Trina Sensenig is a 3rd year beekeeper in Potomac, with 7 hives in her back yard. She is the current the Montgomery County Beekeepers’ Association secretary. Her first-harvest honey in 2019 won a best-tasting award from Mont. County and an all-around award from MSBA. She will bring some remaining awarded honey, but most of it is the 2020 harvest this summer. Former life: She grew up in the Philippines and came to the US for doctorate studies in social psychology at Cornell University. She is retired from Bishop O’Connell HS in Arlington VA, directing the school-wide Christian Service Program. Before that, she worked with rural women in Tanzania and Zaire (now Dem. Republic of the Congo) for 4 years in the ‘80s, and upon her return to the US, managed development projects funded by USAID, and Pew and Hewlett Foundations. It has been an unforeseen route from development work to hobby beekeeping, though not surprising because of her interest in the environment and gardening. It is a challenging hobby working with tens of thousands of unpredictable females!Trina Sensenig, Award-Winning Beekeeper, is our Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club Meeting on November 12, 2020
Trina Sensenig is a 3rd year beekeeper in Potomac, with 7 hives in her back yard. She is the current the Montgomery County Beekeepers’ Association secretary. Her first-harvest honey in 2019 won a best-tasting award from Mont. County and an all-around award from MSBA. She will bring some remaining awarded honey, but most of it is the 2020 harvest this summer. Former life: She grew up in the Philippines and came to the US for doctorate studies in social psychology at Cornell University. She is retired from Bishop O’Connell HS in Arlington VA, directing the school-wide Christian Service Program. Before that, she worked with rural women in Tanzania and Zaire (now Dem. Republic of the Congo) for 4 years in the ‘80s, and upon her return to the US, managed development projects funded by USAID, and Pew and Hewlett Foundations. It has been an unforeseen route from development work to hobby beekeeping, though not surprising because of her interest in the environment and gardening. It is a challenging hobby working with tens of thousands of unpredictable females!