The Buzz Newsletter

June 2005

 

 

Page 9

IMPORTANT IHPA DATES TO REMEMBER

July 16, 2005 Field Day Ames Plant Introduction Station

July 16, 2005 Board Meeting Ames

Aug. 11-21,2005 Iowa State Fair Des Moines State Fairgrounds

September 10th-18th 2005 Clay County Fair, Spencer Iowa

Sept. 24, 2005 Board Meeting Des Moines

Nov. 17, 2005 Board Meeting Marshalltown

Nov. 18 & 19, 2005 Annual Meeting Marshalltown

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IHPA Summer Field Day

Date: July 16, 2005
Time: 9:30 (tentative)
Place: North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station – Ames, IA
Or
Iowa State Nursery – Ames, IA
(Directions to the station will be included in a later BUZZ)

Speaker: Gerry Reynolds a Kansas beekeeper who has been working with the Russian bee both in Kansas and at the USDA Baton Rouge Lab in Louisiana. Part of Gerry’s presentation will be a formal video which Gerry and the Baton Rouge group have made to explain the history of the bee and how it was introduced into the United States and the pros and cons of using the Russian bees. Gerry will also explain and answer questions on his experience working with the bees in his own honey business.

In addition to Gerry’s talk, we hope to have several of the local established beekeepers talk about getting started in beekeeping, what basic equipment is needed and where to get it, what to do to promote healthy productive bees and have a question and answer session for beginner beekeepers to ask about extracting, diseases or any other topic about starting in beekeeping