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SUMMARY:Back Yard Beekeepers Association Announces Julia Mahood Speaking ab
 out Honey Bee Drones
DESCRIPTION:The Back Yard Beekeepers Association (BYBA) in Connecticut is p
 roud to present speaker Julia Mahood on July 22. Julia is currently the Pr
 esident of the Georgia Beekeepers Association and an authority on honey be
 e drones. This meeting is in person and our speaker will be joining us IN-
 PERSON. There is not an option for participants to join virtually.  Plea
 se join us at 7 PM to allow time to socialize and chat with other members 
 of the club.  Our speaker presentation will begin at 7:30 PM.\nThe locati
 on is Norfield Congregational Church located at 64 Norfield Rd in Weston\,
  CT. Even though the event is free\, please register at https://backyard
 beekeepers.com.\nIt’s all about the drones! Honey bee drones are the Rod
 ney Dangerfields of the bee world\, they (often) get no respect!"\, remark
 ed Julia. Learn all about the amazing drones and their mysterious drone co
 ngregation areas (and how to find them using the other kind of drone) at t
 his informative and lively talk.\nJulia Mahood is a master craftsman beek
 eeper who has been keeping bees since 2004. She created the citizen scien
 ce website MapMyDca.com to gather data on drone congregation areas. A grap
 hic artist\, she designed the Georgia “Save the honey bee” license pla
 te. She is passionate about education and teaches beekeeping in Georgia pr
 isons. Julia is a former Georgia Beekeeper of the Year and currently the
  President of the Georgia Beekeepers Association.\nQuestions? Contact BYBA
 ’s Paula Wolf at paulawolf@email.com.\nThe Back Yard Beekeepers Associa
 tion (BYBA) is one of the Nation’s largest regional clubs for beekeeping
  hobbyists with over 400 members. Some of their members are just getting s
 tarted as beekeepers\, and some have enjoyed this hobby for years. All sha
 re an interest in the wonderful and remarkable world of the honey bee. The
  mission of BYBA is to provide their membership with a forum for sharing k
 nowledge and mutual interests in beekeeping\, and to educate and promote t
 he benefits of beekeeping to the public. For more information\, please vis
 it backyardbeekeepers.com.
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