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 [...]

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 start off, [...]

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 just went ahead [...]

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 pesticide applicators. I [...]

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 hook up [...]

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 will be the [...]

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. Dr. Jamie Ellis and his wife, [...]

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 their subject fields and [...]

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 4 H [...]

The Tupelo Association will host a beekeeping seminar on 14 July at  Laurence Cutts’ honey house 1533 Clayton Rd., off Hwy 77 in Chipley, FL; registration deadline is July 6. A full day is in store including smoker-lighting contests and open-hive demonstrations.  For details, see http://floridabeekeepers.org.