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Florida State Beekeepers Association Convention, October 31
and November 1, 2008 in Gainesville at the Florida Farm Bureau Federation.
Detail will be forthcoming soon.
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A Calendar of events has been
established for beekeeping activities in the state of Florida. They
will no longer be listed individually on the home page as previously. Routinely consult this
official calendar to find out
what is going on in the state and send items to include on it to the Calendar
Master.
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Analysis by Nancy Gentry Northeast Florida Honey Bee
Association of the standard
of identity of honey, as proposed at the 2008 National Beekeeping
Conference in Sacramento, California. Expect to see more about this
situation as the year continues.
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Membership Discussion: A dialogue on association
membership is continuing. A background
on this important issue from the standpoint of the effort by others informs the
conversation. Let us hear from you.
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BEEKEEPING SURVEY:
David Webb has posted a survey
for folks to fill out concerning their beekeeping practices. Please take a
close look at this document, fill it out, and return it to David (see Officer's
button).
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BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES:
The Chief Apiarist, Jerry Hayes, has issued the following
notice:
We have just had approved the Beekeeper Compliance
Agreement, "Best Management Practices for
Maintaining European Honey Bee Colonies" and the separate Beekeeper
Compliance Agreement "Best
Management Practices for Producing Honey Bee Queens in Florida".
As directed by the Honey Bee Technical Council these have
been produced and are now available to all registered Florida Beekeepers through
our office.
We appreciate the opportunity to work with the Florida
Beekeeping Industry to help educate the public about the importance of Florida
Registered Beekeepers during the spread of Africanized Honey Bees in our state.
These compliance agreements are available to all registered Florida Beekeepers
and are completely voluntary in nature. They should provide another tool to
protect the strength and health of the Beekeeping Industry in our great state.
Please share this information with the membership of the
Florida State Beekeepers Association at your earliest convenience and direct any
questions to my office at (352) 372-3505 extension 114 or 421.
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Facts About the Association:
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The Florida State Beekeepers
Association has a distinguished history.
Its mission
is dedicated to keeping Florida apiculture strong and healthy in the
new millennium. The Association is the major lobbying force for the state's
beekeeping industry and works with the University of Florida's Institute
of Food, Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), Florida Farm
Bureau and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Division of Plant
Industry's Apiary Inspection program,
through which all honey bee colonies in Florida are required to be registered
by law.
The Association also provides an exhibit each
year at Florida's State Fair in Tampa.
For the latest on this
Association's activities, see the calendar http://my.calendars.net/fsba/.
This website
complements the Association's other activities, which are governed through
a constitution and bylaws, and include a
quarterly newsletter and electronic discussion list, periodic meetings by
the governing body, the Board of Managers, and the membership as a whole,
which meets in convention once a year to help set policy and approve a budget.
The lifeblood of the Association
has traditionally been its affiliation and ultimate governance by local
associations, each appointing a delegate to represent it in
deliberations at the state level. The Associations also recruit members. There are
three kinds of membership: 1) dues-paying yearly
(valid November 1 through October 31) for $15 and 2) lifetime through
donating to the Conrad Cramer Memorial Apiary, which provides additional
financial resources for Association activities, and Extra Milers,
contributing the equivalent or more of an additional life membership.
Only members (see brochure)
receive the quarterly paper newsletter, The Florida Beekeeper.
Membership privileges include a discount
to the two major U.S. beekeeping journals, Bee
Culture, American Bee Journal
and southeast's apicultural newspaper, The Speedy Bee. Just
mention you are a member when subscribing.
We hope you enjoy this website.
Please contact any of the officers or
representatives with suggestions on how it and the Florida State
Beekeepers Association might serve you better. Malcolm T. Sanford, Executive Secretary.
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