The following people have volunteered to speak to beekeeping clubs and other groups on various topics related to honey bees and bee management.
Though most are affiliated with the Maine State Beekeepers Association, they are not endorsed by the organization. Arrangements must be made directly with speakers.
Mark Cooper
Windham
Master Beekeeper
gmcooper81@aol.com
207-232-5842
Beginning beekeeping, making nucs, raising queens, swarm collecting
Peter Cowin / Amy Nickerson
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Hampden
(both) Past President of Penobscot County Beekeepers
petercowin@tds.net or nickersoncowin1@gmail.com
207-299-6948
Beekeeping, swarm catching, feral colony removal, beginner and intermediate topics.
Jane Dunstan
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Knox & Lincoln Counties
MSBA Board Member
rmllamas1@gmail.com
207-568-6800
Beginning beekeeping, 2nd year beekeeping, nucs and splits, swarm management
Erin Evans
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Portland
Master Beekeeper, Past MSBA President
queenbee@overlandhoney.com
207-838-4046
General beekeeping concerns, SARE, overwintering nucleus colonies, making summer nucs, swarm management and prevention, organizing bee clubs
Phil Gaven
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Portland
Master Beekeeper
phil@thehoneyexchange.com
207-773-9333 Beginner Beekeeping, presentations for students and families, urban and suburban beekeeping, nucleus colonies whys and hows
Geoff MacLean
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Scarborough
MSBA Board Member
Beekeeper at Red Brook Honey
geoffmaclean@me.com
207-415-9044
Do I Want to Bee a Beekeeper?, Introduction and Sophomore Beekeeping Courses, Become a Sustainable Beekeeper, Making and Successfully Over Wintering Nucleus Colonies
Brian Mason
Whitefield
info@spicerbees.com
207-549-0441
All aspects of hive management
Kevin McDonnell
Kennebunkport
Master Beekeeper and Member of MSBA Board of Directors
mbeeguy1@gmail.com
207-229-7023
“So you want to be a beekeeper?” and other intro beekeeping topics.
Richard McLaughlin Jr.
Springvale
Past MSBA President
Master Beekeeper
Richard@apidoro.com
207-370-2215
Beekeeping, bee removals, swarm collection
Thalassa Raasch
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Southern Maine
keepers.maine@gmail.com
207-747-7057
Urban/rooftop beekeeping, beekeeping with/for kids, beekeeping photography
Chris Rogers
Windham
MSBA Board Member
Master Beekeeper
chris@backwoodsbeefarm.com
207-893-2847
Beekeeping
Lincoln Sennett, Swan’s Honey
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Albion
Past MSBA Board Member
207-437-2251
Beekeeping, commercial pollination, packing, nucs
Karen Thurlow
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Master Beekeeper
newmoonapiary@gmail.com
506-685-0176 (Canada)
Queens/requeening, small scale queen rearing, seasonal management, gardening for bees, products from the hive, disease and pest management, splitting hives, swarm control, honey production, the sustainable apiary
Jennifer Vashon
WILL DO VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
State Black Bear and Canada Lynx Biologist
Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Jennifer.Vashon@maine.gov
207-941-4571
