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HCBA General Meeting Information:
Next meeting: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
We hope to see you at our upcoming general meeting at Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall on the second Tuesday of each month. Our meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
We'll have our regular HCBA business update, and don't forget to come to our pre-meeting open discussion and Q&A that starts at 6:30 PM.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
The June 9, 2026 meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
This meeting will be in person only; there will be no simulcast.
The Howard County Fair will take place August 8-15 and we are challenging all of our members (new and seasoned alike) to enter something into the fair!
There is a category for everyone, even if you aren’t keeping bees right now:
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Use a friend's honey to make and enter a tasty treat into the cookery division.
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Spot a bee on your outdoor garden? Snap a photo and enter it into the photography division.
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Like to use beeswax and honey in skin care or other products? Enter your item in the Miscellaneous division.
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Handy with crafts? Be sure to enter your bee-related items in the Arts and Crafts division.
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Extracted honey this year? Submit a sample to the honey show!
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The possibilities are endless!
During the June meeting, we will hear from our member and the Honey and Beeswax booth superintendent, Danielle Spendiff, regarding the categories for entries and the process for entering items into the fair.
Then we will be able to visit stations to see examples of entries and talk to people who have submitted award-winning entries in the past.
This will be an interactive and fun meeting, so we will only offer in-person attendance.
About our presenter:
Phil Frank is a science journalist and TV producer, writer, and director of non-fiction films. His programs have been seen on CNN, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Science Channel, A&E, Travel Channel, Headline News, History Channel, TLC, NYTimes website, Washington Post website, and international channels.
While producing a National Geographic program about mass animal die-offs, Phil became fascinated by honey bees. In 2014, he started his first colony and now has 15 hives on his deck, and one glass walled hive in his kitchen vimeo.com/176760818 where he studies bees year round.
Phil runs websites for the Maryland State Beekeepers Association and Maryland’s Montgomery County Beekeepers Association. He earned a Master Beekeeper certification from both Cornell University and the Eastern Apicultural Society. He recently co-authored 'Hive Tour' HiveTourGuide.com, a photo rich book showing the extraordinary lives of honey bees.