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Entomology: UGA Honey Bee Program

Associations

Regular Meetings

Association Meeting time Location/Contact
Bartow Beekeepers Association 7:00 pm, second Tuesday

Agriculture Services Building, Cartersville

Contact: Tony Segura, President

thebartowbeeclub@gmail.com

web site

 

Beekeepers Club of Gwinnett County

 

7:00pm, second Tuesday

Hebron Baptist Church, Dacula

Contact: Rob Alexander, Vice President

bkclbgwinnett@gmail.com

facebook page

 

Chattahoochee Valley Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, bi-monthly, second Monday

Oxbow Meadows Nature Center, Columbus

Contact: Earl Cheal, President
echeal@chattahoocheebeekeepers.com

 

Cherokee Beekeepers Club

7:00 pm, third Thursday

Lincolnton Club House, Lincolnton

Contact: Ryan A. Sarks, President
770-639-0868
beehavenapiaries@gmail.com

 

Clarks Hill Beekeepers Association Clarks Hill Beekeepers Association

Alternating between the Columbia County Library and the Lincoln County Extension office

Contact: Charles Phillips, President
706-541-2152

Berman Kent, Treasurer
bermankent08@comcast.net

 

Coastal Empire Beekeepers Association 6:30 pm, second Monday

1026 Quacco  Rd., Savannah, GA 31419

Contact: Faith Jaudon, President
1049 Ralph Rahn Road
Rincon, GA 31326
912-429-3695 
faithjau7@aol.com

 

Coweta Beekeepers Association 7:00 pm, second Monday

Asa M. Powell, Sr. Expo Center

197 Temple Ave., Newnan

Contact: Steve Page
770-683-2465
steve@cowetahoney.com

web site

 

East Central Georgia Bee Club

7:00 pm, fourth Monday, 
(bi-monthly)

Burke Co. Office Park Complex

Contact: Roosevelt McWilliams, President 
Burke County Extension Office 
Waynesboro, GA 30830 
rmcwill@uga.edu

 

Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association

7:30 pm, first Monday

UGA Bee Lab, 1221 Hog Mountain Road, Watkkinsville

Contact: Bill Owens, Chairman
770-266-6619

bowens@GaBeeRemoval.com

 

Forsyth Beekeepers Club

6:30 pm, fourth Thursday

Sawnee Mt. Preserve Visitor Center, 4075 Spot Road, Cumming

Contact: Marc Conlyn 
770-888-9652 
RMarshallc@mail2marc.com  

web site

 

Heart of Georgia Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, third Tuesday

Houston Co. Gov’t Building (Old Courthouse), 801 Main St.,  Perry

Contact: Steve Nofs 
ganofs@cox.net

 

Henry County Beekeepers

Association

7:00 pm, second

Tuesday

Public Safety Building Community Room

116 Zack Hinton Parkway South

McDonough

Contact: Tom Bonnell

McDonough, GA

770-473-5434

hortpa@uga.edu

web site

 

Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, second Wednesday

Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave, Atlanta

website

 

Mountain Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, first Tuesday

Mountain Regional Library, Young Harris

Contact: Larry Sams, President
158 Needlemore Drive
Hayesville, NC

 

Northeast Mountain Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, second Thursday

Northeast Georgia Regional Library, Clarksville

Contact: John Haaseth, President 
706-865-1085

 

Northwest Georgia Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, second Monday
of each month

 

Walker County Agricultural Center - Rock Spring

Contact: Kenneth Vanhorn, President
vanhorn_kenneth@yahoo.com

 

Southeast Georgia Beekeepers Association

7:00 pm, fourth Tuesday
August-March

Contact: Ben Bruce 
159 Homeplace Road 
Homerville, GA 31634
912-487-2001 
nutnhoney@windstream.net

 

Southwest Georgia Beekeepers Association

7:30 pm, last Tuesday, 
even months

Swords Apiaries, Moultrie

Contact: Sonny Swords
5 - 28th Avenue N.W.
Moultrie, GA 31768
912-941-5752

Tara Beekeepers Association (Clayton County area)

7 pm, third Monday

Kiwanis Room, Georgia Power Bldg.,

752 Main Street, Forest Park

Contact: Gary Cooke, President 
770-507-4661
beecooke77@yahoo.com

web site

 

Troup County Association of Beekeepers

7 pm, Third Monday

4-H Ag. Building

on Hwy. 27 at Vulcan Road

Contact: Terry Williamson, President

706-882-2493

twilliamson5422@yahoo.com


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Resource People for Georgia Beekeeping

Association or Organization Contact person

The state associations and organizations listed above.

 

See the above list of association and organization contacts.


Georgia Dept. of Agriculture Barry Smith, Manager
Apiary Program
P.O. Box 114
Tifton, GA 31793
912-386-3464
bsmith@agr.state.ga.us

Towns County Coordinator

Robert Brewer 
Towns County Extension Coordinator
PO Box 369
Hiawassee Ga 30546
706-896-2024
RBrewer@uga.edu


University of Georgia

Jennifer Berry
Apicultural Research Coordinator
1221 Hog Mountain Rd.
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-1736
jbee@uga.edu

 

University of Georgia

Keith S. Delaplane
Professor of Entomology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-2816
ksd@uga.edu


Locations throughout Georgia

Master Beekeepers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Annual Workshops in Georgia:

Workshop Contact Phone

Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers Association Workshop for Newcomers

 

Ray Hardigree 770-725-5563

Forsyth Beekeepers Club

Annual Short Course for Beginning Beekeepers

Annual Queen Rearing Class

May 14, 2011, 9am - 1pm / registration: 8:30am
Sawnee Mountain Preserve Visitors Center

4075 Spot Road, Cumming GA  30040

 

 

Hoyt Rogers

Marc Conlyn

 

770-479-1731

770-888-9652

Muscogee County Beginning Beekeeping Short Course

 

Jim Harris 706-563-4186

Northern Metro Beginning Beekeeping Workshop

 

Cindy Bee 770-424-0076

Young Harris Beekeeping Institute

 

Keith S. Delaplane 706-542-2816

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