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Iowa Honey Producers Association |
The Buzz Newsletter December 2004 |
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Greetings from the President of the IHPA Dear Honey Producers: We had a great turn-out at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Iowa Honey Producers Association. Steve Hanlin and his committee did a fine job of coordinating the details. Unless one has actually set up this meeting, no idea of what is involved and the time it takes is known. Thanks, Steve, and committee. The next meeting of the Iowa Honey Producers Association will be held in Marshalltown at the Best Western Regency Inn on November 18 and 19, 2005. Please jot these dates in your new calendar when you receive one. Congratulations to the winners of awards at the banquet. Thanks to all who donated and also to those who purchased items for the Honey Queen silent and live auctions held during our meeting. Congratulations to the new Iowa Honey Queen, Teresa Jurchen for the coming year, 2005. Teresa is a student at Iowa State and is from Cumberland. Thanks to all the hard work given by all of the local Honey Queens during the past year, Chelsey Soder, Laura Westercamp, and Sarah Smith. Please consider representing your local areas again and running for Iowa Honey Queen in 2006. The help these girls give to the honey industry in Iowa is immeasurable. THANK YOU! Thanks also goes out to the 2004 Iowa Honey Queen, Maria Zuber, for her willingness to travel to different parts of the state and give presentations for the Iowa Honey Producers. Good luck at the American Beekeeping Federation meeting in January as you compete for American Honey Queen, Maria. It is hard to imagine that the year is almost ended. Lots of good things have taken place for the IHPA. We have expanded the newsletter, THE BUZZ, with the creation of a committee and have also started a website that gets lots of attention and questions for the board to answer. We have also received several new members because of it. If you have an article to include in either the BUZZ or the website, ABuzzAboutBees.com, please direct them to Alex Ebert, the editor of both, at: TheBuzz@ABuzzAboutBees.com . The State Fair sales booth exceeded previous earnings. Rain hampered the Clay Co. fair, but new beekeepers are enthusiastic and starting a new group in the area. Several more local clubs are starting up in the state. I think a great plan is in the works for the future of the Iowa Honey Producers. Your officers and board members are hard at work implementing the proposals and motions that were passed at our business meeting. Thanks for the membership input into these. We are an organization representing all Honey Producers in the state of Iowa, please feel free to contact the board with suggestions or if you wish to be placed on a committee to help the IHPA. Mike and I are going to Barstow, CA on Amtrak to attend Mitchell’s deployment family sendoff in December. Mitch is going back to Iraq. We need to bring home his furniture and belongings, so will rent a truck and a trailer for his car. Hope the weather holds out for us. I guess a short vacation is better than no vacation. We extend our Holiday Wishes to all the IHPA membership. Enjoy the season with your family and check on your bees from time to time to ensure a great survival rate for the winter. Sincerely, Donna Brahms, IHPA President
The Buzz Newsletter Submissions Please send submissions, classified ads, and photos
to Alex W. Ebert by email to TheBuzz@ABuzzAboutBees.com The Buzz is a monthly newsletter published by the Iowa Honey Producers Association which is an affiliate of the Iowa State Horticultural Society. IHPA Membership is only $10 annually. To join IHPA and receive your complimentary member subscription to The Buzz Newsletter, please contact:
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