MCBA Mission:
MCBA was established to teach beekeeping skills to enthusiasts, and to benefit the community through related outreach.
MCBA Overview:
The Montgomery County Beekeepers Association (MCBA) has its roots in the 1990s, when local beekeepers – many of them involved in the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair – started sharing information about their bee yards and apiary experiences. The Club became official in 2010, when it was incorporated as a non-profit. Since then, the all-volunteer organization has grown steadily in its membership and activities.
MCBA has over 500 members, and offers educational opportunities that include:
- Monthly meetings featuring local and national speakers
- A listserv Forum with lively beekeeping discussions and mentoring
- A bee yard with many active hives that provides hands on beekeeper training and mentoring
- An informational website
- An introductory course for beginning beekeepers
MCBA's Community Outreach programs include
- Live presentations to garden and community groups
- An annual Honey Harvest Festival at Brookside Nature Center
- Educating thousands of visitors at the annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair – the largest county fair in Maryland - where we demonstrate beekeeping (using live bees), operate a honey bee education booth, and a booth selling local honey.
- Our volunteers run a Honey Bee Swarm Hotline to help anyone in the county experiencing honey bee swarms,
- MCBA members are also active in the Maryland State Beekeepers Association and the Eastern Apicultural Society.
The Club welcomes members of varying levels of beekeeper experience, and also shares requests from non-beekeepers wishing to host hives on their properties. For more information about the Montgomery County Beekeepers Association, explore this website! https://montgomerycountybeekeepers.com.
OFFICIAL MAILING ADDRESS FOR MCBA
Montgomery County Beekeepers Association
1531 Rockville Pike #1069
Rockville, MD 20852