The Club’s November meeting will be on Wednesday, November 8th at 7pm at the Brookside Nature Center, 1400 Glenallen Avenue, Silver Spring MD. This is our 2nd annual honey tasting and annual business meeting. It will include a brief report on 2017 Read More …
Allen Hayes, EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, will present ,”What Beekeepers Need To Know About Yellow Jacket Wasps.” About the speaker: Allen Hayes became an instant beekeeper in 1971 when a family friend gave him a hive. Always one to make Read More …
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair August 11 – August 19, 2017 Started 72 years ago as a way to provide a county show for the 4-H members in Montgomery County, our local fair is now one of the largest county Fairs Read More …
I’ve spent over 6 weeks in Costa Rica over the past three years volunteering on a native bee research project with a Dr. Gordon Frankie from UC Berkley. Tropical bees are very different from those we find around here in Read More …
Your chance to VOLUNTEER MCBA beekeepers participate in numerous public demonstrations and events throughout the year. The largest of which is the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair held each August. The club brings an observation hive to Old MacDonald’s barn. You Read More …
James Boicourt, co-owner of Charm City Meadworks is the speaker for the July MCBA monthly meeting, Wednesday July 12, 2017 at 7 pm at Brookside Nature Center. He is a master beekeeper who began keeping bees in college. He’ll talk Read More …
The first portion of the monthly meeting was a discussion by members about their hives, announcement of upcoming events, the status of our bee yard, requests for speakers at community events and the County Fair (August 12 – 19). After Read More …
The annual MCBA picnic took place on June 12, 2017 behind the Brookside Nature Center. Beekeepers kicked off the festivities by testing mite loads in the club hives with Tim McMahon. After working up an appetite in the hives, members Read More …
If I could take my bees on an outing it would be to the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area off River Road in Poolesville. Thirty acres of sunflowers have been planted just for the wildlife to enjoy. They will bloom early Read More …
I’m a little honey bee I hope to not die from CCD Me and my un-bee-lievable friends Think our challenges have no ends, 30 to 90 percent of us are gone Because of all that is going on. I’m Read More …
