New Jersey Beekeepers Association

  • To promote, support, and advance beekeeping in New Jersey

  • To educate beekeepers

  • To raise public awareness of issues facing honey bees and beekeepers

  • To represent New Jersey beekeepers in local, state, legislative, and public forums

Our Goals

The New Jersey Beekeepers Association (NJBA), a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization, was founded in 1902.  It has over 1500 active members affiliated with ten branches located throughout the state. The NJBA is dedicated to the promotion and support of the honey bee, beekeepers, and beekeeping in New Jersey.  It works to educate the general public on the benefits and importance of beekeeping, teaches its members how to become better, more successful beekeepers, and strives to dispel myths and misinformation about the honey bee and beekeeping.  The NJBA is open to beekeepers or anyone interested in beekeeping or its allied activities, without discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability or age.

About The Association

Membership in the NJBA provides the following benefits:

  • Monthly branch meetings featuring educational and recreational beekeeping activities.

  • A network of fellow beekeepers in your geographic area dedicated to providing mentorship and support.

  • Opportunities to educate the public about honey bees and beekeeping.

  • Opportunity to join the list of NJ beekeepers who provide Crop Pollination Services.

  • Opportunity to join the list of NJBA beekeepers who sell honey, honeybees, and other products from the beehive.

  • Signing up to join the NJ Honey Bee Removal List to catch swarms and remove (“cutout”) honeybee colonies from structures.

  • Subscribing to the American Bee Journal and Bee Culture Magazine at reduced rates.

  • The chance to enter your honey, beeswax, and artistic creations in the NJBA’s Annual Honey Show.

Members also receive the NJBA State Newsletter, which is published and delivered electronically 6 times per year.  The Newsletter is filled with the most current information about NJBA, upcoming state and branch meetings, beekeeping-related information from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, news regarding the honey bee in New Jersey, and ads for beekeeping supply companies and suppliers of queens and nucs (nucleus colonies).