Bio: David Schultz, EAS Master Beekeeper

In 2014 David took two beginner beekeeping courses and began keeping bees that same year.

In 2015 he joined a Continuing Education Outyard Beekeeping Group that met weekly and met his beekeeping mentor Philip Krista the teacher of the group. In 2016 David had 2 apiaries and 9 colonies and began to assist Philip teach the Con Ed group weekly with a student following of 15-20.

In 2017 he began to give presentations on Bee Hive Infrared Thermography, Performing Splits, and Woodworking for Beekeepers. David also began rearing queens for sale, sold a few nucleus colonies, and became a director of Howard County Beekeepers Association (HCBA).

In 2018 David became the VP for HCBA and in 2019 became a candidate and began his exams for the EAS Master Beekeeper program.

In 2019 and 2020 he kept 20+ colonies in 5 yards, reared and sold queens and nucs and continued with the weekly Con Ed class now over 80 participants strong.

In 2019 David co-founded the Master Beekeeping Study Group with Michael Halbig, another EAS Master Beekeeper candidate, with 6 candidates of the group achieving their EAS Master Beekeeper Certificates and over a dozen poised to receive their certificates in the next few years.

In 2020 the Con Ed class went virtual and David started a Journeyman Beekeeper Training Course for select advance beekeepers from the state of Maryland. After serving as HCBA President for 2 years, he is currently the past President of HCBA and a current Director for the Maryland State Beekeepers Association (MSBA). 

In 2021 David was awarded the George W. Imirie award for Excellence in Beekeeping Education by the Maryland State Beekeepers Association.

In the spring of 2022 he became an apiary inspector for the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

David became an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper in the summer of 2022.