...