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Iowa Honey Producers Association |
The Buzz Newsletter February 2005 |
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Central Iowa Beekeepers The Central Iowa Beekeepers Annual Auction will be held at Harry Hunter's place: 2781 SE 70th St Pleasant Hill on April 23, 2005. Auction will start at 10:00 am. Lunch and snacks will be available. More information including directions and a partial consignment listing will appear in the March and April issues of the BUZZ. CIBA members consigning items for sale at the auction will pay a 10% sales commission if they consign before March 19. Non-CIBA members and members consigning after March 19 will pay a 15% commission. Most important rule is that all drawn wax MUST BE INSPECTED BEFORE it can be unloaded at the auction site, so call IDALS and ask to get your stuff inspected before you bring it to Harry's place. Also be advised---there will be several hives of bees at the sale site, so you can expect to see them---especially in any 'wet' supers that are brought. Contact Margaret Hala at mhala@marshallnet.com
OR Phil Meyer at
IHP Board Meeting of January 15th, 2005 The board meeting was held at the Immanuel Methodist Church in Des Moines. Steve Hanlin announced that Jerry Reynolds from Kansas will be part of the program for the summer field day. The field day will be in Ames and Jerry’s presentation will be on Russian bees. A proposal from Nick Behrens, an Iowa State student, was reviewed. Nick made a request for funding to monitor the effects of fungus on Varroa mites at various temperatures and humidity. It was voted to give Nick $300 to advance his study. A proposal from Phil Meyer was also reviewed. Phil requested funding to purchase a video camera to produce videos of Iowa beekeeping. The board was interested in this idea but since the cost of the beekeeping classes is unknown at this point, the proposal was tabled until the next meeting. The education committee has six possible locations for classes but it is not known at this point how many will attract enough people to hold a class. Once the number of classes is known, an estimate of cost can be made. The Iowa Family and Consumer Science Conference is in Ames during July. They inquired if the IHP would have a display. Steve Hanlin will attend this event with the honey queen. There was discussion whether or not to put the membership list on the web page. It was decided not to do this as lists are often pirated for unwanted advertising. It was decided that we did need a new membership brochure. Gordon will continue with the application for non-profit status. We have to submit a $500 fee to the IRS and this will be forfeited if they turn down our application. A motion was made and seconded to donate $100 to the church for the use of the facilities. The next meeting is March 12th. Education Committee Begins Work The committee met Dec 11th in Ames. Attending were John Johnson, Jim Strahan, Ron Wehr, Pat Ennis, Dale Urquhart, and Phil Ebert. Possible locations for beekeeping classes were discussed. Initial plans call for John, Jim and Bill Eichold to hold an advanced class in Spencer and find two locations in western Iowa for beginning classes. They have taught a beginning class in Spencer the last few years and have been successful in stimulating interest in beekeeping. At present (Jan 16th), Pat Ennis is working with the Extension Agent in Mason City to hold a class there March 18th and 19th. We need to get ten people to have a viable group. In addition, Louise Johnson, who is from Guttenberg, is in contact with two agents in northeastern counties about holding a class in that area. We will report on future developments.
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