Letter from the President: About the Vice-President
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Letter from the President: About the Vice-President
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 1 April 2012 Inside This Issue Letter from the President 1 Letter from the Vice-President 1 Letter from the Secretary/Treasurer 2 A Word from Dr. James E. Tew 2 For Both the New & Newish Beekeeper 3 Letter from the Editor 7 really think I’ve met myself a time or two. It’s a very busy time of the year in Nancy’s and my world. We’re getting ready for baby chickens or selling, splitting bee hives or supering, mowing grass or cutting hay, spraying fences or pastures, planting a garden or going to meetings or to Church. That is to mention just a few things. I hope everyone is planning to come to the Picnic on May 19th at the Cullman County Fair Grounds for another great ABA meeting of fellowship and good food. We are going to have some GREAT DOOR Letter from the President: PRIZES. Remember to order supplies if you need anyI have felt like a Worker Bee for the last month thing from Fred Rossman and The Walter T. Kelley or so. I’m going in so many directions that sometimes I Co. Both of these suppliers will be at the picnic. I’m still working on the Nominating Committee. Please be patient. Phillip Garrison, President About the Vice-President As the editor is assembling this issue of the Stinger, your vice-president is in Haiti. Haiti is the western end of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The flight from Miami to the capital, Port-AuPrince, is shorter than the flight from Birmingham to Miami. Haiti experienced a severe earthquake a couple of years ago. The country was not in great shape before the earthquake. Damon Wallace is in Haiti to teach beekeeping. Damon will certainly have a complete report when he returns. The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 2 April 2012 Dooley is bringing the grill so that we can cook some grilled chicken. I I am excited about our picnic. I think that we have asked John Mynard to help will have our largest crowd ever. Be sure to make him. There may be your plans to come to the Cullman Fairgrounds on th May 19 . If you went to the picnic at Sportsman Lake others helping also. Be sure to thank Park a few years ago, you drove through the fairthese guys that go grounds to get to Sportsman Lake Park. I will get to a lot of trouble Lonnie to give specific directions. This year Alton for us. Pitzing from Cullman is frying catfish. Also, Nolan Letter from the Secretary/ Treasurer The Alabama Beekeepers Association will provide the meat, drinks, and paper products. Planned meats are grilled chicken and fried catfish. The only price of admission is a covered dish to go with the meat we are having. We like to get an idea of about how many people are going to be there; so I would like to ask you to call me at 205625-3464 or e-mail me at [email protected] to let me know you are coming. I try to maintain a list of the dishes each person is bringing so we have a variety. I usually do not get every specific dish: but I try to get as many as I can. We will usually have more food than we can consume if everyone brings something. We can use salads, vegetables, desserts, and breads or whatever you like to make. Be sure to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold until serving time. We do not want anyone to get Blount County Beekeepers Association sick. I would like to give a very special thank you to Tyson Foods of Blountsville, Alabama for donating the chicken and to the Madison County Beekeepers Association for donating $100 for soft drinks for our picnic this year. Also remember to place any orders for supplies you need with The Walter T. Kelley Co. and Rossman Apiaries as they will deliver your orders to the picnic. Bonnie Funderburg, Secretary/Treasurer Alabama Master Beekeeper Program You can e-mail me to get on the list at [email protected] . Or call me at 256-523-4767. David Kelton Chairman on the front row during my presentation. Almost immediately after the Workshop, I began international travel and then back to the US for travel to various The newest association had its fourth meeting state beekeeping meetings. Finally, I have a moment on March 22nd at the Blount County Resources Cen- to reflect and say thank you. ter. The main topic was a presentation by Jeff Moss I suppose the "thank you" should be bolded, in and Ken Swann on swarm retrieval with demonstracolor, and maybe with some animation attached, but even that would not adequately say what I am trying tion of Jeff’s beevac and Ken’s swarm catcher. The to say. Each of you did a sterling job. Not a single next meeting is Thursday, April 26th. speaker bombed or got blasted in the evaluations. It would not have been a meeting without you. To the A Word from Dr. Tew Alabama Beekeepers' Association - you are heWhat an experience the 2012 Alabama Workroes. The lunch, the open hive demo, providing shop was! As I freely told anyone who would listen, speakers and the Alabama Cooperative Extension Systhis was pivotal year for me, for Auburn and for the tem - consummate professionals you are when it beekeepers who attended. There were several major comes to events such as this (and with all that ACES changes that were being implemented for the first time administration there). A sincere thank you. While I - not to mention new administrators who were sitting The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 3 April 2012 have no extra money to adequately pay you the true value of your time, if any of you paid registration, please let me know. As a general policy, ACES does not charge presenters registration costs. I can take credit for beginning this event many years ago, but after this past meeting, I readily admit that it has far outgrown anything I could do without lots of qualified help. The event now belongs to all of us. Could I ask you to think about next year? Themes? Speakers? Changes? I will be starting to prepare/draft the 2013 event within the next couple of months. I would value your opinions and suggestions. I know what it takes to do these events. I know how much time the drive requires from all over Alabama. I know how early the departure time is and I know how tired you are on the way home. I know you did all of this for the greater Alabama beekeeping good. I hope you know how much I appreciate your contribution. Thank you. Jim Tew. -James E. Tew, PhD, Honey Bee Specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University, [email protected] , www.onetew.com , www.facebook.com/onetewbee For Both the New and Newish Beekeeper And a quick review for more established beekeepers. By James E. Tew Every beekeeper has a beginning story. So what's your bee story? Every beekeeper has at least one. Each of you, by now, has had similar events and happenings in your bee operation. At this point, some of you have kept bees for several years while others of you only started this past season. Having had some experience under your belt, how do you feel about keeping bees at this very minute? The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 4 For whatever reason you started, I expect most of you felt similar emotions at first probably confusion, mixed with a small amount of fear all topped with an abundant amount of enthusiasm for the new venture. If, per chance, you have had good luck with your bee project, the confusion should have begun to subside and the fearfulness of the craft should have mostly passed. You can find your queens reasonably well and you know what a super is. Your inner cover is in the "winter position" and your "bee space" is correct. You know that a few dead bees out front are not a bad thing. In short, you are growing to think and speak like a seasoned beekeeper. But you are going to have some ups and downs. Everyone does. If this is enjoyable and we are having so much fun, why do some of us feel a sense of "let down" at times? You will never again be a new beekeeper. I can only guess why we occasionally go “flat” a bit, but I do have some guesses. Essentially, the first phase of your beekeeping venture is passing. Even if you quit right now, but start again some time in the future, you will always have kept bees before. You will never again be a new beekeeper. From the initiation of your colonies from packages in a hectic spring to the first signs of a waning Figure 1. A single colony can be difficult to manage - especially for a new beekeeper. (South Alabama location) one of the ones having feelings that I am describing, just stand by. Your feelings are normal. The next season is not that far away. Our bee lives wax and wane. It's all part of maturing in beekeeping. The Fearful Person Syndrome: After all my years of bee keeping, I still love the craft as a whole, but there are several aspects of beekeeping that I could really do without. I don’t like the smell of smoke on my clothes and in my truck, and I don’t like taking an unreasonable number of stings. Plus, all that good, nutritious honey is real heavy for me to lug around. I deal with all these things, but one odd thing that is still as difficult as ever for me to address – even though I have April 2012 summer, there is simply not as much expected of you during fall and winter months. The season’s spring/summer bee-push has long ended. Then the cold season arrived. There’s just not a lot to do. You can read and go to meetings, maybe assemble some equipment, but we are all forced to take a break. In spite of all you can do, you may find yourself cooling a bit. It was more enjoyable last spring. In reality, that cooling process is healthy for your future beekeeping venture. At least for a while, it's good to come back down to a more normal level of interest. I don't think society could stand us if we all lived our lives in a constant state of beekeeping high- passion. If you are had to do it many times - is dealing with fearful people who are not beekeepers. Could I call it the Fearful Person Syndrome? Innumerable times, I and others, have written copiously about concerned persons, usually neighbors or friends, who are "severely allergic to bee stings". Increasingly, beekeepers have close neighbors. New beekeepers, you are instructed to educate that person, explaining all the reasons bees are good for them and their gardens. Offering locally produced honey and working your bees only when the fearful person is not around are common recommendations that are made to a beekeeper who is faced with community criticism. But....until you have looked such The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 5 April 2012 a fearful person in the eye and tried to implement these recommendations, you don't know the full ramifications of such advice. It's just not an easy task, in a short while, to change another person’s entire outlook on a long-held belief and fears. I’m the odd fellow: As I have described in these articles before, I live in a pleasant, plastic neighborhood. The homes are mid-America average homes that are neat and nicely maintained. For many more reasons than bees, I am clearly the one who's not in step. I don't spray every weed that has the nerve to germinate within my lawn (I have written about this). I don't obsessively cut grass simply because I should (and I have written about this, too.) and I instinctively plant bee-friendly flowering plants. None of these characteristics make me correct, but it does make me different. A case history: Last fall, while mowing our respective lawns on our respective riding mowers, my neighbor flagged me down and asked if I had put bees back in the hives at the rear of my property, which adjoins a soybean field. For a number of years, I had kept two to three hives there, but the mites and my procrastination finally got them. There the dead-outs sat - beacons to poor management and unfulfilled good intentions. I assured her that there were no bees there (though I was careful not to say that I did plan to put them there again). She said that she was seeing more bees around her flowers and her bird waterer. When asked what was causing the bee increase, I explained how the shortage of rain was forcing the bees to forage more widely. Once rain showers were common, the bees would find more readily available water sources and all would be well again in the thirsty bird community. But, to myself, I did wonder why she would have such an observation. My answers were weak. There were no other managed hives in the area and wild honey bees are rare. I really was surprised that so many bees would turn up on her property. No matter. At the time, there was grass to mow and time was passing. Later that week, I received a phone call from an Ohio State bee lab co-worker who told me that, a few days ago, he had put two strong hives back in my apiary behind my house for a short observational study we were doing. In sad fact, there were bees in my backyard. Without knowing, I had told a beekeeping falsehood. (But if I didn’t know, is it still a falsehood?) vice? Do I go to her and confess that those were, in fact, probably my bees trespassing on her property? Do I explain the benefits of pollination to a person whose opinion has long since been turned against bees? Do I offer to supply her with a lifetime of free honey? Do I really believe I can change her mind? I have found that telling someone, such as you, what to do with a beekeeping problem and actually performing that recommended solution myself are two quite different things. The honest answer to this situation is not in any book. Winter progressed rapidly, and I didn’t see my neighbor again until Christmas when I helped her with holiday decorations. She didn’t bring it up. Neither did I. I will just worry about it next season – if the colonies survive the winter. Dealing with fearful people is always dicey but it is frequently something both new and experienced beekeepers must address (again and again). Sooner or later, your bees are going to die: The modern brutal fact of beekeeping life is, ironically, that your bees are going to die. Maybe not right away and maybe not all at once, but the chances are excellent that your colonies will die within a few years. This is not an event that is limited to new and She is a nice lady: My neighbor is a nice lady and we co-exist very well. So where is all this going? She's working diligently to maintain her home with the practical knowledge she has. She has told me she has a fear of insect stings and "reacts badly every time she is stung." She had specifically asked me if I had put bees back in the hives and I specifically said no. Unknowingly, I had not told the truth. Do I follow my own ad- The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 6 April 2012 newish beekeepers, but rather an event that will happen to beekeepers of all ages and experience ranges. It wasn’t always that way, but a walk down memory lane serves no great purpose here. Experienced beekeepers have been through this event more than new beekeepers. Most experienced beekeepers will repopulate and try again. If precedent holds, the exact reason for your colony’s death will be unclear. If it adds closure for one to label the death reason as Colony Collapse Disorder, so be it. The unsettling fact of bee life is that today’s bee population is not as vibrant as it was thirty years ago. Old beekeepers remember how it was. New beekeepers hear those old stories and feel that is how it should be. It is frustrating beyond words to do everything as right as possible, and still have a (seemingly) perfectly healthy colony decline to the point of death. All bee things are not as they once were. It’s a disappointing conversation: A few lines ago, I made reference to looking into a fearful persons eyes. It is also disconcerting to look into the hurting eyes of a new beekeeper – one who went to meetings, read books, ordered woodenware, assembled it, bought a package, installed it, fed it, loved it but had to watch it die. What did I do wrong? Probably noth- ing. What should I do differently? If you followed the basics, there is little to do differently. None of this conversation is very fulfilling. One has invested all this money and time and is now embarrassed before family and beekeeping friends to have lost it all – and then be told that not many changes can normally be recommended that would prevent it from happening again. This situation comes close to being senseless. The truth - Our bees were always going to die: I have never kept specific records nor do I have literature references to support my conjecture, but in my experiences, I sense that a premier colony was only premier about 2-3 years or about the life of the productive queen at that time. Today, queens only seem to be productive for about a year so present-day premier status is much shorter. In my happy, but inaccurate memory, colonies were always strong and lived forever. No, they didn’t. Who reading this piece has had their best colony be their best colony for more than two – three years? I know, you can requeen, but is that then still the same colony? It’s the same hive, but requeening genetically changes the colony. No matter. There’s no guarantee that requeening will maintain the premier status of the colony anyway. Over time, all colonies are going to fade – some to the point of death. Splitting, combining, adding brood, swarm management, disease control, and requeening are management Figure 2. Common bee colonies, such as these in Dothan, have always had a fairly short lifespan. schemes that may mask the passing of the parent colony, but pass it does. It always does. It’s not really about individual colonies: When my neighbor asked if, “If I had bees back there again?” she unknowingly touched on the answer of what a new beekeeper should do when colonies die. If the bees die, get more bees. The thing that works so badly for new beekeepers is a combined lack of experience and very small colony numbers. If you have one colony and it dies, it’s devastating. You are out of the bee business. If you have ten colonies and two dies, it’s annoy- The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 7 ing but recoverable. But rare is the new beekeeper who begins with more than one or two colonies – and that is correct. Don’t start with too many. So new and newish beekeepers, if your colonies die, please try again. Continue to interact with experienced beekeepers and give bees another chance. Accumulate confidence and experience. It’s like flying a kite – kinda hard to get it up there, but once it’s up high, it flies itself. So, in my home apiary, that my neighbor watches – at any given time – I will have 0-3 colonies. I will combine, split, hive swarms, install packages, add brood, watch for common diseases and for a http://www.facebook.com/tewbee2 @onetewbee onetewbee Letter from the Editor This will probably sound rambling because I need to just mention several unrelated matters. I hope all of you are planning to come to the picnic on May 19th. Here’s how to get there. If you live in Cullman County, I won’t insult your intelligence. The picnic will be at the Cullman County Fairgrounds. For many who will be coming north on I-65, take Exit 310 onto AL Hwy 157. Turn right. If you are coming south on I-65, take Exit 310 onto AL Hwy 157 and turn left. Go about a mile until you reach 2nd Avenue NW (U.S. Hwy 31) and turn right. Go about 0.9 mile to Sportsman Lake Road and turn right. Go about 0.2 mile. Beekeepers Association on October 31, 1947. He was also president of the Southern Beekeepers Association…” There is another Past President of the Association that can be added to the annual program. Henry C. Rollins in Huntsville, Alabama has several strong, spring bee swarms for sale. Contact him at 256 -859-1747. Wil Montgomery has this timely tip: “I caught a much needed large swarm this afternoon from a yard about three miles from home. It was in a Dogwood tree. Many times over the years since coming to Alabama I find swarms in Dogwood trees. I wonder what the attraction is. For some unknown reason, I find fresh swarms not all that friendly as in past years. I always wear a veil and lately I’m beginning to wear gloves to retrieve them. I still can get a sting or two. Time was when you could show off by April 2012 while, I will be successful with one or some of the colonies. For a while, they will be strong and then they will weaken – probably not all at once. If I can, I will help the needful colony until it can no longer be helped (usually during winter). Then it will die. Next spring, I will feel saddened but I will get a few packages or I will split the survivors. Maybe I will get a swarm-call. Who knows? Maybe none will die. One way or the other, I will keep 1-3 colonies there and when necessary – as best I can – I will placate my neighbor. Individual hives come and go, but beekeeping always stays. (330)345-8336 [email protected] Blog: http://www.onetew.com Look for our Alabama Beekeepers Association sign and a bunch of suspicious vehicles. If you come from the east on U.S. Highway 278, take AL Hwy 157 around the north side of Cullman to 2nd Avenue NW (U.S. Hwy 31) and follow directions above. Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 4th for the Chilton Research and Extension’s Farm Home and Wildlife Expo. There will be a different honey contest at this year’s Expo. The Expo has many varieties of fruit for everyone to sample. The beekeepers will have several varieties of honey for everyone to taste. Everyone who tastes the honey will be a judge. So, I am looking for several different varieties of honey in squeezable containers. A note from Mr. Wiley Cutts: “According to an article in the Montgomery Advertiser, my father, Eugene Debs Cutts, was re-elected as president of the Alabama walking up to a swarm and cut the branch it is on without wearing any protective gear. Ah! The whims of Mother Nature. She has a mind of her own and it’s hard to predict what will happen next.” Past president and long-time supporter of the Jefferson County Beekeepers Association, Frank Rodriquez, passed away on March 15, 2012. He will be missed. Bob Fanning has a really cool Excel workbook to use as a club roster. The workbook maintains club membership AND prints an attendance record. The Blount County Beekeepers Association is using this workbook. It works great. See you at the picnic on May 19th. Lonnie W. Funderburg, Alabama Apprentice Beekeeper/ Editor The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 8 Membership Report: + - 2012 Officers and Board of Directors April 2012 570 Members as of Feb. 10, 2012 32 New Members 134 Archived Members 468 Members as of April 23, 2012 Webmaster—Bob Fanning, [email protected] Editor—Lonnie W. Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd., Oneonta, AL 35121-4110 President Phillip Garrison, 178 County Road 1327, Vinemont, AL Director - 2013 Mike Stoops, PO Box 35, Excel, AL 3643935179-6871 0035 Vice-President Damon Wallace, 2003 Highpoint Drive, Opelika, Director - 2013 David Kelton, 1590 Tabor Cutoff, Gadsden, AL 36801-2005 AL 35904-9755 Sect/Treas Bonnie Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd, Oneonta, Director - 2014 Bill Hewett, 12751 Bear Creek Rd, DuncanAL 35121-4110 ville, AL 35456-2532 Director - 2012 Jeff Lee, 102 Whitfield Rd. Athens, AL 35613- Director - 2014 Barry Banks, 577 Blackwell Loop, Jasper, AL 2716 35501-7016 Director - 2012 Bill Miller, 2991 Eddins Rd. Dothan, AL 36301-7478 Regional Clubs/Associations Baldwin County: Eugene Fernandes, Pres. P.O. Box 553; Robertsdale, AL 36567; [email protected]. Meet 7:00 P.M. 1st Monday at Robertsdale Fire Dept, St. Paul & Racine Streets, across from water tower. (Updated 07-11-2011) Blount County Beekeepers Association: Contact Dr. Stoney Beavers, (205) 625-4102, [email protected], Meet 4th Thursday at 6:30 PM at Blount County Resource Center, 62561 US Hwy 231, Cleveland, AL (Updated 4-23-2012) 03-10-2010) Limestone County Beekeepers Association: Jeff Lee, Pres. [email protected] 256-874-6067. Meets 2nd Thu of even months at 6:00 PM in ALFA building, 524 Hwy 72 West, Athens, Al 35611 (Updated 03-18-2010) Madison County: Laura Cambron, Pres.1012 New Hope-Cedar Point Rd. New Hope, AL 35760-9656, 256-723-2608 [email protected] . Meet 6:30 P.M. 2nd Thu in odd- numbered months at Botanical Gardens, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville, AL (Updated 08-25-2011) Central Alabama Beekeepers Association: Allyson Andrews, Pres. Mobile County Beekeepers Association--John Haaseth, pres. [email protected]; (334) 799-2254. Meet 6:00 PM 1st Thursday 0019. Meet at 10:00 AM on second Saturday of each month at Wilmer of every month. Call for meeting place. (Updated 03-12-2010) Hall on Springhill College campus, 3811 Old Shell Rd. Mobile, AL Choctaw County: No current information available. Please update. 36608-1317 (Updated 02-21-2012) Monroe County: Contact Toria Sims at 4349 Turkey Hollow Rd. Frisco Cullman County: Phillip Garrison, Pres. 178 County Rd 1327, VineCity, AL 36445-5154; 251-267-3520; [email protected], meet mont, AL 35179-6871, Tel (256) 734-5963, Meet 2nd Tue at 6:30 P.M. nd every odd month at Main Alfa Building, 307 Main Ave N.W., Cullman, 7:00 P.M. 2 Thu of third month (Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec.) at Southern Pine Building. (Updated 1-14-2009) AL 35055 (Updated 11-12-2002) North-West Alabama Bee Club: No current information on this club. East Alabama Beekeepers: Tom Harris, Pres. 270 Oak Hills Dr. Wedowee, AL 36278, (256) 363-2181, [email protected]. Meet at (12-19-2011) North-East Alabama (Calhoun County & surrounding area): Joe Aber6:30 P.M. at Clay Co. Extension Office in Ashland. (Updated 08-25nathy, Pres. 256-835-1214, [email protected]. Meet 6:30 P.M. 2nd 2011) Thu 17th & Noble Sts, Auburn Extension Administration Building, AnEscambia County: Clyde Bruley says that this club is no longer meetniston, AL (Updated 12-10-2009) ing. (Updated 8-26-2009) Etowah County: Guy Ross, 201 Quarry Rd, Glencoe, AL 35905-7262, Queen’s Castle Beekeepers Association Lucy Evans, Pres. [email protected]; Tinsley H. Gregg, Auburn Ext Ofc Agent, 3299- [email protected] Contact O.J. Blount, 334-222-0751. Meet the last A West Meighan Blvd, Gadsden, AL 35094. Tel (256) 547-7936. Meet Saturday of every month from 10:00-12:00. Also contact at 1st Thu at 6:30 P.M. at Carnes Recreation Center, 103 Case Avenue, [email protected]. (Updated 12-19-2011) Attalla, AL 256-570-0202 Updated (2-04-2010) Sand Mountain Beekeepers (Blount, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall & NE Jackson County Beekeepers Association: Contact Ray Latham, 256AL): Lyle Greenwood, Pres, Tel (256)586-2206, [email protected]. 574-5234, [email protected]. Meet 6:30 PM the first Thursday Meet 6:30 P.M. on 3rd Tue of even numbered months at Guntersville of even numbered months at ALFA Insurance office, 23625 John T. Public Library, 1240 O’Brig Ave. (Updated 01-09-2011) Reid Parkway, Scottsboro, AL (Updated 04-02-2011) SAUGAHATCHEE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION (Lee Co.) RaJefferson County: Paul Mancill, Pres. Meet 7:00 P.M. 3rd Thu Birleigh Jones, Pres, Contact Angela George, 334-524-0879, queenbeeinmingham Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park Rd. Birmingham, AL [email protected]. Meet 1st Tuesday of even numbered months 35223-1802 County agent, Sallie Lee (205) 879-6964 Ext 11 (Updated 6:00 P.M. at Lee County Extension Office, 600 S. 7th St., Opelika, AL. Renewal _______ Alabama Beekeepers Association c/o Bonnie L. Funderburg, Sect/Treasurer 1260 Easley Bridge Rd. Oneonta, AL 35121-4110 April 2012 Membership Application Form New Member ______ 2012 Annual dues $10 (per person) should be mailed to above address. Please Print All Information Clearly. Make check payable to Alabama Beekeepers Association ________ Receipt Issued_____________ Name:____________________________________________ Adress:___________________________________________ City:_______________________State:________ ZIP:__ __ __ __ __ + __ __ __ __ County ___________________________ Telephone#:(_____) ______ - __________(Optional) Would you like to receive the newsletter by e-mail? ____Yes e-mail address _____________________________________ (Please provide your e-mail address even if you wish to receive the newsletter on paper) Are you a Member of a local Beekeepers association? _____ If ‘YES’ which one? ___ (For Treasurer’s Use.) ___________________________________ Date Received____________ Check No. ___________ Amount______________ Posted__________________ The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 9 --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------(Updated 8-27-2011) 1st Thu every month at Houston County Extension Office, Ross Clark Shelby County Beekeepers Association: George Baldwin, pres. 205Circle #4; Dothan, AL. (Updated 8-30-2011) 672-7012 [email protected] , Meet 1st Sat. at 7 PM at Pleasant Site Baptist Church, Hwy 43 (Updated 10-8-2011) South Alabama (Mobile County): This local association has ceased Bob Fanning—His Contributions Recognized meeting and disbanded. (Updated 10-26-2007) On March 8, 2012, primarily due to the efforts Southeast Alabama Beekeepers Association: Al Liepins, pres. 260 County Road 7700, Troy, AL 36081-4424, (334) 566-7340, and contacts of Madison County Vice-President [email protected], Meet 7:00 P.M. 1st Thu of each month at the ces Akridge, our Webmaster and past President of Coffee County Farm Center in New Brockton, AL (Updated 01-05both the Alabama Beekeepers Association and the 2008) Tallapoosa River: There has been no communication from this organi- Madison County Beekeepers Association, Bob Fanzation. ning, was recognized by the Honorable Tommy BatTennessee Valley Beekeepers Association: Jerry Claborn, pres. 256tle, Mayor of Huntsville, for twenty-five years of 355-0403 [email protected] . Meet 2nd Thu of even months at teaching beekeeping, 7:00 P.M. at the Moulton City Hall, 720 Seminary St, Moulton, AL (Updated 09-17-2010) enriching the lives of Walker County: Lonnie Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd, Oneonta, thousands, mentoring AL 35121-4110 Tel (205) 625-3464. Meet 6:30 P.M. 4th Mon at Ext Svc Bldg, 1501 N. Airport Road, Jasper, AL except July and December, beekeepers, and keeppicnic in July. (Updated 01-23-12) ing bees. Thank you, West Alabama Beekeepers Association (Bibb, Tuscaloosa, Hale, & Bob. This is a most Pickens Cos.) Bill Hewett, Pres [email protected] Meet 6:00 rd well-deserved recogniP.M. 3 Thu monthly at County Extension Service Auditorium, 714 Greensboro Ave.,Tuscaloosa, Al 35401. Current website tion. http://www.HewettsHoney.com. (Updated 01-09-2011) Wiregrass (Houston County): Roslyn Horton, Pres., 334-795-6201 home 334-790-2087 cell, [email protected]. Meet 7:00 P.M. The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 10 The Stinger 1260 Easley Bridge Rd. Oneonta, AL 35121-4110 Place Stamp April 2012 Here April 2012 NEWSLETTER OF THE ALABAMA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION March/April 2012 Vol. 25 No. 2 Inside This Issue Page 1 2012 Picnic May 19 Cullman County Fairgrounds Nolan Dooley with assistant at the grill at 2011 picnic at Cooter’s Pond in Prattville, Alabama
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