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President: Allen Hayes

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Of Interest:

February 16, 2008:  MSBA Winter Meeting  will be held at the Howard County Fairgrounds

March 4, 2008: will be the first evening of the "Short Course" for new beekeepers.  Please contact  Allen Hayes if you plan to attend.

See new photos from Steve Harbin and Alisa DeGeorge

June 27, 2008 USDA Bee Research Laboratory Open House Additional information can be found at the USDA web site.

MAAREC web site has additional information on CCD and research

March 7, 2007: "A mysterious disease is killing off U.S. honeybees, threatening to disrupt pollination of a range of crops and costing beekeepers hundreds of thousands of dollars, industry experts said."  Read more about Colony Collapse Disorder ("CCD") at CNN

August 8-10, 2007 2007 EAS Conference & workshops, held at University of Delaware, Contact Allen Hayes for more information.

Pictures of the month

(Please send your best picture to jlcrooks@comcast.net Place in the subject line " hcba photo")


Contact Info.: President: Allen Hayes by e-mail or by phone: 410-489-2835
  Meetings held at: The Dining hall at the Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD  For directions.: