Other> General Meeting Information
HCBA General Meeting Information:
Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024
We hope to see you at our upcoming general meeting at Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Our meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
​
We'll have our regular HCBA business update, and don't forget to post any beekeeping questions you have on our general meeting QA forum - we'll answer your questions during the meeting.
​
(Note: you have to be registered on this site to use the forum, so follow the instructions here if you've not yet done that.)
​
We are looking forward to seeing you!
The May meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
Our guest Speaker will be Matt Gagle of Aperture Apiary who will present:
Beekeeping and 3D Printing: A Tool for the Colony and the Classroom
3D printing technology is used to design prototypes and products for a variety of industries, including Beekeeping.
Matt Gagle will provide insights on how 3D printing is being leveraged to create products for the hive, how he renders bee-
related models to help educate others about beekeeping and what type of investment (costs, education, training, etc.) is needed to get started.
​
About the presenter:
Matt Gagle Is a beekeeper in Mount Airy who started with his first hives in 2021. He currently has 18 colonies across two apiaries. Matt started 3D printing for fun in 2020 and began using his 3D printer for beekeeping tools in 2022. While he has focused mainly on educational models, he has also designed useful tools for use in the apiary.
When not beekeeping or designing 3D printed things, Matt enjoys photography. He and his wife have a 2 year old son, Andy, who tests all of Matt's creations for quality control. Andy loves the bees and calls them "buzz buzzes".