Speaker: Charles DeBarber
Topic: “Swarms, Cutouts & Bait Boxes”

Charles DeBarber is the Animal Husbandry Coordinator at the Filbert Street Garden in Baltimore City. He is President of the Filbert Street Garden Bee Club and manages the largest beeyard in the City of Baltimore. Charles has been keeping bees for 9 years and is an avid local swarm catcher. He has traveled extensively meeting urban beekeepers from Kyoto to Cozumel. Mr. DeBarber loves to learn about the history of early industrial beekeeping and is an avid collector of antique and vintage equipment.