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Serving Greater Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana

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Serving Greater Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana

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2022 IBA Bee School June 18th, 8am

The date is approaching fast and we’re making preparations. Don’t miss out!  Register for IBA BEE SCHOOL by clicking on the link below

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Register for 2022 FALL IBA Bee School HERE

May 11th, 2022 Meeting

Krispn Givens

Krispn Given is the Apiculture Specialist in the Department of Entomology at Purdue University. He is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the field of instrumental insemination and honey bee breeding. Mr. Given started breeding bees 26 years ago conducting research with 150 colonies looking for solutions to improve honey bee health. Today he continues to run the honey bee breeding program at Purdue, teaching annual queen rearing short courses in addition to managing the honey bee laboratory and extension and student activities.
Krispn teaches the instrumental insemination class each year at the university attracting researchers and bee breeders worldwide, annually gives lectures to beekeeper’s and researchers at national and international conferences. As a honey bee breeder and researcher, Given is focused on selecting for hierarchical behavioral resistance to varroa destructor by selecting bees with desirable behavioral traits, grooming/mite-biting. He was instrumental in developing the “Mite-biter” honey bee strain, where they have demonstrated high-selected bees that chew upwards of 50% of the mites that are groomed off their body’s. The primary mechanism of defense is the ability to groom themselves free of varroa mites and bite them.

Current Events

The SOUTH Region IBA Mentor Group will present on the Honey Do List, Whats in Bloom, Bee Biology, and Bee Vocabulary

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Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Group

Monthly Meeting

are always the second Wednesday of the month

This meeting is IN PERSON F2F 


  • Honey Do List:
  • What's in Bloom?
  • Bee Anatomy
  • Bee Vocabulary
  • Mentor’s Meeting


  • 6:30p-8:30p
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WE MEET 2nd WEDNESDAY  OF EACH MONTH

meeting dates: 

Club Meeting dates for 2022

May 11th, June8th, July 13th, August 10th, Sept 14th, Oct12th, Nov9th, Dec14th

Board of Directors Meetings April 11th July 11th Oct 10th 6:30pm Lake Village Com. Center

at American Legion Post 101, Lowell

108 1/2 Commercial, Lowell, Indiana

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Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Benefits & Resources

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Join the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance FB Group

Join the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance FB Group

 Join our Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Facebook group AND page to ask questions and share your beekeeping experiences! 

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IBA Mentoring Program & Exam

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Want to become an apprentice/student in our Mentoring program?  Enhance your beekeeping education and hone your skills from knowledgeable & experience beekeepers 

Take the Basic Exam here

New Beekeeper Checklist!

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Planting Pollinator Gardens

Not sure where to start you beekeeping adventure?  Here is a good basic list of things you will need.

New Beekeeper Checklist

Planting Pollinator Gardens

Planting Pollinator Gardens

Planting Pollinator Gardens

 Want to know what to plant and when?  Here are some great resources to explore and how to contact the IBA Pollinator Garden Committee. 

Planting Pollinator Gardens

Lending Library

Planting Pollinator Gardens

Lending Library

 We have a lending library of Beekeeping & related topic books for club members

IBA Library Books

Traveling Library Display

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

traveling beekeeping display indiana illinois club beekeepers equipment hives educational classes

Schedule our free traveling display in your community library.  It is a well organized overview of the equipment, tools, images, and associated items of beekeeping.  We can provide a guest speaker also!  

Traveling Library Display

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

Did you see a swarm of bees that needs removed or rescued?  This is a list of members that independently offer that service to the community.

Report a Swarm Here

Local Honey For Sale

Swarm Removal & Rescue List

The "How to? & Where from?"

Genuine Local Honey for Sale.  These Beekeepers agree to sell only honey locally produced exclusively in their Apiaries.  No blending of other honey is accepted.   This is REAL & LOCAL honey!

Find REAL Honey near you

The "How to? & Where from?"

Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members

The "How to? & Where from?"

The Doorway to learning.  Beekeeping related links where you can find and learn just about anything.

Education & Supplies

Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members

Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members

Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members

Find a honey recipe or post your secret recipes here for all to share

Honey Recipes

IBA Honey Do List

Honey Do List:

At each meeting, we pass out a list of things you should be doing in your hive.  It gives good solid direction to becoming a better beekeeper

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The Illiana Beekeepers Alliance is an all inclusive and education based club focused on applying science, technology, and mentoring to create and maintain generations of innovative, knowledgeable beekeepers; making better beekeepers through mentor-ship to improve local bee stock.

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  • Find a Mentor
  • Indiana Beekeeping Clubs
  • Plant Pollinator Gardens
  • Lending Library books
  • 2022 IBA Bee School