The Buzz Newsletter

October 2005

 

 

Page 6

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 18 and Saturday, November 19, 2005 in Marshalltown, Iowa at the Best Western Regency Inn located at 3303 South Center Street.

Rooms for the event are available at the Best Western Regency Inn for the rate of 1 adult for $64.80 or 2 adults for $69.30. The 30 & 14 Budget Inn, 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 27th 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.

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 Bob Cox the past Iowa state apiarist and now with the Weslaco USDA Bee Lab. Bob will be speaking about the use of fungal control of varroa mites and some of the other research which is being done at the bee lab. The other speaker at the meeting will be Allan Dick a retired beekeeper from Canada who will speak about the differences of beekeeping in the “north” including bear control, disease methods used “up north” and honey production and the crops used for honey production. Allan has also been asked to talk about some of his collected knowledge on general beekeeping for the hobbyist beekeepers or those of us who are seasoned hobbyists. Lee Hiney from Wisconson will also be present on Saturday to discuss 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 fall queen replacement, packaging and selling pollen, legal issues with the selling honey/inspecting of small bottling plants and a local beekeeping showing his invention of a bee vacuum for the removal of swarms/bee colonies in walls. Make your plans now to attend the annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producer's Association on November 18 and19, 2005.

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 miscellanious 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 18TH AND 19TH FOR FUN, FELLOWSHIP AND LEARNING!!!