SAVE THE DATE! MABA's annual holiday celebration and gift exchange will take place on December 13th, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Manuel’s Tavern (602 North Highland Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307). You're invited to celebrate the end of another beekeeping season with your fellow club members.  MABA will purchase some hot and cold  appetizers and desserts to share. Club members may buy their own drinks and meals if desired. Bring an inexpensive, fun, bee-themed gift for our annual group gift exchange.To get a head-count, please RSVP here.

Please RSVP to join us at the 2025 MABA Fall Potluck Dinner and Honey Show! This is a great opportunity to enter your honey and other products of the hive in a MABA-only honey show, as well as enjoy some extended social time with other club members. Everyone should at least enter our Black Jar contest -- you might just have the best tasting honey in metro Atlanta!Our potluck spread always features an array of delicious offerings.  If you can, please bring a side or dessert to share. Please label your dish and indicate any ingredients that people may be…

  At our August 11 meeting, MABA will welcome Mike Evans, Director, 
Plant Protection Division at the Georgia Department of Agriculture. He will be giving us an update on GDA's efforts to eradicate the Yellow Legged 
Hornet. In August 2023,  yellow-legged hornets (YLH; Vespa velutina) were identified near Savannah, GA,  the first time the species has been detected in the U.S. Because the yellow-legged hornet poses a serious threat to honey bees and other pollinators in Georgia, it is imperative that these invasive pests are tracked and eradicated. Last year, some 47 nests were located and destroyed in the Savannah area. This talk will…

  At our July meeting, MABA will welcome Dr. Cameron Jack, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida. He will be speaking on the topic of "Educating the Next Generation of Beekeepers." Cameron has been interested in beekeeping since his youth and now teaches several courses related to honey bees and apiculture at the University of Florida. Cameron has responsibilities in instruction and research related to honey bees. His goal is to create an educational program that prepares students for the many challenges associated with beekeeping and to train those interested in entering…

Just in time for you to begin making your preparations for MABA’s own upcoming annual event, Julia Mahood will discuss how to prepare winning entries for honey shows. A winner of countless honey show ribbons, Julia Mahood is a Georgia Master Crafts Beekeeper from Atlanta. She is the current president of the Georgia Beekeepers Association and a past president of Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association. Julia started the beekeeping program at Lee Arrendale State Prison and through the GBA assists in starting and supporting prison beekeeping programs in the state. She has won many awards for her honey and hive products.…