Contact: Ana Heck

Photo courtesy of Cybil Preston

Join Michigan Beekeepers Association and the Michigan State University Apiculture Team for a pre-conference webinar!

Webinar description

Cybil Preston will present on "The Maryland Department of Agriculture's Apiary inspection service: How human and dogs are keeping Maryland honey bees healthy."

The presentation cover the Maryland Department of Agriculture's Apiary inspection service, what it does and how it helps beekeepers. The talk will include information on Maryland beekeeping and the Apiary Inspection Service's Canine Disease Detectors.  

About the presenter

Cybil Preston is the State Apiarist/Chief Apiary Inspector for the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA). She started as a hobbyist backyard beekeeper in 1997 and became a regional Apiary Inspector for the Maryland Department of Agriculture in 2004. Cybil is the former president of the Susquehanna Beekeepers Association. She continues to educate new beekeepers by teaching the short course for Susquehanna Beekeepers in conjunction with Harford Community College. Cybil became an Eastern Apiculture Society certified Master Beekeeper in 2013 at West Chester College. In 2014, she was promoted to the State Apiarist position for the MDA. In 2015, Cybil trained with the Maryland Department of Corrections and Public Safety along with her dog Mack to become certified in American foulbrood disease detection. In 2018, Cybil trained a second dog, a springer spaniel named Tukka. Mack and Tukka are currently the only certified American Foulbrood detector dogs in the United States. In addition to working her own honeybee colonies she enjoys vegetable and flower gardening on the small farm she shares with her husband, 3 dogs, 5 senior miniature donkeys and 3 goats.  

Registration

Register for series of Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinars and Michigan Beekeepers Association Pre-Conference Webinars. Participants who already registered via Zoom for MSU's 2023 office hours webinar are automatically registered for the pre-conference webinars.