Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association

Category: Local clubs Also called: MABA; Metro Atlanta Beekeepers; Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association, Inc. Last checked: 2026-09-21

What it is

Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association (MABA) is an all-volunteer, non-profit Atlanta-area beekeeping club whose official home page states it supports an active beekeeping community and promotes the art and science of bees and beekeeping to the public through education, events, and services. Meetings are open to everyone interested in honey bees; membership is not required to attend. It is not a commercial hive-equipment manufacturer and not a university certificate pathway.

Who it’s for

Hobby, sideliner, and commercial beekeepers (and bee enthusiasts with or without hives) in metro Atlanta who want 2nd Monday monthly meetings with mentoring plus a featured speaker, hive-inspection mentoring, honey show / potluck nights as published, and first-party membership dues tiers via the club’s Renew Membership link. Visitors are welcome without joining. Not a drop-in equipment warehouse and not Oregon State’s Master Beekeeper Program.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Local club with a printed Westside Provisions District meeting street address and 2nd-Monday schedule, annual dues dollar amounts on the official MemberPlanet join/renew page linked from metroatlantabeekeepers.org, and dated 2026 meeting and honey-show events — not a Facebook-only group and not a scraped directory card.

• Meeting schedule & location (home + October 12 event page — checked 2026-09-21): 2nd Monday of each month, except September (annual fall honey show / potluck) and December (holiday party). Mentoring session 6:30 p.m., featured speaker 7:00 p.m. Address: Westside Provisions District meeting space, 1170 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30318 (corner of Howell Mill Road and 14th Street); Unit P12B, ground floor, three doors down from Flower Child, across from Shake Shack; park in the WSPD parking deck (validated parking) and follow MABA signs. Membership is not required to attend. Sample 2026 events: October 12, 2026, 6:30–8:30 p.m. (Randy McCaffrey / “Recognizable Patterns in Honey Bee Behavior”); November 9, 2026, 6:30–8:30 p.m. (November membership meeting); Sunday, September 27, 2026, 4:00–8:00 p.m. — 2026 MABA Fall Picnic & Honey Show at Westside Provisions District (honey-show entry check-in begins at 4 p.m.; Beekeeper of the Year honored at the event).
• Membership dues (official Renew Membership / join page linked from the site as https://mp.gg/dyhc2 → MemberPlanet GroupJoin — checked 2026-09-21): $40 Individual; $50 Family (all family members living under one roof). Printed benefits include hive-inspection program participation, honey extraction equipment rental, swarm call list, annual Honey Show participation, club presentation equipment, listing honey/hive products on the MABA site, and monthly meeting/event emails.
• Related first-party dollar lines (checked today): 2026 Intro to Beekeeping One-Day Short Course — $125 per person (Saturday, February 7, 2026, Kendeda Building, Georgia Tech; includes one-year MABA club membership and free hive inspections). Hive Inspections page: members free; non-members $15. Extraction equipment rentals (members only): $10/day with $20 deposit.
• Contact: official site https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/; Contact form to officers; hive-inspection program director line on the Hive Inspections page uses [email protected]. No purchase or outreach was made from Beekeeping Plaza.

Meeting time/place, speaker/honey-show dates, dues, and rental fees above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Confirm on the live Events, home, Hive Inspections, and Renew Membership pages before treating any figure or venue as fixed.

Official URL

https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/

Renew / join membership (dues): https://mp.gg/dyhc2

Events list: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/events/

October 12, 2026 meeting: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/october-12-maba-meeting/

November 2026 meeting: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/november-2026-maba-meeting/

2026 Fall Picnic & Honey Show: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/event/2026-maba-fall-picnic-honey-show/

Hive inspections (member free / non-member $15): https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/hive-inspections/

2026 Intro Short Course ($125): https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/2026_short_course/

Contact: https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/contact/

Location

Regular meeting address printed on the home and 2026 event pages (checked 2026-09-21): 1170 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30318 — Westside Provisions District, Unit P12B. Pattern: 2nd Monday, mentoring 6:30 p.m. / speaker 7:00 p.m., except September honey show / potluck and December holiday party. Verify the live Events page for the room and any temporary venue notes before you go.

This is a Local club meeting address, not a Betterbee retail counter and not a university online classroom.

Notes

• Category is Local clubs. First-party regional beekeeping association with printed meeting schedule/location and annual dues tiers. Not Equipment and not Learning (university pathway).
• $40 Individual / $50 Family dues, 2nd-Monday 6:30 p.m. Westside Provisions meetings, Sep 27, 2026 honey show, Oct 12 / Nov 9, 2026 meeting cards, $125 short course, and free/$15 hive inspections are transcribed from official metroatlantabeekeepers.org and the site-linked MemberPlanet join page checked on 2026-09-21 and may change.
• First-party logo saved beside this listing as metro-atlanta-beekeepers.png (from metroatlantabeekeepers.org site logo PNG).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: When and where does MABA meet?
A: Official home page (checked 2026-09-21): 2nd Monday of each month at Westside Provisions District, 1170 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30318 (Unit P12B); mentoring 6:30 p.m., speaker 7:00 p.m. September is the honey show / potluck and December is the holiday party instead of the regular Monday meeting. Confirm https://metroatlantabeekeepers.org/events/ before travel.

Q: What are the dues?
A: Official Renew Membership / join page linked from the site (mp.gg/dyhc2, checked 2026-09-21): Individual $40; Family $50 (household under one roof). Confirm the live join page before paying.

Q: Is this an equipment shop or a university course?
A: No. MABA is listed here as Local clubs — a metro Atlanta beekeeping association with membership meetings and club programs. For hive gear see Equipment listings (e.g. Betterbee, GloryBee); for OSU Extension’s Master Beekeeper pathway see Learning.