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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
IOWA HONEY PRODUCER'S ASSN.

It's meeting time again! The annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producer's Association will be held Friday, November 12th and Saturday, November 13th, 2004 in Marshalltown, Iowa at the Best Western Regency Inn located at 3303 South Center Street.

Registration costs this year will be the same as last year: $14.00 for an individual before Nov. 1 and $16.00 after or $26.00 for a family before Nov. 1 and $28.00 after Nov. 1, 2004.

Rooms for the event are available at the Best Western Regency Inn for the rate of 1 adult for $62.00 or 2 adults for $67.00. The Econo Lodge, which is right adjacent to the Best Western, has the rate of $52.00 for 1 adult and $57.00 for 2 adults. These rooms need to be reserved by October 16th to get the convention special rate and please mention the Iowa Honey Producers when reserving the rooms. The telephone numbers to call are: Best Western (641)752-6321 or Econo Lodge (641)753-3333. (NOTE: The room prices are also the same as last year.)

We have a full schedule planned as usual. Make plans to enter the photo contest or the foods made with honey contest to show off your skills. The rules are listed at the end of this article for these competitions.

There will be a silent auction on Friday and Saturday this year, so get some Bee collectibles together to share with your friends. There will also be an auction during the banquet of larger items. Regina and her honey queen committee worked hard at the state fair rolling beeswax candles to raise money for the queen program. Let's help them complete their funds by donating items for a great sale.

Some of the featured speakers at our meeting will be George Clutter a state apiarist from South Carolina on new treatments of diseases and possible ways to increase membership of beekeepers. Also Bill Ruzicka owner of MiteGone in Kelowna B.C. on the use of formic acid for controlling varroa and trachea mites. Lee Hiney from Wisconsin will also be present on Saturday to discuss beekeeping in Wisconsin and what is happening with the American Honey Board. We will, of course, have the workshops on Saturday afternoon for seasoned beekeepers and also for the novice. Some of the classes will be swarm prevention, early spring management and disease and mite control.

Make your plans now to attend the annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producer's Association on November 12th and 13th, 2004.

To register contact Gordon Powell at:

Gordon Powell, Treas. IHPA
4012 54th St.
Des Moines, IA 50310

or phone with inquiries to (515) 278-1762

Rules for the contests:

COOKING WITH HONEY:
The categories will be: cookies and snacks, and miscellaneous items. The main sweetener in the item needs to be honey and please include the recipe with your name on the back.

PHOTO CONTEST RULES:
There will be two classes to choose from to enter. One will be harvesting, processing, packaging or marketing bee hive products. The other class will be general beekeeping ; any subject depicting honey bees, honey or beekeeping, but not included in the specific subject class. Photos in both classes will be judges on technique, composition, impact and overall appearance. Photos must be matted with a maximum 2-inch border but unframed.

SEE YOU IN MARSHALLTOWN NOVEMBER 12TH AND 13TH FOR FUN, FELLOWSHIP AND LEARNING!!!