About Us

The Big Island Beekeepers Association's (BIBA) mission is ​to assist fellow beekeepers; to educate beekeepers and the public in matters related to honey bees and beekeeping; to cooperate in marketing honey bee products; to provide community service related to bee issues; to promote beekeeping by creating a positive image of honey bees, beekeeping and bee products.

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Featured Guest Speaker

This month, we are fortunate to have Julia Mahood speak to us regarding the "The Game of Drones". Honey bee drones are the Rodney Dangerfields of the bee world, they (often) get no respect! Learn all about the amazing drones and their mysterious drone congregation areas at this informative talk.

Guest Speaker Bio

Julia Mahood is a Georgia Master Beekeeper who has been keeping bees since 2004. She created the citizen science website MapMyDca.com to gather data on drone congregation areas. Julia is passionate about education and teaches beekeeping in Georgia prisons and is active in her local and state bee organizations.

Our guest speaker of the month will begin at 6:15PM followed by a short business meeting.