Central Maryland Beekeepers Association

CMBA Board of Directors Meeting
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Zoom Meeting Info Coming Soon!

Monthly Membership Meeting
2025-09-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
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Teaching Demo in the CMBA Apiary
2025-09-27 15:30 - 16:30 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
Great news! We have scheduled an educational demonstration in the CMBA Teaching Apiary! Bring your veils and/or bee suits, because we will be performing a varroa mite inspection/count with MD Chief Apiary Inspector (and co-star in a recent children’s book) Cybil Preston, followed by a mite treatment demonstration by CMBA President, Osmar Rivera, and CMBA Treasurer, Katey O’Donnell.

Please RSVP to attend this event, or if you have any additional questions, by emailing education@centralmarylandbees.org.

Please dress in long pants and closed-toed shoes, bring protective equipment and a hive tool. Smokers are optional. If you will need to borrow any of these supplies, please include that in your RSVP email.

Honey Harvest Festival at Oregon Ridge Nature Center
2025-10-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Oregon Ridge Nature Center, 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, 21030, United States
Honey Extraction Demos * Chat with Local Beekeepers * 25+ Vendors & Demonstrations * Children’s Crafts & Games * Animal Encounters * Tenant House Tours * Food Trucks * Live Music
F25 HH Flyer 2025 v2
Honey extractions at 11:00, 12:30 and 3:30
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Fall, Fun, & Frights!
2025-10-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
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Annual Election & Pot-Luck Dinner
2025-12-03 18:30 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
Annual election and pot-luck dinner

Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-01-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
Speaker: Dr Jody Johnson, PhD,USDA honey bee research scientist

CMBA Board of Directors Meeting
2026-01-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-05-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-21 19:00 - 20:00
The CMBA Board of Directors meets virtually on the third Tuesday of every month.

Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
Speaker: Dr Zachary Lamas, post-doctoral research at in the Evan’s Lab in Beltsville, MD at the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory
Dr. Lamas is a researcher studying virus transmission in honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). He approaches research questions from the perspective of a behavioral ecologist. His studies are not only important for beekeepers, and understanding social insects, but also broadly to understand how pathogens affect social behavior.

Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
Master Gardener Leslie Speer will speak to us about planting for pollinators.
If you have a suggestion for speaker or topic, please contact us.

BK 101 COUNTY
2026-03-12 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-19 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
6:00-8:30 at Baltimore County Agriculture Center (1114 Shawan Road)

BK 101 CITY
2026-03-14 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Filbert Street Community Garden Honey House, 1321 Filbert Street, Baltimore, United States
Short course BK101 in the CITY at The Honey House at Filbert Street Garden (1321 Filbert St, Baltimore)

Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-04-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-05-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
Speaker TBD.
If you have a suggestion for speaker or topic, please contact us.

BK 101 COUNTY
2026-04-04 09:30 - 14:30 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
6:00-8:30 at the CMBA Apiary behind the Baltimore County Agriculture Center (1114 Shawan Road)

BK 101 CITY
2026-04-11 13:00 - 16:00 | Filbert Street Community Garden Honey House, 1321 Filbert Street, Baltimore, United States
Short course BK101 in the CITY at Filbert Street Garden apiary (1321 Filbert St, Baltimore)

Monthly Membership Meeting
2026-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Baltimore County Agricultural Research Center, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, MD, 21230, United States
Maryland State Apiary Inspector Ms. Cybil Preston will inspect the hives in the CMBA teaching apiary before the meeting.
If you have a suggestion for speaker or topic, please contact us.

Baltimore County 4-H Fair
2026-06-14 - 2026-06-18 | Timonium Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Lutherville-Timonium, 21093, United States
CMBA will be at the Baltimore County 4-H Fair
Times and schedule to be announced

CMBA Board of Directors Meeting
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:00
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