Steve Chard Award
The Steve Chard Award was created to recognize a non beekeeping individual for their contributions to beekeeping and the beekeeping community.
The first recipient of the award was Steve Chard, a non beekeeper, who was tasked with overseeing the Illinois Bees & Apiaries Program in Illinois and all of the apiary inspectors as the Chief Apiary Inspector. Steve readily accepted the challenge and then reached out to several local beekeepers when needed to glean the knowledge to be a successful administrator of the Bees & Apiaries Program Section.
This award is rarely given and has not been issued since the namesake recipient of Steve Chard.
2025 recipient - Hilary Ward Schnadt - Current Editor of the ISBA Bulletin
The first recipient of the award was Steve Chard, a non beekeeper, who was tasked with overseeing the Illinois Bees & Apiaries Program in Illinois and all of the apiary inspectors as the Chief Apiary Inspector. Steve readily accepted the challenge and then reached out to several local beekeepers when needed to glean the knowledge to be a successful administrator of the Bees & Apiaries Program Section.
This award is rarely given and has not been issued since the namesake recipient of Steve Chard.
2025 recipient - Hilary Ward Schnadt - Current Editor of the ISBA Bulletin