Morning schedule:
8:00 - Registration.
- Visit vendors in room A
- Cooking with Honey, Photo Contest and Mead entries due in room F @ 10:00!
- Donated items for Silent Auction to Regina Hoy
- Meetings will take place in Rooms B & C
8:30 - Call to Order and Welcome! Pat Ennis, Vice President IHPA
- Introduction of IHPA Board Members and Announcements:
8:45 - State Apiarist Report .................................................................................Andy Joseph, State Apiarist
9:05 – Bee Inspection Report......................................................................................................Delmar Nelson
9:20 –Transportation and Safety of Honey Bees................................................................Richard Ericksrud
10:20 -
10:40 - BREAK - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit vendors in Room. A.
11:00 - Door Prize, must be present in the room to win
11:05 – Honey For Your Health, “The Honey Revolution”...............................Ronald Fessenden MD, MPH
12:00 - LUNCH - On your own or you can eat at Mr. G’s here in the hotel.
Queen Luncheon at Mr. G’s. HAVE LUNCH WITH OUR IHPA QUEEN!
Afternoon Schedule:
1:00 - Door Prizes, must be present in the room to win.
1:05 - Annual Business Meeting (We will have an agenda for members)
2:45 - Cooking Contest Results..........................................Donna Rayhons, Doris Ramsey, and Carol Wehr
- Photo Contest Results...................................................................................................................................
- Mead Judging Results..................................................................................................................................
2:50 - BREAK - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit vendors in Room. A.
Come and taste the Cooking Contest goodies, view photos and mead results in Room F
3:10 - Door Prizes, must be present in the room to win
3:15 - Meet the Honey Queen Candidates......................................................................................Regina Hoy
3:30 – Making Varroa an Allies....................................................................................................Kirk Webster
4:30 - State Fair Exhibitor’s please meet in Room F
- Silent Auction Ends – collect your treasures!
5:00 - Wine & Cheese welcome by the pool - Time to Visit, Compliments of the Marshalltown
Convention & Visitors Bureau (We will taste the results of our 2nd annual Mead Judging
Contest, or you may just bring your finest homemade mead to share!)
6:30 - Banquet (located in rooms D & E) – This year’s meal will be family style, consisting of Roast Beef, Baked Chicken, Irish Parsley Potatoes and California Blend Vegetables. There will also be a tossed Salad or Cole Slaw, Fresh Baked Rolls w/butter, Coffee or Tea. Dessert will be Homemade Apple Pie w/Haage Daz Honey Bee Vanilla Ice Cream. The cost: $30.00, tax and gratuity included.
Banquet Program:
Introduction of Queen Candidates, Parents and Sponsors............Regina Hoy; Honey Queen Chair
Awards Presentation ...................................................................................................................................
SpeakerProgram..........................................................................................................................................
THANKS! From our Iowa Honey Queen...................................................................Shiliah Spaulding
AUCTION – Funds the IHPA Queen Program..............................................................Bill Van Roekel
QUEEN CORONATION...........................................................................................................Regina Hoy
Good Night!!!!!!
Morning Schedule
8:00 – Registration
Note: Vendors will be packing up around noon today.
Note: We have youth classes for those interested in Room F, (see following page).
8:30 - Announcements & Door Prizes.............................................................Donna Brahms President IHPA
- Introduction of IHPA Board Members
- Bee Inspection Report.......................................................................................................Delmar Nelson
8:50 – Sustainable Beekeeping in Changing Times..................................................................Bob Fassbinder
9:45 - BREAK- Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit vendors in Room. A
10:05 - Door Prizes, must be present in the room to win
10:10 – Raising and Wintering Nucleus Colonies in Northern USA………….……………….Kirk Webster
11:05 – Honey for Diabetes and other Challenges of aging……………...……Ronald Fessenden MD, MPH
12:00 - Lunch ($20.00 tax and gratuity included) – Salisbury steak, Mash potatoes, Carrots, Tossed salad,
Roll and Beverage.
1:00 - Silent Auction Ends – collect your treasures!
Beekeeping Talks/Workshops 2008
1:00 – Making Summer Nucs for Next Year’s Production…...................................................Bob Fassbinder
2:00 – Introducing Packages.................................................................................................................Phil Ebert
3:00 – to be announced
4:00 - Adjournment
Note: There will be a short meeting of new 2009 board members and officers in Room. B
THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND please DRIVE SAFELY!!!!
NOTES:
Youth Classes (parents, sponsors welcome!)
ROOM F
8:30- Introductions-Door Prizes …………………………………………………………………Mike Brahms
8:45- Monitoring Mites and deciding what to do about them …………...…Andrew Joseph, State Apiarist
9:15- What have you done for winter preparation …………………...…………….……………….Pat Ennis
9:45- BREAK - Make a bid on the silent auction items & visit vendors in Room. A
10:05- Door Prizes, must be present in the room to win
10:10- Video- A year with honey bees
10:50- Entering in the State Fair ……………………………………………..…………Greg & Renae Beard
11:20- Spring Management and New Queen introduction……………………….................…Levi Bernhard
11:50- QUESTIONS:
THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND please DRIVE SAFELY!!!!
NOTES:
It's meeting time again! The annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producers Association will be held Friday, October 30th and Saturday, October 31st, 2009 in Marshalltown, Iowa at the Best Western Regency Inn (641-752-6321) located at 3303 South Center Street.
Registration costs this year will be: $15.00 for an individual before October 23rd and $20.00 after October 23rd.
Rooms for the event are available at the Best Western Regency Inn for the rate of $84 for a single or double room.. The Super 8 which is right adjacent to the Best Western, has the rate of $65.00 for a single room or $70 for a double. 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 Super 8 is (641) 753-3333.
We have a full schedule planned as usual. We will also be having workshops, photo contest, and food judging and our 2nd annual mead judging contest, and a Queen Auction during Friday night’s banquet.
Rules for the Photo Contest at the IHPA Annual Meeting
Photo must be matted but not framed.
Any size photo will be accepted for this competition.
Please put your name on the backside of the photo.
Categories to be submitted will include:
1. Bee on flower
2. General Beekeeping
3. Marketing or Promotion
4. Extracting Honey or Specific Photos pertaining to Honey.
Rules for the cooking with Honey Contest at the IHPA Annual Meeting
Honey is to be the only sweetener
Please submit you recipe with your entry
Judges will keep recipes to be included in the BUZZ
Put your name on the back of the recipe card
Categories to be submitted will include:
1. Desserts
2. Bars or Cookies
3. Drinks
4. Cakes
5. Breads
6. Appetizers or Snacks
Entries could be judged on: (Judges reserve the right to determine how to best judge the entries)
- Presentation of entry
- Best use of honey
- Amount of Honey used (compared to other entries in category)
- Flavor of entry
- Overall appearance of entry
Rules for Mead Judging Contest at the IHPA Annual Meeting:
Supply at least two bottles of Mead
Mead will be judged on the rules of the State Fair.
Mead will be judged on alcohol strength, sweetness, carbonation, temperature, taste, and presentation.
Categories:
1. Traditional Meads
2. Melomels (Fruit Meads)
3. Metheglin (Spiced Meads)
Bring extra bottles of Mead to share at the Wine and Cheese Party by the Pool!
See you in Marshalltown October 30th and 31st
for fun, fellowship and beekeeping know-how!
Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________
City: _______________________________ State: ______________ Zip: __________-________
Phone: (____) _______________ County: ____________________
No. of Colonies: ________ Years Beekeeping: ________ Company Name: _________________________
E-Mail Address: ______________________
NOTE: PREREGISTRATION FOR ANNUAL MEETING DEADLINE October 23rd. NO EXCEPTIONS:
Individual: Registration after October 23rd will be $20.00 $15.00 $ ____________
Family Rate: Registration after October 23rd will be $30.00 $28.00 $ ____________
BANQUET - Friday night 6:30 P.M.(per person)......Number of tickets _____ X .......... $35.00 $ ____________
Lunch on Saturday - (per person) Number of tickets _____ X .......... $20.00 $ ____________
YEAR 2010 MEMBERSHIP DUES:
Iowa Honey Producers Association includes subscription to “The Buzz” $10.00 $ ____________
2nd Family Membership same address Name: ________________________ $ 5.00 $ ____________
3rd Family Membership same address Name: ________________________ $ 5.00 $ ____________
(Year 2009 membership required to vote at the Business Meeting)
COOKBOOKS: ____________________ QTY 1-9 10 or more
Iowa Honey Producers Cook Book _____ $6.50 $5.50............................$ ___________
..................................................................................................................................TOTAL $ ___________
Make Check payable to: Iowa Honey Producers Association
Send Form and Check to: Melanie Bower, Treas. IHPA
(Please fill out form completely.) 207 S. Diehl Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
Phone: (515) 287-6542
The banquet price has increased due to price increases by the restaurant as their costs have increased over last year. The meal cost is still very reasonable for the food and the use of the motel for our Annual Meeting.
AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2003
When sending in your magazine subscription or national association membership be sure to inform them of your membership with Iowa Honey Producers Association and give them the name of the Treasurer. There will be printed magazine ordering forms at the meeting. This should speed up your renewals and still give you the association rate on the magazines. There is no discount on membership to the national associations.