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Dates To Bee Remembered

3/8/2009 The next IHPA board meeting will be at 2:00 pm in Des Moines at the Heartland Inn, 11414 Forest Ave.

4/3&4/2009 Iowa State Horticultural Society Expo, Ottumwa, IA

4/18/2009 Think ahead! CIBA will have their annual beekeeping equipment auction Saturday, April 18th 2009. Location to be announced.

6/13/2009 Summer Field Day at Spring Valley Honey Farm in Perry, IA

8/13-23/2009 The Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA

10/30&31/2009 Annual Meeting in Marshalltown, IA

For Sale: Package bees delivered S.E. Iowa 5 miles N. of Drakesville. Pickup early April, $30 deposit required. Italian or Carniolan Queens. Call (641) 799-9266 or (641) 682-8333 evenings are best.

Charles Newton
11245 Jewel Ave.
Bloomfield, IA 52537

For Sale: Package bees. We will have 2# and 3# packages. Again this year we will also have the 4# packages that come with two queens. Delivery will be in early April. You have 48 hours to get the bees after they arrive. We will sell until the truck is full. That should include the month of March. You have your choice of Carniolan or Italian queens.

Contact Phil Ebert for price and availability. 641-527-2639 or e-mail ehoney37@netins.net

IHPA Photo Gallery

Photographer: Ron Kollmann

The hive is in my back yard in the center of Newton, Iowa a couple years ago, I harvested approximately 240 pounds of honey that year. I only have one hive. The other is just a frame of honey. Some say it is the best tasting honey they have ever tasted. They ask what kind is it, I say, well I am not within 2 miles of a farm, so it must be wildflower honey, they say, that makes sense..

Thanks for the photos Ron! These photos and many others can be found online at the new IHPA Photo Gallery. Simply visit www.abuzzaboutbees.com and click on the Photo Gallery button. There you will find out how you can add your very own photos to the gallery to share with your fellow beekeepers.