On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Allen Dick wrote:
 
> Well, with all this talk about the upcoming ABF convention, I thought
> I might swing by.  Then I got out my ABJ and took a look.
>
> Seems the AHPA is having a convention too, in Memphis, starting on
> this Thursday, and it looks a whole lot more serious. They are
> meeting in conjunction with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the
> Professional Apiculturalists and The American bee Research
> Conference.  The AHPA has published their whole agenda, and it seems
> like a Who's Who of US beekeeping, with major topics scheduled every
> twenty minutes or so.
>
> Now the ABF does not even have their agenda published -- at least
> where I have come across it, and they make some vague references to
> topics, including tentative ones.  Some of them seem pretty
> amateurish to me at first glance in comparison.
 
 Hi Allen,  I would go to the first one, it looks like meat and potatos to
me. They did a very good job laying out there agenda.The speakers are some
of the best in the subject that they will be speaking on. Thats a real
plus. The people of the ABF are some of the top in the government , plus
some researchers outside of government.Boy , that first group has some
info that should help beekeepers. I wished that I could go to see the
first one myself.
 In fact I wished that we could get some feedback on the Bee-L or some
place on the meetings. I do think that both meetings will have
substance.Its the way they promoted and put together the first
meeting.They did a good job.
 I wished I was going , but it will be next year.You have a great time and
maybe you will get to both of them.It is hard to choose , because both
will have some good info.Talk about walking the fence.
 Best Regards
 Roy