Iowa Honey Producers Association

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April 2007

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Dates to BEE Remembered:

April 14th, 2007
SW IA Honey Producers meeting
(Feedlot in Atlantic)

June 9, 2007
Midwest Beekeeping Symposium

June 24th-28th, 2007 International Pollination Symposium, ISU/Ames

July 14th, 2007
Field Day

August 9-19th, 2007 Iowa State Fair, Des Moines

November 16th & 17th, 2007 IHPA Annual Meeting, Marshalltown, IA

To add an important date to the list, contact the Buzz by email at
thebuzz@abuzzaboutbees.com

Or by mail at the address listed on the front cover.

 

Contact Information for
The National Honey Board

National Honey Board
11409 Business Park Circle
Suite 210
Firestone, CO 80504
www.honey.com
(303) 776-2337
(800) 553-7162

 

Apiary Registration 2007
Maury Wills, IDALS

It is time to register your apiary sites for 2007. You may again register on-line using your pin number and password from last year. Before registering you must contact the office via email (maury.wills@idals.state.ia.us) or by phone (515-281-5783) to let us know how many apiary sites you will have in which counties. If you don’t remember your pin number and password please contact us. If you do not have a computer or are having difficulty registering on-line you may register by calling the office. If you register in this manner you must have the following apiary information available when you call:

1. Township Name
2. Landowner Name
3. Township Number
4. Range
5. Section
6. Quarter Section
7. Number of colonies at each site


 

FOR SALE: Single story colonies with four frames of bees and a 2007 queen—bottom bd and lid included. Each box will have 4 or 5 frames with foundation. Available in early May. Contact Curtis Barnhardt at 319-480-4209 or 800-728-9979
Queens for sale, $13.00 Available around April 9. Queens are pick up at my home. If you wish to have them shipped there will be a shipping fee.
4 and 5 frame Nuc for sale around May 1, new 2007 Queens, price will be around $75.00 and $85.00

Pat Ennis
1040 Union Ave.
Goodell Iowa, 50439 flat_lander@lycos.com

For Sale: S.E. Iowa raised Queens. Ready in June.
Contact Ron Wehr
(319) 698-7542
Wanted: Two over-wintered 1 1/2 to
2 story colonies or 2007 splits.

Contact
Felix Knutson at (641)-864-3398 or
Knutson.93@hotmail.com

For Sale: 12 frame radial extractor and good wood built stand, like new.

Electric heated knife. $30.00

1 Hive set up. $50.00

Contact:
Ernest Hinkle
531 W. Cedar St.
Birmingham, IA 52535
(319) 498-4479


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