Re "Dr. Richard Taylor, Trumansburg, Editor, Newsletter 1976"
yep, a member ship fee is a membership fee, and unless its $$ is scaled by
hive count a TF BYBK who just joined with 2 new packages in fixed comb
warre hives that will not see spring has the same vote as a 2k hive operator.
A lot more of the former then the later.
Groups only work when goals are aligned
Here we have the Colorado State Beekeepers Association, which despite its
1800s roots and as to Kristina Williams point of the state not consulting
them on changes, sorry they are not the stakeholder here. They chose to chase
membership fees and set up a franchise system for local clubs. So hobby house
wife (not an insult, that is the main growing market share here) took over
while the underfunded “Colorado Professional Beekeeping Association” the
real stake holders, struggle’s for member ship.
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From: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Pete B <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Apiary Inspection Programs
The conflict between commercial and sideliners had been ongoing for many decades, as evidenced by this:
EMPIRE STATE HONEY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
Editorial
It has become obvious to me that the most pressing need of this association right now is more new members and a larger role for those belonging to the hobbyist and sideliner class. The association has given too much attention to the purely commercial side of beekeeping, often at the expense of all the other aspects of beekeeping that are the source of so much enthusiasm and vitality on other beekeeping associations.
I have recently spoken at the state beekeepers associations of New Jersey, Ohio, Connecticut and Vermont, and found in all of them a degree of enthusiasm for all the aspects of beekeeping that far exceeds what is found in ours. The explanation seems to be the leadership provided by able and dedicated hobbyists and sideliners. Yet at our meetings I have been sorry to find that, though sideliners and hobbyists come to them, they are often ignored and do not feel themselves to be an important part of the association, even though one can see, in talking with them, that they have a very great deal to offer. It seems to me that they have not been given a great deal of inducement to keep coming, and we are thereby depriving ourselves of what could be a most valuable asset.
Dr. Richard Taylor, Trumansburg, Editor, Newsletter
1976
He resigned shortly thereafter and formed the "Finger Lakes Bee Club," which is still going strong. In fact, we had Tom Seeley speak at our recent meeting. You know, a local boy made good (wink).
Peter L Borst
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