Affiliate Associations
If you are part of a Beekeeping Association within Illinois which is not affiliated with the ISBA and would like it to become affiliated, please contact a region director for more information. If an affiliated association has a website, it will be listed below. If the affiliated association does not have a website, send an email to or call the listed contact for the association.
If you are not sure there is an affiliate association in your area, contact the ISBA Membership Director or ISBA Secretary which is listed on the ISBA Officers and Directors page of this website. The Membership Director or Secretary should be able to direct you to the nearest affiliate association or to one of the region directors.
There is also more information on at the below links and these links are also on the Documents Page.
The detailed listing of affiliate associations is below. To view the region maps click here.
If you are not sure there is an affiliate association in your area, contact the ISBA Membership Director or ISBA Secretary which is listed on the ISBA Officers and Directors page of this website. The Membership Director or Secretary should be able to direct you to the nearest affiliate association or to one of the region directors.
There is also more information on at the below links and these links are also on the Documents Page.
- Membership - Renewal and New Member Submittal Information
- Sample Membership Excel Spreadsheet
- Sample Membership Google Sheet
The detailed listing of affiliate associations is below. To view the region maps click here.
Northern Region
Cook-Dupage Beekeepers
http://cookdupagebeekeepers.com We normally meet third Saturday of each month except for January, June, August, and December. 6:30 PM - 9 PM. Because of Covid-19 the meeting schedule for 2021 is variable – visit our website for updates. Peter Soltesz, President Villa Park, IL email: president.cdba@yahoo.com Bill Whitney, Vice President email: citybeesavers@gmail.com Jennifer Colandrea, Secretary email: jen.colandrea@yahoo.com John Hayse, Treasurer & Membership email: membership@cookdupagebeekeepers.com President: Sam Taves
Vice President: Tim Ainsworth Treasurer: Ursula Klicker Secretary Marisha Lewis Membership Mary Loechner email: maryfoxvalleybeekeeping@gmail.com We normally meet the last Monday of the month. For a list of confirmed meeting dates please click HERE. Doors open at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7pm. For more information visit our website at https://foxvalleybeekeepers.org/ Northern Illinois Beekeepers Association
http://nibainfo.org Crystal Lake, IL Tom Allen, President tallen122@yahoo.com Ryan Harrison, Vice President rharrison74@gmail.com Kristen Mueller, Secretary khuschitt@gmail.com Ralph Brindise, Treasurer rbrindise@att.net John Leibinger, Director jleibinger@aol.com Al Fullerton, Director adfhoney@gmail.com Andre Szechowycz, Director aszech804@gmail.com NIBA mailing address is: 517 Northlake Road Lakemoor, IL 60051 Monthly Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month. We meet in A211 at McHenry County College 8900 US Hwy 14 Crystal Lake IL Meetings are from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm with announcements, speakers, refreshments and raffles. Any changes or deviations to that are noted on our website at https://nibainfo.org/meetings |
Lake County Beekeepers Association
lakecountybeekeepers.org/ P.O. Box 195 Grayslake, IL 60030 The Lake County Beekeepers normally meet on the first Thursday of the month. For more information and meeting location visit the About Page of our website Jim Belli, President 847-494-0369 email: JimBelli.LCBA@gmail.com Josh Boller, Vice President email: joshboller.lcba@gmail.com Elvira Michalek, Treasurer email: colonyhive@gmail.com Brittany Boller, Secretary email: bking2323@sbcglobal.net Will County Beekeepers Association
www.willbees.org We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month except July and December. For more information and a calendar of events please visit www.willbees.org New members welcome! email: info@willbees.org Meetings are 7-9pm at: Will County Farm Bureau 100 Manhattan Rd Joliet, IL 60433 630-557-6233 President - Patrick Schab Vice President - Dennis Wisnosky Secretary - Fran Miller fron1552@gmail.com Treasurer - Sue Gregory Membership Director - Keith Meiser Director - Jim Moleski Director - Beau Wright Webmaster - Dennis Wisnosky Show map Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/WillBeesOrg Stateline Beekeepers Association
We normally meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month Meetings scheduled for 2024 are: April 9 May 14 September 10 November 12 Meetings start at 6 PM at: Stephenson County Farm Bureau Building 210 West Spring Street Freeport, IL President - Philllip Raines phillip@raineshoneyfarm.com 815.988.3766 Vice President - Ed Strenski edstrenski@gmail.com 815.281.1820 Secretary - Karin Strenski statelinebee@gmail.com 815.281.1821 Treasurer - Mandee McWorthy mcworthy333@gmail.com 815.238.2423 Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/statelinebee |
Central Region
Apple Creek Beekeepers Association
Barb Ward - President Murrayville, IL 217.882.5171 btcward@gmail.com Gary Glaenzer, Vice-President Jacksonville, IL 217.370.7257 email: glaenzer@frontier.com Vacant - Secretary Daniel Keesee, Treasurer Jacksonville, IL 217. 494.7303 email: dskeesee1@yahoo.com Central Illinois Beekeepers
Patti Koranda, Treasurer & Acting Secretary Heyworth, IL 309.826.0089 pjkorand@gmail.com See the Summary of Events Page for the dates of live colony examinations Mississippi Valley www.mvbees.com Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month. Building is open at 6:30 PM, Meeting starts at 7 PM Adams County Farm Bureau & U of I Extension Office 330 S 36th St Quincy, Illinois 62301 Tom Stark, President 573.248.7380 email:emttom@hotmail.com Gary Kaufman, Vice President 217.257.8445 email: kaufmanapiaries@gmail.com Bruce Moechnig, Treasurer Quincy, IL 217.430.8595 email: bwmoechnig@gmail.com Linn Dingerson, Secretary Payson, IL 217.653.6330 email: vlinndingerson@gmail.com SVBA meets the 1st Thursday of every month at 6:30pm at New Day Community Church on Greenswitch Rd
Tera Kapraun, President Mt. Zion, IL 217.607.9246 email: terak91@yahoo.com Don Miller, Vice President Decatur, IL email: otiefam@yahoo.com Sonya Anthony, Treasurer Decatur, IL Amy Hines, Secretary Decatur, IL Western Illinois Beekeepers
westernillinoisbeekeepers.com Cortney Michael, President Little York, IL, 61453 email: crmichael@hushmail.com Mike Kraynak, Treasurer 1146 Foxtown Place Oneida, IL 61467 email: kraynak.mike@gmail.com Jan Arteaga, Secretary Roseville, IL 61473 Meets: 7 PM - 3rd Tuesday each month Farm Bureau Building 1000 N. Main Street Monmouth, IL 61462 |
Central Eastern Illinois Chris Skaar, Co-president Champaign IL scskaar@gmail.com 217.778.4479 Rena Wilson Jones, Co-president Urbana, IL wilsonjonez@comcast.net 217.369.1808 Bryan Miller, Co-vice president Champaign, IL bwmillr2@illinois.edu 217.417.5550 Lesley Deem, Co-vice president Urbana, IL lesleyd@illinois.edu Steve Halfar, Treasurer Champaign, IL shalfar@hotmail.com 217.898.2317 Angie Urban, Secretary Urbana, IL angela.b.urban@gmail.com 217.766.8436 Illiana Beekeepers Association
Caprice (Capi) Stone, President Paris, IL 217 822 4802 email:capistone213@gmail.com Michael Longmire, Vice President Teresa (Terri) Dennis, Secretary/Treasurer We meet at 6:30 PM on the second Thursday of the month. Meeting location alternates between Lake Ridge Christian Church in Paris, IL and Marshall Library in Marshall, IL Marshall Library 612 Archer Ave Marshall, IL 62441 Lake Ridge Christian Church 122 E Steidl Rd Paris, IL 61944 Illinois Valley Beekeepers Association
https://ilvalleybeekeepers.com/ 815-357-3292 Meeting Location: Lower Level of Ottawa U of I Extension Office 1689 North 31st Road Ottawa, IL 61350 (Across from Farm & Fleet) Lincolnland Beekeepers Association
Steve Hinrichs, President email: steve@11acrestudio.com 217.971.2340 Dale Brooks, Vice President 217.341.1106 email: dpalbrooks@yahoo.com Diana DeWesse, Secretary email: kidi71@aol.com Joyce Dullenty, Treasurer email: Quilts2000@yahoo.com Meets: @7pm 2nd Thursday of each month at the Sangamon County Farm Bureau |
Prairie State Beekeepers
Meets 1st Thursday of each month at Sangamon County Farm Bureau (see website for complete information) |
Prairie State Beekeepers Association
www.prairie-state-beekeepers.com Contact Information: Rich Ramsey, President Rochester, IL 217.691.9354 rramsey2@gmail.com Dave Tebrugge, Vice President Petersburg, IL 217.415.0650 dmlrt1983@gmail.com Kathy Kaesebier Treasurer Elkhart, IL 62634 217.652.2752 rkkaesebier@gmail.com Scott Beckerman Secretary Chatham, IL 217.299.6380 sjtp.beckerman@comcast.net Steve Petrilli Membership Secretary Mechanicsburg, IL 217.638.7891 spetrilli45@gmail.com |
Southern Region
Crossroads Beekeepers Association
Michelle Barnek, President Cowden, IL 62442 217.853.1862 email: michelle@gypsysbees.com Kaskaskia Country Beekeepers Consortium Breese, Carlyle, Centralia area Keith Kampwerth email: kakampwerth@gmail.com Shawnee Bee Club (Facebook Group Page) President - Chris Dobbertin Vice-President - Becky Taborn Secretary - Melony DeLuca - 812.746.9043 Treasurer - Fred Isaacs - 618.518.7627 Public Relations - Jessica Kopacz - 618.218.4912 Saline County Extension Office 912 S Commercial Street Harrisburg, IL 62946 Our meetings held the 4th Monday of each month. St. Clair Beekeeping Association
http://www.stclairbees.com email: stclairbees@gmail.com
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Little Egypt Beekeepers
https://www.facebook.com/LittleEgyptBeekeepers Beverly Tanner Fairfield, IL 618.842.3386 email: howard&beverly@nwcable.net Steve Geier, President
Salem, IL 618.335.1449 email: rastlyn@gmail.com Meeting: 1st Tuesday of month at 7 PM Marion County Extension Office 1404 East Main Salem, IL 62881 Southern Illinois All Abuzz www.si-allabuzz.com/ We meet the 3rd Monday of the month at 6 PM See our website for more information Doug Leedle, President 618.724.2786 d.leedle@hotmail.com Terry Knope - Vice President Deanna Lynch, Secretary 618.214.0676 medicalbilling09@gmail.com U of I Extension Office 402 Ava Road Murphysboro, Il Tri-County Beekeepers Association
Tim Lindley 618.780.3772 Greenville, IL email: timlhoney2@yahoo.com Meets 1st Sunday of month @ 2PM Place: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1540 East State Route 140 Greenville, IL 62246 |