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93rd ANNUAL MEETING
IOWA HONEY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2005
BEST WESTERN REGENCY INN
MARSHALLTOWN, IA

Tentative schedule (speakers and topics subject to change)

Friday, November 18th
Morning schedule:
8:00- Registration & silent auction items are due.
(Visit vendors in room E)

Meeting will take place in rooms A & B
8:30- Call to Order and Welcome………….………Donna Brahms, President of the IHPA
Introduction of IHPA Board Members
9:00- Announcements
9:15- Inspector’s report/IDALS………….................Inspectors
-Cooking with Honey & Photo Contest entries due in room F at 10:00
-Silent Auction
9:30- Beekeeping in Canada……....…………………Allen Dick
10:30– BREAK (visit vendors in Rm. E)
10:45- Door Prize
10:50- Local Association Reports……………….........Donna Brahms
11:05- NHB Report………………………..………...Lee Heine, Dadant,WI

12:00- LUNCH (on your own). Can eat at Mr. G restaurant here in the motel.
Queen luncheon in Mr. G’s

Afternoon Schedule:
1:00- Door Prize
1:05- Controlling Varroa Mites in Bee Hives…..……Bob Cox, USDA Weslaco Bee Lab 
2:30- Cooking Contest Results……………………..Ann Garber, Mary Hayes, Carol Wehr
Photo Contest Results……………………………....Ed Siems
2:45- BREAK (visit vendors in Rm. E)
3:00- Thanks from the Honey Queen………………..Teresa Jurchen, 2005 Iowa Honey Queen
3:30- Meet the Honey Queen Candidates…………...Regina Jager, Honey Queen Chairman
4:00- What is New at the Bee Lab ………………....Bob Cox
4:30- State Fair Exhibitor’s (meet in Rm. A)
5:00- Wine & Cheese welcome (by the pool)—Time to visit – Compliments of the Marshalltown Convention
& Visitors Bureau (If you made Mead bring samples)

Silent Auction ends for today – pick up your merchandise.

6:30- Banquet (located in rooms C & D) – The banquet will feature two entrees—Roast Pork, Baked Chicken, Tossed Salad, Macaroni Salad, Marinated Pasta Salad, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, California Blend, freshly baked rolls with butter and coffee/tea. The cost will be $20.00 per person with the tax and gratuity included.

Banquet Program:
Introduction of Queen Candidates, Parents and Sponsors...Regina Jagar, Honey Queen Chair
Awards Presentation…………………….…...…......Mark Tintjer, Chairman of the Awards Committee
Auction……………………………………...…...…Bill Van Rockel

Guest speaker Allen Dick “Honey production and honey plants of Canada”

Queen Coronation
Good Night!!!!!!

Saturday, November 19th
Morning Schedule
8:00 Registration

Note: Vendors will be packing up around noon today.

8:30- Announcements and Door Prizes
Introduction of IHPA Board Members
8:45- Helpful Information for the Hobbyist in All of Us………..Allen Dick
9:30- Small Hive Beetle Experience…………………………..Bob Cox
10:15- Break - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit vendors in Rm. E
10:30- Annual Business Meeting – (Will have agenda for members)

12:00 –Lunch ($13.75 tax and gratuity included) – Manicotti Bake, Garlic toast, tossed salad/dressing.

1:00 – Silent Auction Ends – collect your treasures

2005 Beekeeping Workshops (Rm. A & B)
1:00 – (A) – Fall Queen Replacement…………………………Lee Little
...........(B)- Marketing and production of Wax………………...Donna Brahms
1:45 – (A) - Iowa Regulations for the processing of honey……..Representative of IDALS
...........(B)- Vacuum removal of bees from structures…………..Leon Rowell
2:30 - (B) –Question/Answer about diseases and disease recognition with the Guest speakers

3:15- Adjournment

Note: There will be a short meeting of 2006 board members and officers in Rm. B
Drive Safely!!!!!