Category: Meetings

Queen honey bee on yellow honey comb

2026 Queen Rearing CLASS

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Enrollment opens April 3. Class is May 2. An all-day queen rearing class opportunity.  You will learn queen and drone biology, the importance of timing for raising your own queens, various queen rearing methods, queen evaluations, resources needed and how to be successful in rearing your own stock.  This class will include hands on grafting practice.  Read More …

LAMAS BEE LAB

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NEW BEE LAB needs our support! MSBA is raising funds to launch the Lamas Bee Lab. Zac Lamas is creating a lab, from scratch, after DOGE disrupted honey bee research at the USDA. Now, MSBA has launched a fundraiser for the Zac Lamas Bee Lab at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. To kickoff our fundraiser, and jumpstart the lab setup, MSBA gave Zac’s Lab $10,000. Zac applied these initial funds toward a special freezer to keep specimens at -80℉, and Read More …

5 varroa destructor mites walking on the back of a honey bee

2025 Varroa Management Survey

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Please LET US KNOW! Take this very short survey about varroa management. Complete the survey for A CHANCE TO WIN A NUC! Aggregated results will be presented at APIMONDIA by MSBA Treasurer Lisa Marie Ghezzi. SURVEY CLOSES AUG 15! Read More …

2025 Feb 28 Project Apis m Webinar

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RECORDING AVAILABLE. The sudden colony losses this year resulted in efforts to survey beekeepers regarding their losses, and USDA scientists traveled to collect samples from colonies in the field. In this public, free webinar we will share information with stakeholders about our activities and progress analyzing the survey data and the samples taken. Read More …