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June 24, 2008

Upcoming Workshops

Here is the next beekeeping workshop in Northwest:
TUPELO BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (Preregister by July 3)
Beginning Beekeepers Seminar
Cutts Honey House
1533 Clayton Road
Chipley, Fl. 32348
When? July 12, 2008. The cost for this is $15.00 each and $10.00 per child. You must register by July 3, 2008.
Preregistration is required to assure a quality/quantity […]

June 23, 2008

Mid-Summer Meeting

I finally got off to Orlando. I was tired after extracting the honey. I didn’t get off as early as I had hoped, but I still got down there about 7:00 pm. I found the meeting place so I could go to it fairly easily the next day, June 13.
I was there at 15 minutes […]

March 24, 2008

Workshop Report 2

Well, the workshop was a great success even though it started off all wrong. As the chairman of the workshop committee, I was responsible for all the wrongs that happened. All the rights were given to all my helpers and co members of the committee. There were about 69 people in attendance.
To […]

March 5, 2008

Round Robin Workshop

AT LAST! I can relax for a while. The Workshop was held on March 1, 2008 and was a great success. We had 69 people attending and had Bar-B-Cued chicken and home made pork and beans using bacon strips. Delicious!
The day started off with my not having the schedule, so we […]

November 12, 2007

State Convention 1-3, 2007

Well, I made it to the state convention in plenty of time. I arrived in Haines City, FL about 9:30 pm on Wed. Oct. 31st. Spent the night and made it to the Holiday Inn in Winter Haven at about 6:45 am Thursday. The first activity was for the CEU’s for the […]

October 17, 2007

The Heritage Festival

Well, my wife and I went to the Heritage Festival at Krul Lake in Munson. We rented a 30′ motor home from Cruise America on Friday, then loaded our camping supplies and went to Krul Lake that afternoon. We got there about dusk and had to hurry to get it set up and […]

September 20, 2007

Florida State Beekeepers Association

The Florida State Beekeepers Association will have its annual workshop and business meeting November 1-3 in Winter Haven, Florida. The state meeting usually has some very good speakers that talk on a level that a country fellow can understand. There will be an awards banquet as well as a beginners class. This […]

September 17, 2007

ERBA Workshop Was a Success

The workshop was held Saturday, September 15, 2007. There were between 80-100 people there. I did not get an accurate count for the people were moving around and in and out the doors. In attendance were quite a few novices and young beekeepers. Most of these are young people. […]

August 30, 2007

ERBA Workshop

There will be a workshop in Pensacola, Florida on September, 15 2007. The link above will take you to the application. Needs to be received by September 6 to be pre-registered. I am encouraging all to come to this workshop. We will have some big named speakers who actually work in […]

July 13, 2007

Workshop Preparations

I am getting ready to go to a workshop tomorrow. After I mow the grass in both front and back yards, I will get some bee equipment (two extractors — 1- 4 frame solid basket and 1- 2 frame flip basket) ready to take with me to Chipley, FL to sale for the […]