Steven Coy
Steven earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Science, and a Master’s Degree in Biology from Arkansas State University. His emphasis was on Entomology, and while working on his Master’s, he worked as a research assistant, focusing on the effects of the Tarnished Plant Bug on cotton. He later spent two years as a research technician at the USDA Biological Control Research Unit in Stoneville, MS studying Red Imported Fire Ants.
Steven is a second-generation commercial beekeeper from Northeast Arkansas and moved to south MS in 2006 to help manage Coy’s Honey Farm queen and honey production in South Mississippi. He has been an active member of several national bee industry organizations and has served as a member of the Executive Board of the American Honey Producers Association since 2010. He was President of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association from 2012 to 2016. He is a founding member and former Sec/Treasurer of the Pollinator Stewardship Council from 2015-2017 and served as the U.S. Beekeeping representative on the EPA Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 2014-2016. He is one of the original members of the RHBA and in 2014, Steven and his wife started Coy Bee Company, LLC in Wiggins, MS. Their operation sells Russian queens, nucs, and produces honey made across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Black Prairie region.
Steven is a second-generation commercial beekeeper from Northeast Arkansas and moved to south MS in 2006 to help manage Coy’s Honey Farm queen and honey production in South Mississippi. He has been an active member of several national bee industry organizations and has served as a member of the Executive Board of the American Honey Producers Association since 2010. He was President of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association from 2012 to 2016. He is a founding member and former Sec/Treasurer of the Pollinator Stewardship Council from 2015-2017 and served as the U.S. Beekeeping representative on the EPA Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 2014-2016. He is one of the original members of the RHBA and in 2014, Steven and his wife started Coy Bee Company, LLC in Wiggins, MS. Their operation sells Russian queens, nucs, and produces honey made across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Black Prairie region.
