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!!!!!
