Frank Linton

Frank started keeping bees in 2005, and, with help, currently has a few colonies near Washington DC. He is an EAS-certified master beekeeper. He runs three bee-related websites and has hosted a series of Colony Monitoring Technology workshops. He writes articles for Bee Culture and the American Bee Journal, and he speaks at local, regional, and international bee conferences. Frank is the author of The Observation Hive Handbook: Studying Honey Bees at Home, and co-author of Hive Tour: The Insider’s Guide to Honey Bees.

Toni Burnham

Toni is the past president and founder of the DC Beekeepers Alliance, past president of Maryland State Beekeepers Association (and current secretary), sometime writer for Bee Culture. Have kept bees since 2005, when I took my beginners course with MCBA: a community to which I will always be grateful!

Ann Fraser

Anne is an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, retired lawyer, and proud native of Washington DC. Anne runs between 20 and 50 hives on a 200 year old farm in Shenandoah County, Virginia and occasionally sells nucs, honey and hive products.  She is the EAS Director for Virginia and teaches classes in Shenandoah and Fairfax counties through the Virginia Beekeeping Teaching Consortium. When she is not fiddling with bees, art or farming, she is hanging out with her husband Bill Newman, a professional artist, her 35 year old parrot Spy, and dog and cat Moose and Smokey Jack.