November 10, 2018 -  ISBA Annual Fall Meeting -   Springfield IL

The 127th ISBA Annual Fall Meeting is on November 10, 2018.  The location is the Illinois Department of Agriculture Building auditorium on the Illinois State Fairgrounds (see the Google map the Summary of Events page on the website).

The focus is on queens, some methods on raising your own queens and how to ascertain if your colony is queen right or "wrong".

Speakers:
Dr. Dewey Caron -  Is your colony Queen Right or Queen Wrong and Keeping Resource Colonies
Tina Sebestyen, VP Colorado Beekeepers Association -  All About the Queen
Tim May, Commercial Beekeeper & President of the American Beekeeping Federation  - What ABF is doing for Beekeepers
Stu Jacobson - Illinois Queen Initiative - Rearing Queens​
 
An excerpt from one of the upcoming sessions at the fall meeting -  All About the Queen

"One of the funny things about beekeeping is the queen is the most important inhabitant of the hive, and we learn so little about her as we are beginning beekeeping.

For instance, why are some queens fat, and other are skinny?  Does it matter?  Or, you have a beautiful new queen, she lays a perfect brood pattern, and after just a couple of weeks, the bees start supercedure cells.  Why? Should you cut them out or allow them to kill your $50 queen? 

For that matter, why does the queen lay eggs in supercedure cells when it means her demise?  Have you ever wondered who decides it is time to swarm, the queen, or the workers? 

There are tricky questions like when to replace the queen, and when replacing her is the wrong thing to do. 

There are safe, and safer ways to introduce a new queen; you’ll learn clues to when one or the other method is needed. 

We’ll discuss these mysteries and many others at the Winter Meeting in just a few weeks.  Don’t miss it!"  

​In honor of all those who have served or are currently serving, any ISBA member which pre-registers and is a veteran or currently active in the United States military, will receive a complimentary lunch.  Just check the Veteran box on the registration form.

See the Illinois State Beekeepers website for complete information (registration form, agenda, map of location).   Either one of the below links should get you to the place for the additional information.

http://www.ilsba.com/

http://www.ilsba.com/summary-of-events.html

Respectfully in behalf of all the ISBA Officers and Directors

Steve Petrilli,  Membership Director
Illinois State Beekeepers Association

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