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Young Beekeeper Grant
6:30PM Ask a beekeeper, with Harry and Dona; focus on winter management
7PM Sarah Wheelan will discuss bee genetics (details below)
Board of directors election
Harry's Beekeeping quiz
2025 50/50 raffle
Beekeepers understand firsthand how hives can differ in terms of temperament, honey production, and mite resistance. How much of this variation is due to genetics vs the environment? What questions can be asked and what methods are used? The presentation will cover the basics of DNA, inheritance, genomics, and epigenetics, and will give an overview of the honey bee genome and current research in honey bee genetics, including work on aggression, caste determination, and breeding better bees.
Sarah is a scientist who has worked in high-throughput sequencing and other aspects of biomedical research, and who has been learning from bees and about bees for over a decade. A longtime educator, she is excited to share what she has learned with anyone who will sit still.
Join an active community of veteran and novice beekeepers and listen to talks from a variety of experts.
Meetings are held at 7PM on the second Wednesday of every month and are open to the public.
Spring/Summer Location:
Steppingstone Farm Museum in Havre de Grace
461 Quaker Bottom Rd. Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Fall/Winter Location:
Harford County Agricultural Center, 3525 Conowingo Road, Suite 600, Street MD 21154
December 10, 2025: Holiday party!
October 8, 2025 Ann Frey: pollen trapping
September 10, 2025 Gabriela Quinlan: bee nutrition and winter bees
July 9, 2025 Beekeeping gadget show and tell
June 11, 2025 Clyde Strang: Winter prep and diagnosing deadouts
May 14, 2025 Eric Malcolm: Colony inspections
April 9, 2025 Ally Martin Ewert: Propolis
March 12, 2025 Robyn Underwood: Drones
February 18, 2025 Honey tasting/exchange and presentation by Ted and Jen Sizemore on beekeeping in the Kisumu region of Kenya
January 8, 2025 Dave Schultz, apiculture inspector: What if the groundhog was wrong? Late winter/early spring management
November 13, 2024 Dr. Frank Rinkevich: Genetics of amitraz resistance in Varroa
October 9, 2024 Dr. Jon Zawislak: Queen loss and laying workers
September 11, 2024 SBA members: Winter hive prep
July 10, 2024 SBA members: Choosing a mite treatment
June 12, 2024 Todd Cichonowicz: Local pollination
May 8, 2024 Cybil Preston: Varroa control
April 10, 2024 Dennis Helmer: Queen breeding and queen health
March 13, 2024 Jack Geraghty: Bee research at Delaware University; and Dona Bushong: Long Langstroth hives
February 14, 2024 Honey tasting, exchange, and competition
January 10, 2024 Selina Bruckner: Small hive beetle