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Beekeeping Links and Other Resources

The world of beekeeping is wide and deep, but here are a few places to start. Because all beekeeping is local, we strongly recommend that you connect early and often with a club near you.

Local Beekeeping Organizations

Maryland State Beekeepers Association, www.mdbeekeepers.org
Anne Arundel Beekeepers Association, www.aabees.org
Howard County Beekeepers Association, howardcountybeekeepers.org
Lower Eastern Shore Beekeepers Association: www.lowershorebeekeepers.org
Montgomery County Beekeepers Association, www.montgomerycountybeekeepers.com
Central Maryland Beekeepers Association, www.cmbeea.org
Carroll County Beekeepers Association, www.thecarrollbee.org
Association of Southern Maryland Beekeepers, gworrell.freeyellow.com/asmb.html
Beekeepers Association of Northern Virginia, www.beekeepersnova
DC Beekeepers Alliance, www.dcbeekeepers.org

Other Resources:

Maryland State Apiary Inspector

Cybil Preston
EAS Certified Master Beekeeper
State Apiarist
Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Pkwy.
Annapolis, MD 21401<
(410) 562-3464

MAAREC - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium, maarec.psu.edu

Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory, www.barc.usda.gov/psi/brl/brl-page.html

Eastern Apicultural Society, www.easternapiculture.org

University of Maryland Extension "Grow It, Eat It!" Program, www.growit.umd.edu