Executive Director
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Missouri State Beekeepers Association October ****
P.O. Box 448 Oak Grove, MO 64075 Eugene Makovec
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www.mostatebeekeepers.org ******@*****************.***
Join us October 22-23 in Cape Girardeau for our annual Fall Meeting
... and make 2011 your best year ever! he practices through queen-rearing and the overwintering of
Make plans now to attend our annual Fall Meeting on October 22- nucleus colonies. He is currently leading a two-year queen-rearing
23. It will take place in Cape Girardeau at the Plaza Convention project for Vermont beekeepers.
Center. Acting Program Director Grant Gillard has put together David Burns has been a beekeeper for 16 years and runs about
100 hives. Several years ago his family started a bee business
an impressive lineup of speakers and topics.
Our headliners include David Burns of Long Lane Honey Bee manufacturing and selling beekeeping woodenware. They began
Farms in Illinois (www.honeybeesonline.com), and Michael Palmer, by primarily producing honey, but three years ago shifted to
package bees, nucs and queen production.
past president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association.
David is a part of the Illinois Queen Initiative, an effort to improve
Adjacent hotels giving group rates for attendees are the Holiday
Inn Express ($99.00): http://www.hiexpress.com/capegirardeau local queen stock in the Midwest. He serves as President of the
573-***-**** or 800-***-****; and the Victorian Inn ($79.00): Central Eastern Beekeepers Association, and Central Director of
http://www.midamcorp.com/victorianinn/ 573-***-**** or 800- the Illinois Beekeepers Association. David also hosts the Wildlife
331-0445. These group rates are available to those who register Pro Network s monthly Beekeeping Podcast.
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms also offers the following monthly
under MO State Beekeepers .
The slogan for this year s meeting is: Making 2011 your beekeeping classes at the apiary: Basic Beekeeping, Advanced
best year ever! There is no Beekeeping and Queen Rearing. They also offer a podcast and
shortage of challenges facing free online lessons in beekeeping through their website, www.
beekeepers today, from varroa honeybeesonline.com.
mites and hive beetles to continued on page 4
pesticides and whatever this
CCD thing is all about. Whether
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you re a hobbyist or a full-time
beekeeper, continuing education From the President 2 Fall Meeting vendors 7
and communication with other Honey laundering 3 Place your orders now!
beekeepers are among the keys Indictments handed down State Fair wrap-up 8
to your success. From the queen chair 4 Cookin with honey! 10
2011 meeting previews 4 Apple crisps with craisins
Vermont Beekeeper Michael
Dates set for Spring and Fall,
Palmer and his wife Leslie Local associations 13
National meeting in Galveston
started with two hives in Membership application .. 14
1974, and currently run 750. Fall Meeting registration 5
Honey Princess report 15
Michael has developed an apiary Fall Meeting agenda 6
Volunteers needed Directory of Of cers 15
management system with an
Michael Palmer emphasis on sustainability, which
Missouri State Beekeepers Association
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2010 Fall Meeting
UPCOMING STATE MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
continued from page 1
Our next few semi-annual meetings are in the final
We ve also lined up a number
planning stages. Here are some updates:
of MSBA members to lecture
in their areas of expertise:
Yvonne Von Der Ahe will
March 11 & 12, 2011, with special events March 10 & 13,
tell us how she markets various
Lodge of the Ozarks, Branson. Special speakers include
products of the hive, and John
Dr. Don Steinkraus (Univ. of Arkansas), Dennis
Timmons will discuss how
vanEngelsdorp (Univ. of Pennsylvania.), and Reyah
he markets such things online.
Carlson (Vermont). Contests to be held: Cooking with
Grant Gillard will talk about
comb honey production, and Honey (quick bread, cookies, BBQ sauce, scones) Art
Nathan Zenser will show (paint, ink, pencil, watercolor).
off his collection of Missouri
native plants.
October 28 & 29, 2011, with special events on Oct. 27,
Cory Stevens will tell us how
Country Club Hotel, Lake of the Ozarks. Special speakers
David Burns
to raise queens in an already
include Dr. Marla Spivak (Univ. of Minnesota), Ed Levi
queenright hive. Ian Brown
(Arkansas), and C. Marina Marchese (Connecticut).
will explain how they keep bees in Uzbekistan, and second-
Contests to be held: Cooking with honey (wheat bread,
year beekeeper Suzanne Stiegemeyer will talk about her
cake, wings), Soap, Needlework.
experiences as a beginner.
Note from the Queen Chair
by Joyce D. Justice
North American Beekeeping
Our Missouri Honey Princess has been representing our
Conference
industry in a grand way, in spite of the hot weather.
This will be a joint convention between the American
She has covered the state well and the response on all of
her appearances has been great. She will tell about it at the Honey Producers Association and the American
upcoming state meeting in Cape Girardeau. Beekeeping Federation, in Galveston, Texas at the San
Luis Resort, January 3-9, 2011.
Now, in order to pay expenses for the Queen Program
we need items for the silent auction. How about donating Contact AHPA Executive Secretary Jerry Brown at
cookbooks, preferably on cooking with honey, that you are ***************@*******.*** with questions, or
not using? If you do not have one on honey, how about just an learn more at www.americanhoneyproducers.org or
old-timer that someone would like to collect? Anything you www.abfnet.org. Log on to www.sanluisresort.com/
are not using that someone else would like, bring it and help media/docs/meetingfacility.pdf for full Convention
us generate money for the Honey Queen Program.
Center details.
Thank you,
Remember to make your reservations SOON as this
Joyce D. Justice conference is expected to ll up quickly.
Wanted: Mentoring stories
Heartland Honey and
The MSBA Executive Board has decided to recognize some of
the many mentors who pitch in each year to help beginning
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beekeepers gure things out. To that end, we are seeking
nominations from our membership for our 2010 Mentor of
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the Year Awards.
If you have been the bene ciary this year of an extraordinary Spring Hill, KS 66061
mentoring effort, please tell us your story. Contact Vice
President Grant Gillard with the details. (Grant s contact
information appears on page 15.)
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The awards will be announced in early 2011.
Contact this candidate