Welcome to the Maryland Bee website

This site is an informational resource about honey and other bee products. In addition, we strive to bring you pertinent beekeeping facts and links to additional resources.

MD Bee was founded in 2004 by Michael & Kirsten Traynor, two Maryland beekeepers who saw a need for a single online resource.

• To provide educational information about bee products and beekeeping.
• To share beekeeping humor, recipes, arts and crafts.

If you have an article, a joke, or any other bee related item that you think would fit the format of the MD Bee website, please contact us.

MD Bee works continually to improve our website. We welcome any comments, stories, recipes and suggestions.

Kirsten Traynor received the prestigious German Chancellor Scholarship from the Humboldt Foundation in 2006-2007, annually awarded to ten American leaders in their field. The fellowship permitted her to study the differences between American and European beekeeping for 18 months, while she was based at the largest bee research institute in Europe. At the same time she interviewed scientists and medical doctors, gathering information for her book : Two Million Blossoms: Health from the Honey Bee Hive

Would you or your club be interested in learning more about honey or bees? Kirsten Traynor is an acclaimed national speaker, whose entertaining presentations enthrall audiences both in the United States and Europe.  Topics include:

• Honey for your Health: How to cure diabetic ulcers, eliminate superbugs, lower your cholesterol and enhance your memory
• Natural Medicine from the Hive: Honey, Pollen, Beeswax, Propolis, Royal Jelly & Bee Venom
  
• Pollination Power: How bees provide every third bite of food we eat
• Bees in your Garden
• Honey: A historical romp through legends, lore and astonishing facts
• Following the Flowers: Migratory Beekeeping
• Protecting our Pollinators
  

• Organic Beekeeping
• Money for your Honey: Marketing Secrets for Success
  
• Over the Atlantic: European Intensive Hive Management
• Simple Varroa Management
• Bee Breeding Around the Globe
• Human Health from the Hive
• Expanding your Product Line
• From Niche to Nouveau Riche
  

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