MABA has an amazing line-up of guest speakers planned for 2026. Mark your calendars and join us! On Monday, April 13,  MABA will welcome Jennifer McLaurin, who will speak on environmental sustainability, land management, native plants, and beekeeping.  Jennifer has a background in green space planning, as well as in implementing environmental and public outreach programs, environmental management, sustainability initiatives, and park management. This experience has equipped her with a broad knowledge base and a diverse skill set. A nature enthusiast, Jennifer lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia, with her two children. Our April meeting will be our first held at our…

MABA has an amazing line-up of guest speakers planned for 2026. Mark your calendars and join us!Our meetings are held at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in third-floor classroom C302 on the 2nd Monday of each month, except September and December when we hold our annual fall honey show/pot luck and holiday party respectively.NOTE: February's meeting will be held in the church's first floor Heritage Hall.Meetings begin with a mentoring session at 6:30 p.m., followed by a featured speaker at 7 p.m. Topics range from the latest findings in honey bee research to hive management, honey, beeswax, and other hive…

On Monday, February 9,  MABA will welcome Kamon Reynolds as our featured speaker. Kamon is the co-founder of the North American Honey Bee Expo (NAHBE), one of the largest honey bee expositions in the world. He started keeping bees as a teenager, and to this day, his favorite work is maintaining healthy hives and talking shop with fellow beekeepers. He and his wife of 14 years, Laurel Reynolds, co-run the Expo and all their beekeeping operations, specializing in quality bee genetics, pure Tennessee honey, and honey bee education. Together, they have filmed hundreds of educational videos to help new and…

MABA has an amazing line-up of guest speakers planned for 2026. Mark your calendars and join us!On Monday, March 9,  MABA will welcome Kelly Miranda as our featured speaker. Kelly is a Pesticide Program Specialist with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. She will explain how our state department of agriculture's pesticide incident complaint process  works.  It’s the system that ensures pesticides are used with care, within the law, and without harm to people, animals, or the environment.When someone suspects a pesticide has been applied illegally or caused harm, the journey begins with a complaint. This report is sent to the state’s agriculture department where trained…