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 […]
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 […]
At our August meeting, MABA will welcome Ed Morgan, who will share his journey from new-bee to hobbyist, to full-time apiarist making a living from bees. Ed currently serves as vice president of the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association. Operating Bean’s Bees and Honey (beansbeesandhoney.com), he maintains bee colonies for honey production all over the metro […]
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 […]
At our October meeting, MABA will welcome Justin Schoendorf, owner and mead maker at Monks Meadery (579 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30307). Founded in 2011, Monks specializes in fun, modern dry-style carbonated meads. As the official mead of the Georgia Renaissance Festival and Dragon Con, Monks brews whimsical flavors like “Dragons Nectar” — […]
At our Monday, November 10th meeting, MABA will welcome Master Beekeeper Steve Esau. Steve began beekeeping in 2011 with two hives and the intent of making his East Atlanta neighborhood a better place through urban agriculture. Those two hives quickly grew into what is today known as the Little Bee Project. Consisting of more than […]
Join us for MABA’s next club field trip to the Auburn Bee Lab on Saturday, November 15. We’ll receive a research update from the lab’s post-doctoral students, a tour of their apiary, and learn about how they conduct their field assessments. There will be a break for lunch and time to rotate between topics. The […]
Join us for our year-end holiday celebration at Manuel's Tavern on Dec. 12, 6:30 - 9pm. MABA will purchase hot and cold appetizers, and desserts to share. Club members buy their own meals and drinks. Bring an inexpensive bee-themed gift to bee a part of our fun annual gift exchange.
The learning curve on beekeeping can be long and steep. Start your beekeeping adventure the right way by learning the fundamentals from MABA’s panel of experts. We welcome anyone who is interested in learning about honey bees, even if a hive is not in your immediate future. Registration opening soon. Watch our web site and […]
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 […]
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. WATCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FUTURE BUILD EVENTS.Get ready for the 2026 Swarm Season with a custom MABA Swarm Trap Box — no need to buy bees. Join Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association volunteers on March 1st, 2026, from 9:00am to 3:00pm to build and buy your own box. Attendance is limited. […]
Our speaker in March will be Kelly Miranda from GA Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Complaints department. 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. Meetings […]