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February 2008

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Dates To Bee Remembered

March 30th, 2008    IHPA Board Meeting Back Alley Deli/Des Moines/2:00 p.m.
June 14th, 2008       Field Day Raising Queens in Iowa / Place to be announced.
June 14th, 2008       IHPA Board Meeting Following the Field Day
Aug. 7-17th, 2008    Iowa State Fair IHPA Sales Booth/Fair Entries/Good Times
Oct. 5th, 2008          IHPA Board Meeting Back Alley Deli/Des Moines/2:00 p.m.
Nov. 6th, 2008         IHPA Board Meeting Best Western Regency Inn/Marshalltown/7:00 p.m.
Nov. 7th-8th, 2008  Annual Meeting Best Western Regency Inn/ Marshalltown

 

FOR SALE:  Italian bees from Banks Apiary. 2# & 3# packages with queen. Please call for prices.
Ph 515-278-1762
Gordon & Bev Powell
Des Moines, IA
Orders must be placed by Feb 28.

 

FOR SALE: 2 or 3 lb. packages of Italian bees with queen. Picked up in Cedar Rapids or Aurora, Iowa the first part of April. Bees from Hill-Ward Apiary in California. All orders must be received by Feb 28,2008. Contact Douglas Child 319-634-3682

 

FOR SALE: Package bees. In addition to our normal 2# and 3# pkgs., we are also offering a 4# pkg. with two queens. I can give a decent price on the 4# unit. You need some knowhow to handle the 4#. You will be splitting the bees into two units. Call me if you have questions.
Phil Ebert 641-527-2639

 

FOR SALE: A limited number of 4-frm nucs. Call for price and availability. Phil Ebert 641-527-2639 or ehoney37@netins.net

 

FOR SALE: Queens—We will have a limited number of queens for sale during April. Most of these will be Carniolans from Koehnens. We are getting one lot of hygenic queens from Mark Sundberg. Prices are still unknown. I’m guessing they will be in the $19 to $20 range. There is no shipping on these queens. It is pickup only in Lynnville. We will ship queens from our own production but those won’t be available until June.

Contact Phil Ebert 641-527-2639 or e-mail ehoney37@netins.net

 

An IHPA t-shirt makes a great gift for bee enthusiast of all ages!

IHPA T-Shirts ( These are membership prices. Non-member prices are available on request.)

The t-shirts are a bright yellow shirt with brown lettering.
Youth size (S) (M) (L) circle one ____qty. X $ 8.50 ....................................$___________
Adult size (S) (M) (L) circle one ____qty. X $ 9.00 .....................................$___________
Adult size (XL) (XXL) circle one ____qty. X $10.00 ...................................$___________

Shipping is $3.00 per shirt, or $5.00 for two shirts. Shipping $___________
TOTAL $___________


Make check payable to: IOWA HONEY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
Send form and check to:

 

Melanie Bower, IHPA Treasurer
207 S.E. Diehl
Des Moines, IA 50315
Phone:  (515) 287-6542

 

 

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