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.
State
Preemption/Apiculture -
SB 1132 (Hays) & HB 1197 (Horner)
"We have a bill in both the Senate and
House. Senate Bill 1132 and House Bill 1197. Time to set
sail." Tom Nolan, Co-Chairman FSBA Legislative Committee
"This is a good
deal and one we have been waiting for and expecting.
Let's work behind our Legislative Committee Co-Chairman, Tom
Nolan and Tony Hogg, to give them all the assistance necessary
to promote these bills." Gary Ranker, President FSBA
This bill would give the
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS)
exclusive authority to regulate beekeeping, apiaries and their
locations.
Farm Bureau’s
annual legislative days in Tallahassee
Briefing Dinner:
Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Antique Car Museum (6800 Mahan
Drive 32308) beginning at 6:30 p.m. RSVPs are required.
Admission is $15 and is payable at the door.
Legislative Reception:
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic
Center from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is $20.
...read more
Beekeeping in the Panhandle
Leon County Extension ~ Tallahassee
Every Monday, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Started November 21, 2011 through January 30, 2012
Classes offered by UF via interactive video to
local county
extension offices.
Register for Classes or for
more
information.
The banquet takes place in the Special Event Center at the Fairgrounds.
Use the Martin Luther King Boulevard Fair Entrance
Laurence will be 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.
If interested in attending and sitting at a FL Beekeeper's table, please
send to your check in the amount of $60.00 (per person) to Gary Ranker.
Include your name as you wish it to be printed on the name tag.
Click 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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A calendar of events has
been established in cooperation with Bee Culture Magazine,
which includes beekeeping activities not only in Florida, but
elsewhere. Many local events will no longer be listed
individually here on our home page, but may be available under
each local association on our
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS page. Always consult the
global calendar to find out what is going on in Florida
and elsewhere. Routine monthly meetings are also found on the
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
page for the growing number of local associations. To send
items for inclusion on the Global "Calendar of Events", please E-MAIL the Calendar Master.
For facts about out association, please visit our
WELCOME / ABOUT US page.
Each year, the UF
HBREL organizes the Florida 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest. The
deadline for the 2012 contest is February 20th, 2012.
The contest is a national competition...
read more
The FloridaBeekeepers Forum is a place for
Discussion and Sharing of Modern Beekeeping Practices and
Procedures using conventional hives to practice the art and
skills learned in our day-to-day endeavors...all the while
enjoying the experience, with the willingness to SHARE this
knowledge with everyone interested in Modern Beekeeping and
Proven Management Techniques.
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.
Information is current for the month of November.
If you like charts, tables, and graphs:
Yes, we have FSBA shirts!
$15.00 each. Stock is limited to that on hand
(several size S, M, and L and a few XL)
and there are no immediate plans to re-order after these have
been sold. Get them while they last. Use your mouse to enlarge portions of the
shirt below. Nice quality, polo shirts with embroidered logo
(we also have hats per Gary):
Jayla Gillaspie, our
associations honey queen (crowned at last year's 90th FSBA convention)
has received this year's award FSBA Woman Beekeeper of the
Year.
For a list of others who held the position
as Honey Queen, Woman Beekeeper of the Year, and other awards, visit our HISTORY page.
The FSBA will have a
booth at the Florida State Fair, Tampa, FL
February 9 -20, 2012.
Bert Kelley is the
coordinator. Bert carries his master sign-up sheet with him at
all times during the day, so just give him a call to be added
to the list.
Recipe from the kitchen of Chris Stalder of the
OBBA
Proposed Association Budget 2011 - 2012
6301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33415
The Curious Kids meet beekeeper FSBA Vice
President, Keith Councell to learn just how
creative bees can be! From honey to furniture polish and candy, bees
keep pretty busy!
"It's the flight of
the living dead". Infected bees go mad, abandoning
their hive in a suicidal rush toward bright lights as a
result of a parasitic
flies which engage in mind control... bees walk around in
circles, with no apparent sense of direction...
read more
Forsyth raises big buzz in
attempt to ban backyard beekeeping
Beekeeper working with a county commissioner to
allow bees in residential areas
Read the Story...
CLICK HERE
HopGuard the newest Varroa
Mite control has been approved for use in Florida. Several other
States have been approved as well.
This product is shown here,
because it is newsworthy as a new method of Varroa Mite control in
Florida. It is not intended to be an endorsement by FSBA,
nor a recommendation by FSBA, nor is this an advertisement
for HopGuard, but is found here for information purposes only.
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