The ABF President’s Award was established in 1997 to recognize ABF members who have made “outstanding and significant contributions to the leadership of the ABF and the U.S. beekeeping and honey industry.” The award is presented annually at the ABF Conference & Tradeshow. Honorees receive a commemorative plaque and are recognized in the ABF Quarterly magazine, conference guidebook and on the ABF Web site.
| Year | Conference Location | Honoree(s) |
| 2023 | Jacksonville | Joan Gunter |
| 2022 | Las Vegas | Debbie Seib & Patrick Heitkam |
| 2021 | Virtual | Tim May |
| 2020 | Schaumburg | Lee Heine |
| 2019 | Myrtle Beach | Tim Tucker |
| 2018 | Reno | Anna Kettlewell & Brent Barkman |
| 2017 | Galveston | George Hansen |
| 2016 | Ponte Vedra Beach | Zac Browning |
| 2015 | Anaheim | Dr. Jim Frazier |
| 2014 | Baton Rouge | Dr. Marion Ellis |
| 2013 | Hershey | Dr. Roger Hoopingarner and Kim Lehman |
| 2012 | Las Vegas | Laurence Cutts and Donald Schmidt |
| 2011 | Galveston | Randy Johnson and Troy Fore |
| 2010 | Orlando | Liz Vaenoski |
| 2009 | Reno | Gene Brandi |
| 2008/2007 | Sacramento | Jim Powers and David Hackenberg |
| 2006 | Louisville | Gene Killion |
| 2005 | Reno | Ray Nicholson |
| 2004 | Jacksonville | Glen and Gertrude Overturf |
| 2003 | Kansas City | Howard Foster |
| 2002 | Savannah | Roy Weaver, Jr., Dr. J.W. White and Ralph Gamber |
| 2001 | San Diego | Binford Weaver |
| 2000 | Forth Worth | Frank Robinson |
| 1999 | Nashville | Hood Littlefield and Bob Banker |
