The Buzz Newsletter

August 2006

 

 

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Dates to BEE Remembered:

Aug. 10-20, 2006
Iowa State Fair

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

 

For Sale: Comb honey by the square, by the frame or by the super. Deposit required on super and frames. Contact Phil Ebert at 641-527-2639 or e-mail ehoney37@netins.net

FOR SALE: Locally raised queens grafted from our overwintered colonies--$12.50 each plus shipping. Available now! Our mating boxes have full sized frames with a good population of bees. We hold these queens until they have capped brood so we know what their pattern looks like. Contact: Adam Ebert at 641-594-3126 or e-mail ehoney37@netins.net

 

New Bee Inspector Hired

Delmar Nelson of Kellogg has been hired as a new bee inspector. For those of you not familiar with the area, Kellogg is located three miles north of I-80 between Newton and Grinnell.

You may contact Delmar at
(641) 526-8866 or e-mail him at
laserink@pcpartner.net.

Delmar will be spending some time with Bill Eicholdt. Then he will be on his own. We are not totally sure what guidelines he is working under at this point. If you have two hives of bees and live 100 miles from him, you can rest assured that is not going to work. He has to put a productive day together. Get together with some other beekeepers in your area. Give him several places to go. The counties pay the mileage for the inspection trips. When they look at a trip that only inspects a few colonies, they are reluctant to pay the bill.

This is a service for you to take advantage of but people will have to work together to get the most out of it.

IHPA Award Nominations

Just a reminder to everyone, that if they wish to nominate someone for one of the awards that the IHPA offers September 1st is the deadline for the nomination. Nomination letters or requests should be mailed to

Ellie Johnson
4012 54th Street
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-402-2140

or email her at
lilshewolf@earthlink.net

1.Pioneer Award- for having been involved for 50 years or more & still active in beekeeping.

2.Distinguished Service Award- for assisting other beekeepers, willing to share information, and/or serving the association.

3.Education Award- teaching beekeeping classes, speaking at service clubs, giving presentations to school children or speaking about beekeeping on radio or T.V.

4.Promotions Award- for promoting honey and beekeeping, promotions for the state association of promoting their own product.

5.Friendship Award- for being a friend of the association. This could be someone who has displayed at the annual IHPA trade show, a state official who has assisted or encouraged beekeeping, someone outside our industry of producing honey.

6.Youth Award- for a young person who has shown commendable involvement in such things as helping at the state fair, successfully keeping bees for at least one season including wintering, writing, making a float for a parade, speaking, etc.