2024 MABA Honey Show Winners

    Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2024 MABA honey show. We had a great showing and were delighted to award ribbons and cash prizes to many worthy entrants. Below is a complete list of results: Best in ShowJulia Mahood (confections) Black JarMickey Anderson Light Extracted Honey1st: Julia Mahood2nd: Stephen Geer3rd: Georgia Tech BeekeepingVery Highly Commendable: Debra DeWitt Amber Extracted Honey2nd: Debra DeWitt3rd: Dave MarshallHighly Commendable: The Shanks Family Dark Extracted Honey1st: Lawrence Nieves3rd: Debra DeWitt Novice Extracted Honey1st: Stephen Geer2nd: Peter Helfrich3rd: Georgia Tech BeekeepingHighly Commendable: Kathie NeymanCommendable: Rachele McFarland Creamed Honey1st: Julia Mahood2nd: Debra DeWitt Honey…

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MABA Board of Directors

Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association 2026 Board of DirectorsPresident: Edward Morgan, Jr.Vice-President: Holly WentworthTreasurer: Claressa Lucas Secretary: Susanna Capelouto Past President, Web Administrator: Peter Helfrich Directors:Robert BuckleyDavid MarshallCorinne MatthewsSylvia PadgettCharlie ScottCambria Watson Ana Whitt

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Silent Auction

 MABA's annual potluck dinner and honey show is THIS COMING SUNDAY, 9/28. As part of the fun, we'll have both live and silent auctions. On the block this year are offerings including bee colonies, mentoring sessions, and of course Linda Tillman’s famed, highly-prized "Honey of a Dinner" for six. There will also be new and used equipment, including items like: A complete 8-frame hive set-up, honey extractors, full-body suits, gloves, pollen patties, an oxalic acid vaporizer wand, heated decapping knives, plastic waxed foundation, unassembled deep boxes, assembled deep frames, and much more. Everything must go. This your opportunity to get…

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2025 MABA Potluck and Honey Show

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…

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2025 MABA Beekeeper of the Year Nominations are Open

Nominations for MABA’s Beekeeper Of the Year are now bee-ing accepted!Each year, MABA bestows this honor on a club member who has not only demonstrated and promoted good beekeeping practices, but who also has served the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association as an outstanding volunteer. Any member is eligible except the club's executive officers who will evaluate the submissions and pick the winner. Additionally, past recipients are not awarded the honor a second time.This annual award is announced each year at our September potluck dinner and honey show. This year’s event takes place on Sunday, September 28th, 4-8 pm, at the Galloway School…

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2025 Black Jar Contest

Do you have the best tasting honey in metro Atlanta? Then put your honey where your mouth is, and enter MABA’s Black Jar contest. It’s just one of many, many honey, wax and artisan categories you can compete in as part of MABA’s annual honey show. This year’s event takes place as part of our potluck dinner on Sunday, Sept. 28th, 4-8 pm, at the Galloway School in Buckhead. Honey show details and rules (READ THE RULES!!!) at our website: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/maba-honey-show-rules/

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MABA/GBA Metro Atlanta Region Soirée

The Georgia Beekeepers Association and MABA will host a Metro ATL Region Soirée at the Painted Horse Winery and Vineyard on August 21st from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This event hopes to foster community engagement by bringing together beekeepers from the Metro Atlanta Director Region. Registration will close at 5 PM this Friday, August 8. This is your moment to register, if you haven't already - everyone should have a great time. Details below.To sign up for this event, please click here. Registration is limited to one club member and their spouse. We have reserved space for 95 members, and registration will…

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August 11, 2025 Meeting

  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…

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2021 Beekeeper of the Year – Julia Mahood

Julia Mahood is a Georgia Master Craftsman Beekeeper who has been keeping bees since 2004. She created the citizen science website MapMyDca.com to gather data on drone congregation areas. Julia was awarded the Georgia Beekeeper of the year in 2018. A graphic artist, she designed the Georgia “Save the honey bee” license plate. She is passionate about education and teaches beekeeping in Georgia prisons and is active in her local and state bee organizations.https://gabeekeeping.com/Sys/PublicProfile/28591221https://bees.caes.uga.edu/georgia-master-beekeeper-program/master-craftsman-beekeepers.htmlThe MABA beekeeper of the year is someone who has not only demonstrated and promoted good beekeeping, but who also has served the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association…

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2022 Beekeeper of the Year – Ed Morgan

Edward has managed the Junior Beekeeping program for MABA and always goes above and beyond the call. The program remains hugely successful and he has introduced bees to many young people. In addition to his usual willingness to help, he also was instrumental in the rescue of the bees at the Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson airport where he managed the tragedy of dead and dying bees and helped many beekeepers who came to try to help as well.The MABA beekeeper of the year is someone who has not only demonstrated and promoted good beekeeping, but who also has served the Metro…

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