Upcoming Events
SBA Monthly Meeting February 8, 2023
Honey Exchange
See the meetings page for more details.
SBA won a MD State Fair blue ribbon!
Congratulations to the blue ribbon and Champion ribbon winners, for their Maryland Beekeeping Organizational Display. The display was prepared by SBA members Rita Kryglik and Mary Woolford. See photos of the winners and their display here!
Young Beekeepers
Applications are now being accepted to the SBA Young beekeepers grant program 2023. If you are 14 to 18 years old, residing in the Harford or Cecil County area, and are interested in beekeeping, you are eligible to apply for the SBA Young Beekeeper Grant! This grant is offered once per year to promote interest in beekeeping among young adults. For more information see this page.
Girl Scout video about bees
Neithraa, a Girl Scout doing her Silver Award project, has created a video about bees, starring Dennis Hertzog and some of our Young Beekeepers. See the video here.
Queen rearing photoessay
Jack, one of our Young Beekeepers, along with Dennis Hertzog, successfully made several queens this July. He has documented the process in this essay
2022-2023 SBA Board Members:
Charles Thomas, PresidentRussel English, Vice President
Susan Warner, Secretary
Lynn Beiner, Treasurer
Harry Dutcher, Past President
Committe Chairpersons
Mary Wolford, Membership ChairBrad Luff, Cecil County Coordinator
Photo credits throughout: Dennis Hertzog, Brian Greenlee, Todd Cichonowicz
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The goal of the SBA is to educate association members and the public about honeybees, beekeeping and related arts, to provide a resource for established beekeepers, to aid new beekeepers in bee management techniques, to inform the public about the value of honeybees, and to promote beekeeping in general. |
| Member benefits: As a club we help our members by buying bulk purchases of different beekeeping products that are needed to feed bees, treat for diseases, as well as items used in harvesting honey. The club has honey harvesting equipment that can be borrowed by members. For more information see the membership page. | |
| Young beekeepers grant program: if you are 14 to 18 years old, residing in the Harford or Cecil County area, and are interested in beekeeping, you are eligible to apply for the SBA Young Beekeeper Grant! This grant is offered once per year to promote interest in beekeeping among young adults. For more information see this page. |
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Meetings are held at 7PM in person or via zoom on the second Wednesday of each 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 Community College, Chesapeake Center dining room Bel Air, MD 21015 For directions to either location see the meetings page |