The ISBA Spring Meeting will be held March 3, 2012 at the SonRise Retreat Center in Anderson, Indiana.

On-site, over-night accomodations will be available for those that want to drive up Friday evening.

Watch this space for updates on guest speakers and agenda.

The Indiana queen project was developed to provide Indiana beekeepers with northern-bred stocks that are tolerant to tracheal and varroa mites. This project will benefit beekeepers who adopt this as well as nearby beekeeping operations, by preventing the spread of mite-infested bees.

We expect to raise approximately 2000 queens and or cells for distribution to Indiana beekeepers as a result of this project. To accomplish this goal the Indiana queen project will make breeder queens available to interested beekeepers, we would also like other queen stock raised in Indiana to be tested for use in the project.

As part of the project we will document how many queens are distributed and many beekeepers receive them. Additionally there might be some equipment available.

For this project to be successful we are asking involvement from all Indiana bee clubs and interested beekeepers. The Indiana queen project will require key personnel to set up, organize, and track the project.

We will need queen cell producers, queen producers, breeder queen producers, artificial insemination, selection, screening, and diversity personnel. Others needed will be a Director, a Manager, regional club contacts, regional production personnel, and beekeeper training personnel.

For more information please come back to this web site or contact Dave Shenefield.

The Indiana State Beekeepers Association (ISBA) holds a beekeeping school in conjunction with the annual Fall conference, and, the annual Spring meeting. If you are interested in keeping honeybees or if you are just interested in learning more about this amazing creature, this school is for you.

The school will cover everything from hive placement, to life inside the hive, to honey production and extraction and much, much more. There will be observation hives and standard hives on site (weather permitting) as well as beekeeping equipment for demonstration purposes and vendors who can supply all your beekeeping needs.

The ISBA Beekeeping School is a comprehensive beginners program that will offer continuing support though the www.indianastatebeekeepers.org web site as well as field clinics and programs for beginners at future ISBA meetings.

This program will offer the most updated and relevant information on how to maintain strong healthy colonies.

Have you renewed your membership yet, or, want to join?

If you have not renewed your membership please take the time to renew today.

If you are not a member we encourage anyone who has an interest in beekeeping or related areas to join.

If you are unsure when your membership expires, or for new memberships, contact Shellie at lkemerly@tds.net, or call 317-539-7697 or download the below form and mail your membership info and dues.

The ISBA Locator database is built and maintained by the Indiana State Beekeepers Association as a service both to honey consumers and to beekeeping suppliers who support the ISBA with their membership.

It is a database of honey producers, and packers that have requested their inclusion in this database by completing an application. For specific details concerning eligibility for an ISBA Locator database listing, please contact Larry Kemerly.

• The site serves honey consumers by giving them a unique way to find local honey suppliers by different criteria, especially by the type and kind of honey they would like to purchase.
• The site serves suppliers by providing them with a place to publish their information and promote their beekeeping products and beekeeping services.