B.I.G. goal:

The goal of MCBA's Bee Impact Grant (BIG) is to improve the health of honey bees.
We do this by awarding the annual Bee Impact Grant to a honey bee researcher or group whose work focuses on understanding and improving honey bee welfare, and/or developing/disseminating best management practices to ensure honey bee sustainability.

Ideal candidates:

• Focus on solving problems facing honeybees and beekeepers – maintaining colony health and honey production.
• Have a connection to Maryland – living in, working in, or their work must benefit Maryland beekeepers.

Deadlines:

• The BIG nomination deadline for the current year is July 1.
• The MCBA board will announce the winner in August.

Directions:

• .Please be sure to discuss this submission with the Nominee PRIOR to submitting this application, since you'll need their input for some of the questions.
• Please read through all the questions before beginning to fill out the application, since there is some information you'll want to gather in advance. Hint: If you have typed your answers in another document, you can 'paste' them in the appropriate fields of this application.
• Nominations may be submitted by MCBA members and non-members.

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