June 17: Virginia Webb at the Wye River Beekeepers!
World Honey Champion Virginia Webb at WRB Chesapeake College meeting June 17! Read More …
Category: Meetings
EAS in Kentucky: Bees in the Bluegrass, July 26-31
Member registration is open! Read More …
Discover New Meetings
Discover new meetings around Maryland and around the world. Read More …
County-by-County MSBA Membership Stats
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2026 Queen Rearing CLASS
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 …
2026 February 14 MEETING
AUDIO RECORDING of meeting, and TROPI SLIDES AVAILABLE! QUEEN REARING! MSBA assembled an elite panel of experts to guide us through key components to successfully raise our own queens! Read More …
LAMAS BEE LAB
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 an Read More …
2026 June 13 MEETING
Dr. DEWEY CARON! – World renowned bee expert IN PERSON! Plus a line up of great bee talks. AND come celebrate the 50th anniversary of MD’s Association of Southern Maryland Beekeepers
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2025 November 15 MEETING
Honey Show! Elections! Important Presentations on rearing hygienic queens
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2025 Varroa Management Survey
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 …