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.
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.
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 
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/ 
Will County Beekeepers Association
www.willbees.org We normally meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. For detailed schedule, see the www.willbees.org website email: info@willbees.org Meetings are 7-9pm at: Will County Farm Bureau 100 Manhattan Rd Joliet, IL 60433 |
Northern Illinois Beekeepers Association
http://nibainfo.org Crystal Lake, IL Tom Allen - President email: tallen122@yahoo.com John Leibinger - Vice President email: jleibinger@aol.com Ralph Brindise - Treasurer email: rbrindise@att.net David Murillo - Secretary email: dmurillo3@aol.com NIBA mailing address is: 517 Northlake Road Lakemoor, IL 60051 Monthly Meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month. NIBA meets 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 Google Group
Lake County Beekeepers Association
http://www.lakecountybeekeepers.org/ P.O. Box 195 Grayslake, IL 60030 Frank Moriarty, President 224.627.3680 email: frankM1408@gmail.com Bonnie Lucas-Slavicek, Vice President email: blucas@vmichicago.com Perry Plescia, Treasurer email: p.plescia@sbcglobal.net Nancy Scott, Secretary email: nancyleesbees@aol.com |
Central Region
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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 Eastern Illinois
Bryan Miller, Co-President Champaign IL email: whitestreet1@hotmail.com Rena Wilson-Jones, Co-President Urbana IL email: wilsonjonez@comcast.net 
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Mississippi Valley
www.mvbees.com Bruce Moechnig, President Quincy, IL 217.430.8595 email: bwmoechnig@gmail.com Debi Love, Vice President Durham, MO 573.822.3081 email: debi.sue.love@gmail.com Josh Inghram, Treasurer Quincy, IL 217.779.5261 email: josh.inghram@gmail.com Becky Johnson, Secretary/Historian Ewing, MO 573.494.3200 email: becky1366@hotmail.com 
Meets the 1st Thursday of each month
Don Miller, President Decatur, IL 217.433.4046 email: otiefam@yahoo.com Alex Lovell, Vice President Clinton, IL 309.299.3449 email: alovell79@icloud.com Sonya Anthony, Treasurer Decatur, IL Ben Kapraun, Secretary Maroa, 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 |
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
www.lincolnlandbeekeepers.org Jeremy Margaron, President 217.855.9034 email: president@llbka.org Eric Grider, Vice-President 217.726.7751 email:egrider71@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 Laurie Tappenbeck Membership Secretary Springfield, IL 62704 217.836.8433 knitorpurl@comcast.net |
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 Page)
President - Becky Taborn - 618.294.638 Secretary - Melony DeLuca - 812.746.9043 Treasurer - Fred Isaacs - 618.518.7627 Public Relations - Angelina Williams - 618.751.3014 Shawnee Bee Club 101 North Mill Street Municipal Building, Carrier Mills, IL 62917 Our meetings held the 4th Monday of each month. 
St. Clair Beekeeping Association
http://www.stclairbees.com Julie McKinney, President Granite City, IL 618.791.6252 Tom Cairns, Vice President Dow, IL 618.972.8282 deezel.222@gmail.com Beth Keller, Secretary Granite City, IL bkeller1963@yahoo.com Dennis Hessel, Treasurer Edwardsville, IL 618.656.3115 dhessel@charter.net Tri-County Beekeepers Association
Tim Lindley 618.780.3772 Greenville, IL email: timlhoney2@yahoo.com Meets 2nd Friday of month @ 7 PM Place: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1540 East State Route 140 Greenville, IL 62246 |
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
https://www.siallabuzz.com/ We normally meet the 3rd Monday of the month See our website for more information Joann Fleming, President 618.967.7346 joteach2000@gmail.com Joann Rizkallah, Vice President 618.967.1069 jrizkallah@hotmail.com Pamela Rizkallah, Secretary 618.967.1069 prizkallah@hotmail.com U of I Extension Office 402 Ava Road Murphysboro, Il |
