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Speakers Bureau | Honeybee Viral Mapping Initiative | Website Statistics | Christmas/Holiday Greeting Card | Florida Agriculture Hall of Fame - Laurence Cutts | Queen Jayla | Magazine Discounts | Convention 2011 | Intermediate Beekeeping Course Apalachee Club | Intro to Beekeeping Short Course | Queen Grafting Class | NEBA 9th Annual WorkshopSpring Beekeeping Conference | Bee Informed Partnership Survey

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The 2012 National Winter Loss and Management Surveys were active until April 20, 2012 (deadline has past) for participation at the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) website.  The Bee Informed Partnership is an extension project that endeavors to decrease the number of managed honey bee colonies that die over the winter.


"Winter Loss" Survey has ended | Visit Bee Informed Partnership Website

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Brochure | Registration Form & Course Outlines

Palm Beach Beekeepers Conference
was on Saturday April 14, 2012
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Pine Jog Environmental Education Center

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Florida State Beekeepers Association


Click for Full Topic and Official Rules

Each year, the UF HBREL organizes the Florida 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest. The deadline for the 2012 contest was February 20th, 2012.  The contest is a national competition... read more

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Workshop: Fight or Flight: The Struggle to Preserve Residential Beekeeping

At the North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow on Saturday, January 14, 2102, there was a workshop made up of five panelists who shared their experiences and expertise on how they were able to preserve bees in urban/residential areas.  The moderator of this panel was master beekeeper, Nancy Gentry of Interlachen, FL ...read more and view or download related resources (power point presentations, pdf documents, etc... including a sample code letter, honeybee quiz, and more related link postings.

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Beekeeper, Laurence P. Cutts was inducted into the Florida Agriculture Hall of Fame

Annual Banquet and Ceremony
was on February 14, 2012
there was a Reception: 5:30 p.m.
and a Dinner and program: 7:00 p.m.

price was $60.00 per person,   RSVP was by February 10, 2012

The banquet took place in the Special Event Center at the Fairgrounds.  Martin Luther King Boulevard Fair Entrance

Laurence was honored at Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame banquet during the Florida State Fair in Tampa.

Laurence is a third-generation beekeeper who was instrumental in advocating for research to reduce bee hive losses in Florida. He also invented a trap for small hive beetles. Cutts served as chief of the Apiary Inspection Bureau at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ... read more          Also, read even more about Laurence on our History Page.

Those interested in attending and sitting at a FL Beekeeper's table, sent their check in the amount of $60.00 (per person) to Gary Ranker. ... and included their name as they wished it to be printed on the name tagClick Here for Gary's contact information.
SEE VIDEOS of Laurence Cutts (bee bearding, etc.).

Seating assignment will appear on your name badge at the event

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December 10, 2011
was the Beekeeping Trade Show
This Trade Show was FREE for
Beekeeping in the Panhandle registrants.

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Speakers Bureau was Announced (2011)

Greetings fellow beekeeper,

I am helping organize a listing of speakers about beekeeping interests for the Florida State Beekeepers Association (FSBA) and would like to know more about your interests in sharing beekeeping information with other Florida beekeepers.

Please complete the attached questionnaire.

Note: completing the attached questionnaire does NOT guarantee inclusion in FSBA database

Thank you so very much for your assistance :)

Christopher J. Stalder
Environmental Scientist, Agronomist, Beekeeper & Herpetoculturalist
Phone 407-855-1131

View List (2011)
of those who have signed up so far

Download or View Questionnaire Form (pdf) (2011)

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Fair Brochure | Info Regarding FSBA Booth | Volunteer to work Booth

The FSBA had a booth at the Florida State Fair, Tampa, FL
February 9 -20, 2012.  Bert Kelley was the coordinator. Bert carries his master sign-up sheet with him at all times during the day, so volunteers were able to give him a call to be added to the list.

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Honey Bee Technical Council Minutes
[ August 19, 2011 ] | [ December 8, 2010 ]

Florida State Beekeepers Association

Website Statistics available for those interested in the Geek side of websites... or curious as to the effectiveness of our new website based on hits and visits per hour, daily, monthly.  Even shows search words used to find our website, favorite pages, and much more.  This is just a portion of what is available to our webmaster for his analysis.  Much of the information has been omitted from website viewing, because it is sensitive in that it also provides visitor information, their browsers, search engines used to find our site, etc.   If you like charts, tables, and graphs:

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FSBA Members CLICK HERE for the discount form which must be used to receive discount!

FSBA Members CLICK HERE for the discount form which must be used to receive discount!




Program Brochure | Registration Form | Schedule
Bee College Honey Show Rules | ...More info

5th Annual University of Florida
Bee College Program
was held on Friday and Saturday March 9th & 10th, 2012

The Whitney Laboratory
for Marine Bioscience
9505 Ocean Shore Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32080-8610

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Local Association Display Table
 at the Bee College

The Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL) hosted a local club display table at the Bee College in the back of the banquet hall so that each club could advertise (their meetings, events, etc.), showcase pictures, and distribute brochures, etc. This year there was an improved version of the wonderful map of Florida showing where each bee club is located, it was patterned after the Florida Map on the Local Association page of the FSBA webpage.

Local clubs were urged to participate in this display and take advantage of the opportunity to showcase your club. Contact person was Elaine Suber [misselaineous@comcast.net] 614 Truett Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32303, phone: 850-443-1055, who coordinated your local association's display. It was requested that your club representative, even if they were not attending the Bee College, to send Elaine some materials to display ahead of time. There was no need for any local members to tend to the table, Elaine and Jeannette Klopchin handled the set-up. The display was designed to be self-serve.

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North Escambia Bee Association

9th Annual Workshop
March 3, 2012

Northview High School, 4100 West Hwy 4, Century, Fl 32535

Conference (Speakers), Splits/Live Demonstrations (weather permitting), Door Prizes, Refreshments, Buy/Selling Yard Sale Event, Honey & Honey Product Contest and Judging.  Registration Deadline February 29, 2011

View or Download Registration Form

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Queen Grafting Class

Where: Laurence Cutts Place
Cost: Registration: $25.00
When: Classes started Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012, at 9.00 AM.

View or Download Flyer / Registration Form

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Apalachee Beekeepers Association
Introduction to Beekeeping Shortcourse
Saturday, February 25, 2012 ~ 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration Form:  View or Download Form
Shortcourse Flyer:  View or Download Flyer

Honey Queen, Jayla receives
FSBA Woman Beekeeper of the Year Award


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Jayla Gillaspie, our associations honey queen for 2011 (crowned at last year's 90th FSBA convention) has received this year's award FSBA Woman Beekeeper of the Year. 

She is also our current reigning 2012 Honey Queen

For a list of others who held the position as Honey Queen, Woman Beekeeper of the Year, and other awards, visit our  HISTORY page.  ...more about Jayla

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Beekeeping in the Panhandle
Leon County Extension ~ Tallahassee
Was every Monday, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Started November 21, 2011 and ended on January 30, 2012
Classes were offered by UF via interactive video to local county
extension offices.
 

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Farm Bureau’s annual legislative days in Tallahassee

Briefing Dinner: Was on Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Antique Car Museum (6800 Mahan Drive 32308) began at 6:30 p.m. RSVPs were required. Admission was $15 and was payable at the door.

Legislative Reception: Was on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center started at 5:30 and ended at 8:00 p.m. Admission was $20. ...read more

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Click to view large version  ~ 2011 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Honey Bee Viral Mapping Initiative
View and/or Download Proposal (pdf)

2011:  I am a bee virus researcher in Montana, I have spoke at the national conventions and I am the one who brought the Army in to play on CCD. I also provide viral load screening to many commercial beekeepers around the country. With that said, I have attached a proposal and project for your membership, if it meets your approval could you forward this to them. Let me know, and thanks for your consideration. If you have any questions please call or email me at 406-369-4214 mrwick@bvs-inc.us

Best regards,

David Wick, BVS, Inc., 406-369-4214, http://www.bvs-inc.us

Florida State Beekeepers Association

Thanks to the Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association doing an outstanding job of hosting our 91st Annual Convention this year on October 27-29, 2011. The event was held at the Orange County Extension Offices located at 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando, Florida and thanks for making it a great, fun, successful event for beekeepers across our state... so much talent in one place and all eagerly sharing priceless information from years of experience.  It was great to see all the hard work and planning by OBBA pay off with a great time of fellowship, food, education, shopping with vendors, door prizes, handouts, banquet, honey judging, awards, "Queen of the Sun" movie, and celebration of bees and beekeepers... mixed of course with necessary annual business.  We commend and congratulate them for a job well done.

Florida State Beekeepers Association

Revised Constitution and Bylaws

A committee developed a proposed revised constitution and bylaws for the Association : See here the two documents for comparison:

The basic changes proposed included:

  • developing new membership categories,

  • updating officer descriptions

  • updating voting procedures for officers at the annual convention.

Thanks to the Orange Blossom Beekeepers Association doing an outstanding job of hosting our 91st Annual Convention this year on October 27-29, 2011. The event was held at the Orange County Extension Offices located at 6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando, Florida and thanks for making it a great, fun, successful event for beekeepers across our state... so much talent in one place and all eagerly sharing priceless information from years of experience.  It was great to see all the hard work and planning by OBBA pay off with a great time of fellowship, food, education, shopping with vendors, door prizes, handouts, banquet, honey judging, awards, "Queen of the Sun" movie, and celebration of bees and beekeepers... mixed of course with necessary annual business.  We commend and congratulate them for a job well done.

View or Download SCHEDULE ONLY (pdf)

 

The Holiday Inn International Airport in Orlando was the location of our Annual Banquet. They offered room rates of $81.00 per room (up to 4 people) especially for our event. This Holiday Inn is about 3 miles from the Orange County Extension Center (6021 S. Conway Road, Orlando). They have a restaurant in the hotel but there are also numerous restaurants in this area, such a Dennys, Sonny's, Chilis, Tony Romas, Fridays, etc.

 
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Complete Brochure with advertisements, etc.

 

The address of the Holiday Inn is 5750 T.G. Lee Blvd., Orlando, FL.

The Holiday Inn also had a FREE shuttle that took those who stayed with them to The Florida Mall for a little shopping. Unfortunately, they did not go to the theme parks but drove you anywhere within 3 miles of the hotel for free.  The Holiday Inn's phone number was: 1-800-972-2590 or 407-851-6400

READ MORE ABOUT THE CONVENTION

Convention 2011 Photos (and other photos) can be found on the website of
Alachua County Beekeepers Club
SLIDE SHOW | PHOTOS

2011 Convention Forms ~  The convention was held in October 2011, so these forms are old, but left here in Archives for future reference:

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Some convention attendees saved on Shipping shipping from certain vendors who attended this year's (2011) Convention:  Some vendors accepted orders in advance of the convention and brought/delivered their order(s) to the Convention.  Vendors who were willing to accept orders prior to the Convention and deliver the order to convention in order to SAVE ON SHIPPING let Dennis know and were added to the list.  Only one vendor contacted Dennis to participate.

PARTICIPATING VENDOR(S) (2011)

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