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 
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 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 Beekeepers Association
http://www.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 Perry Plescia, Treasurer email: p.plescia@sbcglobal.net Nancy Scott, Secretary email: nancyleesbees@aol.com 
Will County Beekeepers Association
www.willbees.org The Will County Beekeepers Association offers in-person monthly meetings for members on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7pm at the Will County Farm Bureau Please join us as we cover topics that align to seasonal bee hive management, product reviews, guest speakers and other insightful information. Please visit www.willbees.org for more information, or email us at info@willbees.org. email: info@willbees.org Meetings are 7-9pm at: Will County Farm Bureau 100 Manhattan Rd Joliet, IL 60433 |
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 
Family Beekeepers of Illinois
https://family-beekeepers.com/ Nate McGrath - President email: President@family-beekeepers.com Patty Altman - Secretary email: Secretary@family-beekeepers.com The Family Beekeepers mailing address:: P.O. Box 173 Taylorville, Illinois 62568-0173 Monthly Meetings are on the 1st Thursday of each month at Christian County Extension Office 1120 N Webster St Taylorville, IL 62658 Meetings are from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm with educational demonstrations, speakers, and raffles. |
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 
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) |
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 Josh Inghram, Treasurer Quincy, IL 217.779.5261 email: josh.inghram@gmail.com Becky Johnson, Secretary/Historian Ewing, MO 573.494.3200 email: wigglecreek@outlook.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 |
Lincolnland Beekeepers Association
www.lincolnlandbeekeepers.org Dale Brooks, President 217.341.1106 email: dpalbrooks@yahoo.com Chris Sorenson, Vice-President email:sorenson111@gmail.com Jennifer Sorenson, Secretary email:sorenson111@gmail.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 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 email: stclairbees@gmail.com Tim Schartung, President Mascoutah, IL 618.567.4534 timothy.schartung@gmail.com Tom Cairns, Vice President Dow, IL 618.972.8282 deezel.222@gmail.com Katelyn Hentrich, Secretary Dow, IL 618.328.9389 katelyn.eichorst@gmail.com Dennis Hessel, Treasurer Edwardsville, IL 618.656.3115 dhessel@charter.net 19 Feb 22 - Beginning Beekeepers Class, Knights of Columbus, Edwardsville, IL.
25 Feb 22 - Madison County Farm Bureau 25 March 22 - St Clair County Farm Bureau 29 April 22 - Madison County Farm Bureau 22 May 22 – First Outdoor Meeting – Scheve Park, Mascoutah, IL. 26 Jun 22 – Outdoor meeting location, Katelyn Hentrich 31 Jul 22 - Outdoor meeting location TBD 28 Aug Meeting – Outdoor meeting 3279 Maryville Rd, Granite City, IL 62040-5145, United States “6 mile” 18 Sep - Outdoor meeting location, Rich and Darla Perkins, Freeberg 28 Oct - St Clair Count Farm Buerau 25 Nov – Madison County Farm Bureau Dec – no meeting |
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 normally meet the 3rd Monday of the month See our website for more information Joann Fleming, President 618.967.7346 joteach2000@gmail.com Vacant - 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 2nd Friday of month @ 7 PM Place: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 1540 East State Route 140 Greenville, IL 62246 |
