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