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SUMMARY:Build Your Own Horizontal Top-Bar Hive
DESCRIPTION:Master Craftsman Beekeeper Nathalie B from Bee Mindful Bee School and Farm (Driftwood\, TX) will be in Atlanta all day on Monday\, July 13th to help YOU build your very own Horizontal Top Bar Hive. The cost is $210.00 per unassembled hive. This event will take place beginning at 8:00am and will conclude after everything is complete. She will then be our guest speaker at the monthly MABA meeting later that evening\, beginning at 6:30 pm. \nWe’re sending this notice out now to allow plenty of time for those who wish to participate to request off from work that day if needed. \nWe must have 20 pre-sold hives to confirm her date. The deadline for registering for this event is 02/28/2026.  Your purchase is your commitment. No verbal commitments accepted! \nPurchase your top-bar hive and register\nfor the event here.\nABOUT NATHALIE B.:\nWith close to 400 colonies and 15 years expertise in Beekeeping Education and Professional Beekeeping Services\,  Nathalie B. is an internationally recognized speaker and advocate for Treatment-Free\, sustainable beekeeping. She is best known for promoting Horizontal Top-Bar Hives as a simple\, affordable\, accessible\, and easy-to-manage option for backyard beekeepers.\nShe optimized and redesigned existing plans to create a global standard for Top-Bar Hive designs\, allowing cross-country interchangeability of hives and comb for suppliers and customers. \nShe invented the  Flex Hive\, an internationally acclaimed Langstroth-to-Top-Bar adapter\, which she was invited to present on at Apimondia 2025 in Copenhagen. \nA regular speaker at regional and national events\, she was recently invited as a keynote speaker for the Natural Beekeeping Summit and a three-week speaking tour in Australia. \nIn 2019\, she was invited by the Congolese government to design and lead the country’s training programs for the national trade schools\, and spent almost a year setting up teaching apiaries\, writing training manuals in French\, and setting up training for new beekeepers. \nPassionate about community outreach\, Nathalie has developed training programs and teaching apiaries for refugees in Congo\, Nigeria\, and Texas\, and launched multiple Youth Scholarship Programs\, donating dozens of horizontal hives in the process.\nAn Ohio State MBA graduate and Master Beekeeper with 15 years of experience managing all hive styles and nearly 400 colonies\, she is the Owner of Bee Mindful\, a full-service beekeeping business offering free plans\, comprehensive apprenticeships\, workshops in Natural beekeeping\, AG exemption services\, affordable\, practical horizontal hives and Treatment-Free bees. \nShe also serves and has served as President\, Vice President\, Chairman of the Board\, and Director in multiple Texas state-level beekeeper associations.
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/build-your-own-horizontal-top-bar-hive/
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SUMMARY:July 2026 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker will be beekeeper Nathalie B of Bee Mindful Honey Farms. \n \nWith close to 400 colonies and 15 years expertise in Beekeeping Education and Professional Beekeeping Services\,  Nathalie B. is an internationally recognized speaker and advocate for Treatment-Free\, sustainable beekeeping. She is best known for promoting Horizontal Top-Bar Hives as a simple\, affordable\, accessible\, and easy-to-manage option for backyard beekeepers.\nShe optimized and redesigned existing plans to create a global standard for Top-Bar Hive designs\, allowing cross-country interchangeability of hives and comb for suppliers and customers. \nShe invented the  Flex Hive\, an internationally acclaimed Langstroth-to-Top-Bar adapter\, which she was invited to present on at Apimondia 2025 in Copenhagen. \nA regular speaker at regional and national events\, she was recently invited as a keynote speaker for the Natural Beekeeping Summit and a three-week speaking tour in Australia. \nIn 2019\, she was invited by the Congolese government to design and lead the country’s training programs for the national trade schools\, and spent almost a year setting up teaching apiaries\, writing training manuals in French\, and setting up training for new beekeepers. \nPassionate about community outreach\, Nathalie has developed training programs and teaching apiaries for refugees in Congo\, Nigeria\, and Texas\, and launched multiple Youth Scholarship Programs\, donating dozens of horizontal hives in the process.\n\nAn Ohio State MBA graduate and Master Beekeeper with 15 years of experience managing all hive styles and nearly 400 colonies\, she is the Owner of Bee Mindful\, a full-service beekeeping business offering free plans\, comprehensive apprenticeships\, workshops in Natural beekeeping\, AG exemption services\, affordable\, practical horizontal hives and Treatment-Free bees. \nShe also serves and has served as President\, Vice President\, Chairman of the Board\, and Director in multiple Texas state-level beekeeper associations. \nOur meetings are held at our new Westside Provisions District meeting space (1170 Howell Mill Road\, Atlanta\, Georgia 30318; corner of Howell Mill Road and 14th Street). Park in the WSPD parking deck (validated parking)\, and follow the MABA signs. The new meeting space is a former restaurant space (Unit P10A) located on the ground-floor level of the building immediately next door to the Flower Child restaurant\, and directly across the street from Shake Shack.  MABA meets 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. \n\n\n\n\nMeetings 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 products. \n\n\n\nOn arrival\, check-in at the welcome table to be entered into our monthly door prize drawing. Enjoy snacks and fellowship in the back of the room. Membership is not required. Everyone interested in honey bees is welcome!
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/july-2026-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T183000
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SUMMARY:August 2026 MABA Meeting
DESCRIPTION:At our Monday\, August 10 meeting\, our topic will be Medicinal Beekeeping: Wellness from the Hive.  Our speaker\, Emily Mueller\, will introduce us to the world of apitherapy and the wellness benefits of hive-based products. We’ll examine the medicinal properties of honey\, pollen\, royal jelly\, bee venom\, and beeswax\, along with their therapeutic uses\, wellness applications\, and basic preparation methods. She will also discuss current research and historical uses of bee products in natural wellness practices. \nEmily Mueller is a beekeeper\, researcher\, and integrative health sciences student with a deep passion for the connection between bee health\, natural medicine\, and education. Her work focuses on exploring bee-derived substances through both scientific research and traditional practices\, dedicated to empowering others with the tools to create their own natural products. \nAhead of Emily’s talk\, the mentoring session (6:30pm) will be led by Master Beekeeper Deb DeWitt. Just in time to help you prep your entries for MABA’s annual honey show (mark your calendars: Sept. 27)\, her topic will be “Honey Show 101: Don’t Get Stung by Rookie Mistakes.” Her presentation will be an introduction to honey shows—along with tips and tricks to prepare your entry so it doesn’t get the side-eye from judges. \nOur meetings are held at our new Westside Provisions District meeting space (1170 Howell Mill Road\, Atlanta\, Georgia 30318; corner of Howell Mill Road and 14th Street). Park in the WSPD parking deck (validated parking)\, and follow the MABA signs. The new meeting space is a former retail space (Unit P12B) located on the ground-floor level of the building three doors down from the Flower Child restaurant\, and directly across the street from Shake Shack. MABA meets 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. \nOn arrival\, check-in at the welcome table to be entered into our monthly door prize drawing. Enjoy snacks and fellowship in the back of the room. Membership is not required. Everyone interested in honey bees is welcome!
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/august-2026-maba-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T160000
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SUMMARY:2026 MABA Fall Picnic & Honey Show
DESCRIPTION:Mark Your Calendars:  Sunday\, Sept. 27.\nMABA will hold its annual Honey Show and Fall Potluck Dinner on Sunday\, September 27th. This year\, the event will be held at Westside Provisions District. During the event\, MABA will also honor this year’s Beekeeper of the Year. Save the date and join us for this great MABA social event. Honey Show entry check in begins at 4 pm.
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/2026-maba-fall-picnic-honey-show/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T183000
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SUMMARY:October 12 MABA Meeting
DESCRIPTION:At our October 12 meeting\, MABA will welcome Randy McCaffrey (AKA: 628 Dirt Rooster). Randy  has 31 years as a contractor and structural claims specialist.  At the age of forty he developed a fascination with honey bees.  He discovered beekeeping after assisting his brother who is also a beekeeper\, with the live removal (cut out) of a bee hive in an old furniture warehouse.  In 2010 armed with his knowledge of construction and his newfound fascination with bees he began removing and relocating feral bee colonies from commercial and residential structures along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  As of June of 2022\, the number of cut outs he has done total approximately nine hundred and fifty and swarm catches total approximately five hundred. \nRandy typically keeps forty to fifty colonies.  His family\, including himself\, his father and his brother\, keep approximately two hundred and fifty colonies total.  He conducts studies in much of his work such as mite count and disease studies in feral or otherwise chemically untreated bee colonies.  He video records much of his work and shares this work through social media platforms such as YouTube\, Instagram and TikTok to educate\, entertain and inspire current and future beekeepers.  His work can be found on most large social media platforms under the channel name 628DirtRooster with the tagline “Where Hobby Beekeeping Is a Way Of Life”. \nRandy along with his wife Elizabeth are continuing to grow their beekeeping business by recently adding a subsidiary named Coastal Grove Bee Works which will focus on honey sales and a ladies apparel line. \nOur meetings are held at our new Westside Provisions District meeting space (1170 Howell Mill Road\, Atlanta\, Georgia 30318; corner of Howell Mill Road and 14th Street). Park in the WSPD parking deck (validated parking)\, and follow the MABA signs. The new meeting space is a former retail space (Unit P12B) located on the ground-floor level of the building three doors down from the Flower Child restaurant\, and directly across the street from Shake Shack. MABA meets 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. \nMeetings 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 products. \nOn arrival\, check-in at the welcome table to be entered into our monthly door prize drawing. Enjoy snacks and fellowship in the back of the room. Membership is not required. Everyone interested in honey bees is welcome!
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/october-12-maba-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T183000
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SUMMARY:November 2026 MABA Meeting
DESCRIPTION:At MABA’s November meeting\, we will welcome Jeff Horchoff (AKA Dirt Rooster) as our speaker. Bees have been Jeff’s passion or over 20 years\, but that passion was never fully realized until he became the lone  bee wrangler for a group  of Benedictine monks at Saint Joseph Abbey in Southeast Louisiana\, about 50 miles north of New Orleans. It was there that he began seeing bees in  a different light\, a marvel of God’s creation. \nJeff had every intention of becoming a monk. As the fledgling Abbee Honey Operation at St. Joseph was just beginning (as well as his Youtube channel about the bees at the abbey)\, the flood of  2016 hit\, causing over 33 million dollars in damage to the abbey and  washing away 30 hives. \nJeff had to make the decision to call it quits or move forward. He chose the harder route and aggressively began building up colonies by doing  removals\, making splits\, and catching swarms. And God blessed the proceedings. He  went from zero hives in 2016 to over 200 last year. 
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/november-2026-maba-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T183000
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SUMMARY:2026 MABA Holiday Party & Gift Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our year-end holiday celebration at Manuel’s Tavern (602 N Highland Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30307) on Friday night\, Dec. 11\, 6:30 – 8:30 pm. MABA will purchase hot and cold appetizers\, and desserts to share. Club members may buy their own meals and drinks. Bring an inexpensive bee-themed gift to bee a part of our fun annual gift exchange.
URL:https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/2026-maba-holiday-party-gift-exchange/
LOCATION:manuel’s tavern\, 602 North Highland Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30307\, United States
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