Cook-DuPage Beekeepers Association

Category: Local clubs Also called: CDBA; Cook DuPage Beekeepers; Cook-DuPage Beekeepers Association Last checked: 2026-10-06

What it is

Cook-DuPage Beekeepers Association (CDBA) is a first-party beekeeping club for the west-suburban Chicago area (Cook and DuPage counties), Illinois. Its official About Us page says it is a not-for-profit founded in 1921, incorporated in 1953, and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit since 2017. Its stated goals are promoting bee culture and honey and other hive products, and offering beekeeping education to beekeepers and non-beekeepers. It holds monthly general meetings, publishes annual dues, and runs member events such as picnics and a DuPage County Fair presence. It is not a commercial hive-equipment shop and not a university certificate pathway.

Who it’s for

Hobby beekeepers and anyone interested in bees in the Cook / DuPage County area who want third-Saturday evening meetings at a church hall in Villa Park, a calendar-year membership with primary and secondary member rates, and club events. The How to Join page says membership is open to anyone interested in bees and beekeeping and you do not need to own a hive. Not a drop-in equipment warehouse and not an online university course.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Local club. Its official pages print a Villa Park meeting street address, a regular meeting time, a dated 2026 meeting schedule, and annual dues amounts. It is not a Facebook-only group and not a scraped directory card.

• Meeting schedule & location (home page “Meeting Updates” — checked 2026-10-06): meetings are “usually on the third Saturday of most months” from 6:30–8:00 PM, with doors opening around 6 PM. Most meetings are at Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 S. Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park (IL), which has a parking lot, but some months move for special events. The tentative 2026 schedule on the home page lists general meetings Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 16, Jun 20, Oct 17, and Nov 21, plus the DuPage County Fair (Jul 23–26), a combined-association picnic (Aug 23, Minooka), and the CDBA Fall Picnic (Sep 26, York Woods Forest Preserve, Oak Brook).
• Membership dues (How to Join + Membership Levels — checked 2026-10-06): the calendar-year membership costs $25.00 for the primary member. A spouse, significant other, or child can join as a secondary member for $12.00 each. The online Membership Levels page shows Single $25.00, 2 Family Members $37.00, 3 Family Members $49.00, and 4 Family Members $61.00, all expiring December 31, 2026. If you register before the end of April, $10 of the fee enrolls primary members in the Illinois State Beekeepers Association. You can join online by credit card or by mailing the Membership Form with a check.
• Contact (How to Join + Membership Levels — checked 2026-10-06): Membership Chair [email protected]. The About Us page sends board inquiries to the site contact form. The officer table on About Us is introduced as the “elected 2025 officers,” so check the live page for current names.

Meeting time/place, schedule, and dues above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Confirm on the live home page and How to Join page before treating any figure or venue as fixed.

Official URL

https://cookdupagebeekeepers.com/

How to Join (dues): https://cookdupagebeekeepers.com/how-to-join/

Membership Levels (online registration prices): https://cookdupagebeekeepers.com/membership-account-2/membership-levels/

About Us: https://cookdupagebeekeepers.com/about-us/

Location

Regular meeting address printed on the home page (checked 2026-10-06): Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 S. Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park, IL (the page prints no ZIP code). Pattern: third Saturday of most months, 6:30–8:00 PM (doors about 6 PM), with some months moved for special events. Verify the live home page before you go.

This is a Local club meeting address, not an Equipment retail counter and not a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Local clubs. This is a first-party suburban-Chicago beekeeping association with a printed meeting schedule and location plus annual dues. It is not Equipment and not Learning. It is the first Illinois Local club listing. Illinois Equipment listings Dadant (Hamilton) and HillCo (Minonk) are separate businesses.
• The third-Saturday 6:30–8:00 PM Trinity Lutheran meetings, the 2026 schedule, the $25 / $12 dues and $25 / $37 / $49 / $61 online levels, the $10 ISBA enrollment note, and the 1921 / 1953 / 2017 history are copied from official cookdupagebeekeepers.com pages checked on 2026-10-06 and may change.
• Optional first-party logo was not saved (plain curl to cookdupagebeekeepers.com returns HTTP 200 with a “Please wait while your request is being verified” bot-check page, so the site’s image assets were not retrieved; the page text above was read with a normal page fetch of the same first-party URLs).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: When and where does CDBA meet?
A: The official home page (checked 2026-10-06) says meetings are usually on the third Saturday of most months, 6:30–8:00 PM (doors about 6 PM), at Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 S. Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park, IL. Some months move for special events. The 2026 schedule still lists general meetings on October 17 and November 21. Confirm https://cookdupagebeekeepers.com/ before you travel.

Q: What are the dues?
A: According to the official How to Join and Membership Levels pages (checked 2026-10-06), dues are $25.00 per calendar year for the primary member plus $12.00 for each secondary member (spouse, significant other, or child). Online levels are $25 / $37 / $49 / $61 for 1–4 members, expiring December 31, 2026. You do not need to own a hive to join.

Q: Is this an equipment shop or a university course?
A: No. Cook-DuPage Beekeepers Association is listed here as Local clubs, a suburban-Chicago beekeeping association with membership meetings and club events. For hive gear, see the Equipment listings (e.g. Harvest Lane Honey, Dadant). For structured certification, see Learning (e.g. Great Plains Master Beekeeping).