President’s Message, November 2025
Mary Laura Fitzgerald's final message and thank you to the Maryland State Beekeepers Association community ...
2025 November 15 MEETING
Honey Show! Elections! Important Presentations on rearing hygienic queens
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Report from EAS 2025: and a new MD Master Beekeeper!
Themes of bee health, forage, sustainability and workshops...and a new MD Master Beekeeper!
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Ignore “Board” Emails! (We Will Never Ask for Gift Cards!) 😤
What's going on, what to do, and how we are working on it ...
Apimondia 2025
Maryland and US beekeepers benefit from helpful and successful world congress on beekeeping.
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Fall 2025 updates from Your American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) Reps
American Beekeeping Federation Meeting, Honey Show, and HONEY BAR!
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John Kovac: Telling the Bees
Susquehanna Beekeepers loses beloved member and pillar of the community ...
MSBA 2025 Board of Directors
| Executive Board | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Mary Laura Fitzgerald | themarylaura58@gmail.com | |
| Past President | Fred Smith | f.smith@myactv.net | |
| First V.P. | David Schultz | dschultz@specializedengineering.com | |
| Secretary | Toni Burnham | dcbees@dcbeekeepers.org | |
| Treasurer | Lisa Ghezzi | lisa.ghezzi@icloud.com | |
| Director | Valerie Wampler | valwampler@yahoo.com | |
| Director | Monica Schmitt | thebeelady@missionbeelieve.com | |
| Director | Russell Sprangel | sprangel@comcast.net | |
| SECOND VPs (County Reps) | |||
| Allegany | Ben Cooper | cooperville@atlanticbb.net | |
| Anne Arundel | Ryan Smith | ryansmith@honeysmithbees.com | |
| Baltimore | Regina Andrew | regina.andrew@comcast.net | |
| Baltimore City | Rob Yochem | ryochem@gmail.com | |
| Calvert | Susan Polsky | sarabellbees@md.metrocast.net | |
| Caroline | Paul Dill | (302) 249-1866 | |
| Carroll | Matt Gagle | info@aperturehoney.com | |
| Cecil | Brad Luff | bradfordluff@verizon.net | |
| Charles | Erik Darm | erik.darm@gmail.com | |
| Dorchester | Darlene Goehringer | popsoldplace@gmail.com | |
| Frederick | Mike Raide | mike.raide@gmail.com | |
| Garrett | Brittany Llewellyn | llewellynfarms@hotmail.com | |
| Harford | Harry Dutcher | bspaboy@comcast.net | |
| Howard | Bill Glover | williamglover@verizon.net | |
| Kent | Dave Kyger | davidkyger@mac.com | |
| Montgomery | Len Greig | lgreig3@verizon.net | |
| Prince Georges | Michael Mehalick | michaelrmehalick@gmail.com | |
| Queen Anne’s | |||
| Somerset | Crystal Lehmanking | a.mellifera.a@gmail.com | |
| St. Mary’s | Diane Wellons | deezltownbeez@gmail.com | |
| Talbot | Anna Wysocki | wysocki.anna@gmail.com | |
| Washington | Scott Edie | scottaedie@gmail.com | |
| Wicomico | Lauren Pascarella | Lauren@baybeeshoney.com | |
| Worcester | Thomas Babcock | tbabcock0001@gmail.com | |
| Washington, DC | Jan Poston Day | jan@secondstoryhoney.com | |