Western New York Honey Producers Association

Upcoming Meetings and Events

May 26, 2012  - (a Saturday) 9am - noon?

Visit Bob Brachmann's Bee Yard

Place: 7590 Maples Rd, Little Valley, off Rte. 219 Ellicottville

Fee: $10  Bring Bee Veil

Supplies Needed ? Must bring veil at a minimum but bring whatever else makes you
comfortable. If you do not have proper protection you will not be allowed to
participate even if you "always work bee's this way".

Topics:
 Beginners ? Beekeeper etiquette (what to burn, how much smoke, when to smoke,
etc.), approaching hives, opening, examining. The goal is to teach bee friendly
manners to beginners, help beginners gain a comfort level, introduction to working
in a beehive
Experienced ? making up losses, making increase, building resilience, raising
queens and making splits, grafting if time allows

Directions

August 4, 2012 (Saturday) 10am-2pm

WNY Honey Producers Annual picnic

Shelter #8 Akron Falls Park

Park location: http://nyfalls.com/akronfalls.html

Guest speaker: Leslie Eccles

About Leslie Eccles:

http://www.ontariobee.com/index.php?action=display&cat=51&v=71

and

Page 51 of: http://www.guelphorganicconf.ca/files/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2003-conference-proceedings.pdf

More details to follow

For questions, call Fred Thompson 716-773-4945

August 8 - August 19, 2012 - Erie County Fair WNYHPA Booth

As many of you are aware, the WNYHPA is going to have an informational booth at the Erie County Fair this year. The Erie County Fair is very excited and has agreed to supply us with admission passes and parking passes for anyone who volunteers to man the booth. The dates of the Fair are Wednesday, August 8, 2012, through Sunday, August 19, 2012. We have agreed to keep the booth open from 11:00 A.M. through 8:00 P.M. each day. Manning the booth simply means you are there to make sure enough informational materials are available for anyone interested, and to answer questions. If you do not have an answer for a particular question, there will be a clip board available to write down questions, the asker's name, and a contact email or phone number of that person. Somebody will then reply to the unanswered questions. For convenience sake, we have broken the booth hours down to three-hour shifts as follows:

11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.    2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.    5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

If a person can cover more than one shift in any given day, or a shift or shifts on multiple days, that would be great. We figure if we have more than one person who volunteers to cover the same shift, we can either ask people if they are available to take a different shift or we will keep multiple people on the shift because this booth will probably be a busy place.

If you can volunteer to man the booth, please notify Mike Baglio as to the day/days and shift/shifts you are available. You can email him at mandjbaglio@yahoo.com or call him at 716-997-6712. In advance, thank you so much for your support.

 

Association Profile

We are a not for profit association located in Western New York which includes regions as far East as Rochester, North to Lake Ontario, West to Lake Erie, and South to the Pennsylvania border.  Our association includes hobbyists as well as commercial bee keepers.  If you are interested in becoming a bee keeper please attend an upcoming meeting.

Snail Mail Address

WNYHPA Inc

PO Box 873

East Aurora, NY 14052

2012-2013 WNYHP, Inc. Officers

President –Steve Mead

Vice Pres. – Sean Meegan

Recording Secretary – Jennifer Baglio

Corresponding Secretary - Fred Thompson

Treasurer - Michael Baglio

Board of Directors and Terms

Bob Brachmann – 2012

Bob Davis – 2012

Thom Roach – 2013

Larry Cobado – 2013

Lewis Tandy – 2014

Peter Szewczuk – 2014

Alternate – Louis Ghise

Alternate – Ed Meadway

Committees

Refreshments – Fred Thompson

Door Prizes – Fred Thompson

Audit Committee – Jim Williams/Mary Goias

E-Newsletter Editor – Tommy Tupper (ttupper2010@gmail.com)

Website – Bob Davis (bdavis@wnyhpa.org)

Public Relations – Dave Reimers

Investments – Larry Cobado/Mary Goias

Constitution

Click here to view constitution

 

Contact Information

 

Telephone

FAX

Postal address

Western New York

Electronic mail

General Information:
Customer Support:
Webmaster: rsdavis_at_t-e_dot_com

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