Welcome to Maine Bee Wellness!
Here, you’ll find information about us, our programs, bees, and other native pollinators in Maine! MEBW strongly believes that while Honey bees are not natives here, there is plenty of room and resources for both them and native pollinators and that the biggest challenge all bees and pollinators face is having a healthy ecosystem to live in.
We’re buzzing with the bees in Maine; thank you for finding us!
October 2024 - The graduate fellowship (Maine Bee Wellness Fellowship) at U. Maine is renewed for Spring 2025.
October 2024 - Donated several prizes to the Maine State Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting Auction.
September 2024 - Initiated update to version 7.1 of Squarespace (what the website is done in.)
September 2024 - Presented on iNaturalist at the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA) BeeFest, held at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta.
August - September 2024 - Worked with artist Rob Hull on a custom Beeing Apis comic for Maine Bee Wellness. The completed comic is shown farther down on this page.
August 2024 - Exhibited at the Washington County Fair in Pembroke.
June 2024 - Our newest project begins! Help collect important data on honey and native bee forage preferences by contributing observations to iNaturalist. Read the details here.
June 2024 - Sponsored Eagle Hill’s Summer Field Seminar on the Natural History of Native Bees: Biology, Ecology, Identification, and Conservation, held Jun 23-29, 2024
April 2024 - Funded a project in Deer Isle,
February 2024 - MSBA President Beth Goodwin becomes an MEBW advisor.
February/March 2024 - Cosponsor/Instructor of 8 Beginning Honey Bee School classes with UMaine Washington County Cooperative Extension held at UMaine’s Machias campus.
January 2024 - A changing of the guard: MSBA President Judith Stanton has completed her term of office and is retired as an MEBW advisor.
October 2023 - Donated several prizes to the Maine State Beekeepers Association Annual Meeting Auction.
September 2023 - Facilitated the establishment of the Presidential Outreach Fund of the Maine State Beekeepers Association. (MSBA)
August 2023 - Exhibited at the Washington County Fair in Pembroke.
June 2023 - Donated to Bangor Beautiful towards the cost of a honey bee mural.
March 2023 - The graduate fellowship at U. Maine is renewed for Spring 2024.
March 2023 - Sponsorship for The Eagle Hill Institute’s 2023 Northeast Natural History Conference.
Feb - Mar 2023 - Beginner Bee School at Lubec Community Outreach Center.
Thanks to New York Bee Wellness and Pat Bono for inspiration and guidance. While MEBW is not connected with NY Bee Wellness, we feel it is a tremendous resource for New York. Take a look at their website. You’ll be glad you did.
Maine Bee Wellness is the trusted source for information about honey bees and native bees in Maine. The site was last updated on 10/10/2024.
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