The Global Event
Calendar contains beekeeping activities not only in Florida,
but elsewhere. Many local events will no longer be found or
listed individually here on our main HOME PAGE, but may be
available on the EVENTS and CALENDAR
page and/or under each applicable local association on our LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS page.
For facts about out association, please visit our
WELCOME / ABOUT US page.
The 2010 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments
Program (SURE) signup is currently underway and the signup deadline is
June 1, 2012. Those with a 10% loss of production due to a natural
disaster may be eligible for benefits.
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.
SB 1132 grants the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services exclusive authority to regulate and
permit beekeeping.
Honey Bee
Technical Council
The 2011 Florida
Statutes
586.161 states, "The honeybee technical council is
created in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
and shall be composed of seven members to be appointed by the
Commissioner of Agriculture...read
more"
If interested in being a
member of the Honeybee Technical Council, then please
DOWNLOAD
APPOINTMENT FORM
and submit in order to be considered for appointment by the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Registration is now open for the
5th Annual University of Florida
Bee College Program
Friday and Saturday March 9th & 10th, 2012
The Whitney Laboratory
for Marine Bioscience
9505 Ocean Shore Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32080-8610
Local Association Display Table
at the Bee College
The Honey
Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL) will be
hosting a local club display table at the Bee College in the
back of the banquet hall so that each club may advertise
(their meetings, events, etc.), showcase pictures, and
distribute brochures, etc. This year there will be an improved
version of the wonderful map of Florida showing where each bee
club is located, it will be very similar to the one on the
Local Association page of the FSBA webpage.
Please make sure your club participates in this display
and takes advantage of this opportunity to showcase your club.
Contact Elaine Suber [misselaineous@comcast.net] 614 Truett
Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32303, phone: 850-443-1055, to
coordinate your local association's display. It would be best
if a club representative, even if they are not attending the
Bee College, send Elaine some materials to display ahead of
time. There is no need for any local members to tend to the
table, Elaine and Jeannette Klopchin will handle the set-up.
The display is designed to be self-serve.
Recipe from the kitchen of Chris Stalder of the
OBBA
FSBA Budget 2011 - 2012
6301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33415
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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.
The Florida Beekeeper (NEWSLETTER)
January 2012 Edition
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):
Thanks to friend and fellow Florida
beekeeper, Robert Jackson, for creating the following labels
which you can print using Avery labels 8167 (peel and stick
return address labels). Bob notes that these are 11 point
font. 1 point larger than required by the cottage food bill.
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.
Thanks for watching the video.
Feast or Famine
Video
State Wants Bee Regulations Gone
Florida may soon tell local
governments that they can no longer place restrictions on beekeepers.
Local ordinances have cropped up as the number of beekeepers has tripled,
and industry experts say local ordinances are actually putting local
residents at risk of dangerous bee stings...
read the whole story
State May Ban Local Bee Laws ~ The Miami Harold
Local governments would no longer have the right to
restrict beekeeping... the city of Sarasota and other well-intentioned
local governments banned beekeeping, which has led to an influx of the
more aggressive Africanized bees...read
more
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