Welcome to MSBA
MSBA is a non-profit membership organization of beekeepers in Maine, dedicated to education, using best practices and honey bee health. Affiliated with local chapters throughout the state, MSBA also works with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to promote the honey bee, products of the hive and initiatives to support beekeepers.ย
PLEASE GO TO BEE SCHOOL
BEFORE YOU GET BEES
Acquiring some basic but essential skills is critical to becoming a successful beekeeper. โBee Schoolโ will get you off to a great start. In-person courses run for varying lengths from January through April, all over the state. There are also some online classes.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ โ Andrew Cotรฉ
MSBA Annual Meeting 2023
The conference is on Saturday, October 21st at Bucksport Middle School. There will be ten vendor booths, a buffet luncheon, raffle auction and honey tasting contest. Speakers will be Paul Kelly, manager of the Honey Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph, and state food inspector Sierra Shaw. State Apiarist Jennifer Lund will deliver her โState of the Stateโ address. Registration is $45 and attendees must be members of MSBA (annual dues $15) except for those who come as a member's guest. Click below to register.
"Comb Honey" with Anne Frey
Our final webinar of 2023 will feature "Comb Honey" with Betterbee's Head Beekeeper Anne Frey on Monday, November 6th at 7 pm. Anne says "If you want to make comb honey, it can be done without major colony disruption, and also without expensive special equipment." She'll go over the simplest ways to produce small batches, as well as Ross Rounds and Hogg Halfcomb systems, and cover how to gauge the nectar flow and your colony strength for best comb honey results. Click below for the link to the Zoom meeting.