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March 2017State Apiarist Dr. Tammy Horn Potter ● Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Ryan F. Quarles, Commissioner

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Hope Pettibon, the 2017 American Honey Princess, will visit Kentucky for six days beginning March 6, a tour ending with her appearance at the Bluegrass Beekeepers School March 11 at Kentucky State University.

She will also appear at the “Bee Friendly Frankfort” event sponsored by the Capitol Area Beekeepers Association.

During her visit, Hope will address the importance of honey bees to Kentucky agriculture, and how honey bees are key to everyone’s next meal. She will also share information about the many uses for honey, including how it is helpful throughout the home.

Hope has kept honey bees with her family since 2004 and has earned awards for her honey. Prior to being selected as American Honey Princess, Hope served as 2016 Texas Honey Queen.

Hope is a 2017 national traveling spokeswoman for the American Beekeeping Federation, an organization representing U.S. beekeepers and honey producers.

For information about Hope’s Kentucky visit, contact Marsha Bezold, Capitol Area Beekeepers Association,

(859) 753-4450 or at [email protected].

2017 Honey Princess to appearat Bluegrass Beekeeping School

2017 American Honey Princess Hope Pettibon is the 20-year-old daughter of Patrick and Christie Pettibon of McKinney, Texas. Currently attending college in south Texas, she has future aspirations to be a wilderness emergency medical technician.

A Honey for St. Patrick’s Day!This honey was collected in 2016 by a beekeeper who wants to remain anonymous. He said there are a lot of persimmon trees on the property near the beehives.

POLLEN REPORT % ASTERACEAE (ragweed-type) 5 2.3 ASTERACEAE (sunflower-type) 26 11.8 Celtis (hackberry) 53 24.1 Diospyros (persimmon) 3 1.4 Juglans (walnut) 1 0.5 Ligustrum (privet) 2 0.9 Phacelia (scorpion weed) 0 0.0 Pinus (pine) 1 0.5 Primula (primrose) 0 0.0 RANUNCULACEAE (buttercups) 2 0.9 RHAMNACEAE (buckthorn) 8 3.6 Rhus/Toxicodendron (sumac, poison ivy) 5 2.3 ROSACEAE (rose family) 6 2.7 Trifolium/Melilotus (clover) 11 5.0 Ulmus (elm) 93 42.3 Other 4 1.8 Unknown pollen 0 0.0 TOTALS 220 100.0


MARCH● March 4: Audubon Beekeepers Bee

School, Henderson County Cooperative Extension Expo Center, 3341 Zion Road, Henderson. Speaker, Debbie Seib, President, Heartland Apiculture Society. Pre-registration, $15 for adults. $5 for 12 and younger. Lunch included. Registration at the door, $20. Registration 8:00 a.m. CST, classes begin at 8:30.

More: Larry Stone, (270) 339-7245; Jan Powell, (270) 860-2942; or visit audubonbeekeepersassociation.com.

● March 4: Kelley’s Beekeeping 101 Course, 807 W. Main St, Clarkson. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. CST. Morning and afternoon breaks and one-hour lunch (restaurants within driving distance). $31.80 per person. Class limited to 50. If weather permits, a live inspection of an active hive.

Pre-registration: (800) 233-2899.

● March 4: Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders Association, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, 109 Corporate Drive Complex, Frankfort. Guest speakers: Dwight Wells, Heartland Bee Breeders Association (topic: “mite-biter” queens at Purdue University), and Tom Webster, Kentucky State University (topic: microscopy unit). 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EST. Open to members. Membership fee of $100 can be paid at the door or mailed to treasurer Joe Taylor, P.O. Box 234, Leitchfield, KY 42755. More: Dorothey Morgan, [email protected], (606) 801-1491.

● March 11: Bluegrass Beekeepers School, Kentucky State University, Frankfort. Registration 8 a.m. EST; sessions 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Pre-registration $25 per adult, $10 high school age and younger. At-door registration $35 per adult, $15 for high school and younger.

2017 American Honey Princess Hope Pettibon will speak to schools in the days prior to the school, and the Capitol City Beekeepers Association will have a list of “Bee Friendly Frankfort” events for attendees who come in prior to the school. Also, admission fees will be waived for veterinarians who wish to attend Dr. Tammy Horn Potter’s afternoon classes on the Veterinary Feed Directive and Bee Diseases. These start at 1 p.m. ,and Dr. Potter will be glad to sign Continuing Education papers if you bring them.

Registration form and information: bluegrassbeekeepers.com, Phil Clark, (859) 492-9910, or [email protected].

● March 18: KSBA Spring Meet, Franks Building, Boyd Co. Fairgrounds, 1768 Addington Rd., Ashland. Registration 7:30 a.m. EDT, program 8:45. Free to members; yearly membership $15 per person. Lunch provided. Gabe Blatt, West Virginia Heartland Queen

Bee Breeders, will speak on swarm prevention, splits and spring hive management. Stephanie Tarwater, Tennessee inspector and certified authority on Africanized honey bee identification, will illustrate honey bee diseases and maladies with photos. Dr. Tammy Horn Potter, Kentucky state apiarist, will discuss the beekeeping and antibiotic aspects of the Veterinary Feed Directive. Main area hotels are Hampton Inn and Fairfield Inn.

Caution: Google directions may be unreliable. For directions, visit boyd.ca.uky.edu (Boyd County Cooperative Extension website).

Also, an online map is at google.com/maps/ @38.3804321,-82.7226268,14.25z.

● March 18: Dadants Beekeeping Workshop, Best Western Hotel, 80 Chenault Road, Frankfort, KY 40601. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT. $45 single registrants, $68 couples.

Contact Clay Guthrie to pre-register at (502) 848-0000.

● March 18: Kelley’s Beekeeping 201 Course, 807 W. Main St, Clarkson, 9 a.m. CDT, ends around 3:00 p.m. This class is the follow-up to Beekeeping 101. There will be a morning and afternoon break and a one-hour lunch break (restaurants are within reasonable driving distance). The fee for this class is $31.80 per person and class size is limited to 50 people.

Call 1-800-233-2899 to pre-register.

APRIL● April 7-8: Queen Production Workshop,

Dwight Wells, Heartland Bee Breeders Cooperative. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $75 to cover supplies. There are several hotels in Somerset.

Pulaski County Extension Office, 28 Parkway Dr., Somerset. Dorothey Morgan, [email protected] (606) 871-7300.

● April 12-15: Field Workshop, Kent Williams Apiary. 580 State Route 385-North, Wingo (Graves Co.), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CDT. Each day similar in content. Lunch, snacks, and drinks provided. No cost for the school; donations accepted for cost of food. Children and spouses welcome. Lodging available in Murray and Mayfield, or primitive camping is welcomed on the Williams farm.

MAy● May 19-20: Kentucky State University

Queen Production Workshop, Jenny Wiley State Park, Prestonsburg. Limited seating, registration required. Dr. Tammy Horn Potter and Doug Potter, coordinators.

Laura Rogers, KSU Small Farm Area Agent, (606) 344-0712. Email [email protected]/

Beekeeping Education Events


These veterinarians will help local beekeepersarrange VFD compliance

Blair, Craig, DVM Clays Mill Veterinary Clinic 625 Delzan Place Lexington, KY 40503Email: [email protected]: (859) 806-3398

Note: Dr. Blair prefers direct personal texts or emails rather than phone calls to staff.

Davis, Daniel, DVM Florence Veterinary Hospital 8113 U.S. Highway 42 Florence, KY 41042Email: [email protected]: (859) 371-6501

Fitzpatrick, Dena, DVM SpecialPets Health Care 207 Frost Avenue Bardstown, KY 40004Clinic: (502) 348-6040 Mobile: (270) 485-1096Email: [email protected]

McGrath, Vicky Owens, DVM All Creatures Animal Hospital 942 Lovers Lane Bowling Green, KY 42103Email: [email protected]: (270) 392-0734

Note: Dr. McGrath’s husband, Pat McGrath, DVM, is also a veterinarian and is willing to be contacted.

Mangin, Jonathan, DVM Frankfort Vet Clinic 715 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40601Email: [email protected]: (502) 223-7277

Wonderlich, Ryan, DVM Wonderlich Veterinary Service 2474 Shelbyville Road Shelbyville, KY 40065Email: [email protected] Phone: (502) 633-3231

Fence out hungry bears in advanceBears have been an increasing problem for eastern Kentucky for a number of years, and now, because their population has increased in recent years, they are beginning to expand their territories into more urban places such as Richmond and Harrodsburg.

Especially as bears come out of winter hibernation, they find bee brood, rich in protein, particularly attractive.

The best approach to protecting your beehives is to put a fence up before bears discover your apiary site. With some pre-planning, you can protect your apiary with a bear-proof fence costing $500 to $1,500.

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife has a couple of resources. For non-emergency assistance with “repeat visitors,” beekeepers may call the following number: (800) 25-ALERT. This is a 24-hour assistance line. The Bear Program Coordinator is John Hast. If you have a particularly troublesome bear, contact him at #1 Sportsman’s Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601.

John Hast: (800) 858-1549 ext. 4533; cell (502) 330-5125. Email [email protected].

This bear-proof fence was designed by Jerome Blankenship, Pike County Beekeepers Association. Templates for constructing a bear-proof fence can be accessed via a PowerPoint by Landi Simone (EAS Master Beekeeper Director), at easternapiculture.org/addons/2013/Simone/BearFence.pdf.

“This hive isn’t big enough for both of us, sister ... ”

Beekeeper Brandon Sutton, Sutton Honey Farms, Lancaster, shares this shot of a double-queened hive he recently discovered. Look out when they meet! (Brandon Sutton photo)


State Apiarist’s Report State Apiarist’s schedule● Sampling returns: I will resume taking bee

samples from volunteers for the 2016 USDA-APHIS Honey Bee Health Survey in March. Please understand that I may be in the field on Mondays and Tuesdays, weather permitting, and not be immediately available. Feel free to email me as I generally check email during evenings.

● March 4: Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders Association. (See Education Events for details.)

● March 6: Breathitt County Cooperative Extension Office. 1155 Main St., Jackson.

● March 11: Bluegrass Beekeepers School. (See Education Events for details.)

● March 13-17: My spring break.● March 18: KSBA Spring Meet. (See

Education Events for details.)● March 27: Celebrating Women in

Beekeeping. Woodford County Public Library, 115 N. Main St, Versailles, 6:30-7:30 p.m. EDT.

● March 30: Friends of Boone County Arboretum fundraiser. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT, Boone County Cooperative Extension Office. Tickets are sold out.

By Dr. Tammy Horn PotterThe first travel-related case of the Zika virus appeared in Kentucky during March 2016. Be proactive and drain all standing pools of water or containers that may hold water, no matter how small. It takes only an ounce of water for mosquitos to breed.

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s (KDA’s) Division of Environmental Services will begin spraying again. Their crews are all on flex-time. They do not start mosquito control until 8 p.m. and are required to finish by 4 a.m.

The product they spray is Duet Dual-Action Adulticide, made from synthetic versions of naturally occurring compounds. In terms of amount, the KDA uses only about an ounce per acre (an acre is about the size of a football field). Not all counties have treatments made by the KDA.

More information at this University of Kentucky website: http://pest.ca.uky.edu/EXT/ZIKA/1kyzika.html.

* * *Plans are progressing well for the Eastern Apicultural Society’s EAS 2017 conference and workshops July 31 - Aug. 4 at the University of Delaware.

The two-day Short Course workshops feature beginner, intermediate and advanced instruction, along with specialty topics such as nucs, Varroa sampling and control, presented by apiary inspectors from six different states (including me), microscopy, and more. The three-day conference highlights beekeeping research presentations by Tom Seeley, Marla Spivak, Clarence Collison, Jim Tew, Michael Palmer, Jennifer Berry, USDA’s Jay Evans, and local and regional beekeepers.

Social activities will include “Bee Jeopardy”with Howland Blackiston (author of Beekeeping for Dummies),

A committed young beekeeperwho plans an apiculture-related career

can earn a scholarshipto the EAS conference.

Deadline is April 1 for application, essay, and recommendation letters.

...... see pages 7-9

“Dancing With The Bees” orchestrated by Cliff Sunflower, the Honey Show, Honey Exchange, and EAS Beeyard.

Also, many Kentucky beekeepers ask me about EAS Master Beekeeping Certification. EAS offers a series of exams the entire week. Most candidates need five years’ experience and a “sponsor” who vouches that the candidate is ready for exams.

All these events happen in one convenient location at the Conference Center. Registration will begin on the EAS website in April. In the meantime, contact me at [email protected] with any questions. See you there!

EAS is an international nonprofit educational organization founded in 1955 for the promotion of bee culture, education of beekeepers, certification of Master Beekeepers, and excellence in bee research. EAS is the largest noncommercial beekeeping organization in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

View the short course and conference schedules on the EAS website, easternapiculture.com.

For more information about the Master Beekeepers program, visit easternapiculture.org/master-beekeepers.html


By Chris Aldridge Kentucky Agricultural News

WARSAW - There’s nothing new about creamed honey. The first method for producing it was patented in the U.S. in 1935. But Crigger Farm, a Kentucky Proud agribusiness in Gallatin County, has added a new twist.

“Creamed honey has always been around, but we didn’t see many flavored cream honeys,” said owner/beekeeper Keith Crigger. “We started flavoring it, and it turned out real good.”

Crigger Farm sells creamed honey in seven f lavors: original, cinnamon, ginger, lavender, orange spice, pecan, and its best-selling flavor, bourbon.

“We had done some honey bourbon balls that were pretty popular,” Crigger said, explaining that he mostly uses bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, although recent batches have also used Elijah Craig bourbon from Bardstown. “We experimented with different bourbons, and Buffalo Trace worked real good for us,” he added.

Crigger Farm’s website suggests drizzling their bourbon honey over hot biscuits, slathering it on warm pancakes, adding some pizazz to morning oatmeal or yogurt, spicing up coffee or tea, or using it as a glaze on a favorite dish.

Another popular product is Crigger Farm’s Peanut Butter & Honey Fluff, which includes a swirl of marshmallow crème.

Raw honey still sells best Raw local honey remains Crigger Farm’s best seller on

the shelves of about 40 retail stores statewide, including The Friendly Market, a Kentucky Proud member in Florence, and four farmers’ markets each week in Boone County, Fort Thomas, Owen County, and Cincinnati’s Findlay Market.

Crigger said his father, Jim “Pappaw” Crigger, is the inspiration behind his honey business.

“My dad was a beekeeper, and I helped him as a kid, so I was around it a lot,” Keith said. “After he passed, we [Keith and his wife, Lori] picked it up and kept it going.”

Keith personally manages about 50 beehives at eight locations in northern Kentucky. He does not chemically treat the hives, and they are not placed on any property where chemicals, pesticides, or herbicides are used, to ensure the most natural honey possible.

Some of the beehives are placed on two Kentucky Proud

Crigger Farm’s bourbon creamed honey

Two great Kentucky tastes that taste great together

farms, Merrell Family Farm near Hebron and Moore’s Farm near Burlington, to help pollinate their crops.

“In a decent year, we can get about 100 pounds of honey per hive, but it varies,” he said. “We also partner with other local beekeepers to meet demand for local honey. We process, bottle, and ship all of the honey from our commercial kitchen.”

Coarsely filtered, for healthKeith said Crigger Farm’s honey is coarsely filtered and

is never warmed to a temperature higher than what it was naturally in the hive.

“We don’t filter the particles out,” Keith said. “We leave the small pieces of pollen and honeycomb that are in honey naturally. That gives you the health benefits of local honey. A lot of big outfits filter all that out and heat it up as well, because that keeps their honey from crystallizing, which gives it a longer shelf life.”

Keith said the Kentucky Proud marketing program has helped his business in a number of ways. “We have attended training seminars that were very helpful in starting and expanding our business,” he said.

“We also use a number of Kentucky Proud marketing materials, and I think just being able to display the Kentucky Proud logo on our products and materials helps elevate our company in potential customers’ eyes. Also, being a member of the Kentucky Proud organization has allowed us to participate in sponsored events.”

For more on Crigger Farm, or to shop for its honey products, go to criggerfarm.com.

Join Kentucky Proud at kyproud.com.

Lori and Keith Crigger dip into their bourbon creamed honey.


The Pollinator Stewardship Council offers support to leaders across the U.S. who want to serve as the non-profit board

of directors of a beekeepers’ association. Michele Colopy’s columns in Bee Culture

magazine point the way.

So many counties are excited about beekeeping that new clubs are forming every month. For that reason, I’d like to call people’s attention to the services provided by the Pollinator Stewardship Council.

Michele Colopy has written a series of columns specifically for bee associations, addressing the changing times (i.e., grants), and also the fundamentals of a good financial plan. These columns, originally published in Bee Culture magazine, address bee club administrative topics from choosing your board members at start-up to gaining the financial savvy to manage grants.

Colopy will attend the Bluegrass Beekeepers School in Frankfort March 11. Her email is [email protected].

The Pollinator Stewardship Council website says, “If you are considering becoming a non-profit, feel free to contact the Pollinator Stewardship Council. We assist our members with non-profit development, helping you decide if you should or should not become a non-profit. We also will be a fiscal agent for bee club members and pollinator partner members for your projects.”

Read the articles at the following links:

● Developmental stages of non-profit bee clubs

Is your non-profit wearing coveralls, shirtsleeves, blue suit, or black tie?

beeculture.com/the-pollinator-stewardship-council- developmental-stages-of-nonprofit-bee-clubs/

● How to be a professional bee club

The Board must evaluate and assess the organization to ensure it is meeting its mission, and its programs are serving the membership.

beeculture.com/pollinator-stewardship-council/

Not your grandfather’s beekeeping club!

● How to start a non-profit bee club - Part 1

Ask yourself why you want to start a non-profit - there are good and not-so-good reasons. Investigate halfway steps with other groups before taking the total plunge.

beeculture.com/how-to-start- a-nonprofit-bee-club-part-1/

● How to start a non-profit bee club - Part 2

The focus of a nonprofit is the mission. Personal agendas will destroy a nonprofit faster than a Varroa mite crawling out of a cell.

beeculture.com/how-to-start-a-nonprofit-bee-club-part-2/

● Board member roles and responsibilities

An active and engaged board helps a successful group remain relevant and healthy. The lack of such members can doom a non-profit.

beeculture.com/pollinator-stewardship-council-2/

● Ten ways to break a bee club, and how not to

Financial hanky-panky, personal conversion of club funds, and defective leadership succession are three common paths to bee club failure.

beeculture.com/10-ways-to-fail-and-how-not-to/

● Financial literacy for beekeepers

Treasurers of bee clubs need four key skills, musts perform adequately in eight areas of responsibility — and must never let other board members get away with only pretending to understand the Annual Report.

beeculture.com/financial-literacy-beekeepers/

● Grant management for bee clubs

Grants are not “free money” a nonprofit can use for just anything. Grants must be used for the purpose described in the grant application, and nothing else.

beeculture.com/the-pollinator-stewardship-council-2


Beekeeping public educationaward nominations due April 1Nominations for the EAS Charles and Evelyn Divelbiss Education Award are due April 1 at EAS offices. The award is presented to a person or couple who has, over a period of years, reached out to the non-beekeeping public to explain the value of honey bees in our lives. The nominee does not need to be from your own state or province.

To nominate, write a letter outlining how the candidate has reached the general public, including groups such as schools, civic clubs, community organizations, media interviews, and exhibits at county and state fairs.

Email nominations and letters of support to [email protected].

• This scholarship, sponsored by Mann Lake Ltd. and created and administered by the EAS Master Beekeepers, was established to encourage a worthy young individual to pursue an interest in honey bees and beekeeping. The Scholarship will provide the waiver of registration fees by EAS for the short course and the main conference, and up to $1,000 to the successful candidate to offset other conference expenses.

• EAS will waive the scholarship recipient’s registration fees for both the short course and the main conference.

• Conference expenses such as standard on-site lodging and meals (including special social events, BBQs, and Friday night banquet, etc.) will be paid from the scholarship fund on behalf of the successful candidate.

• The scholarship will provide travel expenses up to $500, which may include airfare or mileage reimbursement. Travel expenses below $500 will be reimbursed at actual expense incurred.

• Travel expenses to and from the conference will be paid to the candidate following submission of receipts for travel such as airline vouchers or mileage. Travel expenses will be reimbursed following receipt of documentation.

Scholarship Eligibility

• The candidate may be any young person between the ages of 18 and 25 who is a full-time student, or is not a full-time student but is currently employed by a commercial or sideliner beekeeper and plans to pursue a career in apiculture. If the candidate is a veteran of any branch of the U.S. armed forces, the age limit is 30.

• The candidate must have been keeping bees for a minimum of one year by the time the conference for which the scholarship is requested begins.

• The candidate may have a beekeeping mentor, who can be a parent or other experienced adult, but the candidate must be primarily responsible for the care of his or her bees.

• The candidate must have participated in a local short course in beekeeping.

Scholarship Application

• Qualified candidates must complete an application form (next two pages) providing their basic contact information, brief beekeeping experience and education, and other relevant data.

• Candidates must provide letters of recommendation from at least two experienced beekeepers, preferably a mentor and another beekeeping individual familiar with the candidate’s experience and qualifications. If possible, this individual should be a Master Beekeeper, state apiarist, educator or research/extension specialist in the home state of the candidate. These letters of recommendation should be sent directly by the person providing the recommendation to the Master Beekeeper Scholarship Committee.

Rules: Mann Lake EAS Master Beekeeper Scholarship

• Candidates must write an essay of no less than two, and no more than three, double-spaced typewritten pages describing their reasons for wanting to attend the EAS conference. The essay should also outline the candidate’s ambitions with respect to beekeeping, including both short- and long-term plans.

• Applications must be received by the Chairperson of the Master Beekeeper Scholarship Committee by April 1 of the year in which the applicant plans to attend the EAS conference.

Award Criteria • Preference will be given to candidates who, in the judgment of

the Scholarship Committee, are serious in their commitment to apiculture. For example, a serious candidate may be planning to pursue a career as a commercial beekeeper, an entomologist, a researcher in apiculture, a queen breeder, or similar profession. A dedicated hobbyist may also win the scholarship, but preference will be given to candidates planning to pursue a career in apiculture.

• The candidate must be an EAS member.

• The candidate must be of good character, responsible, hard-working and honest. It is expected that, while attending the conference, the successful candidate will behave in a responsible and respectful manner.

• Following the conference, the scholarship recipient will prepare an article for the EAS Journal of at least one column in length, or as indicated by the Journal editor, describing his or her experiences at the EAS conference. The article should include photographs and discuss how attending EAS has influenced the recipient’s beekeeping knowledge and post-conference experiences. The article should be submitted no later than six months following the end of the conference.


Mann Lake Eastern Apicultural Society Master Beekeeper Scholarship Application

Applicant Name: _______________________________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________________________

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City: ____________________________________ State: ___________ Zip Code: _____________

Date of Birth: ____________________________________ Citizenship: U.S. Canada

Email: _______________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone: _________________________________ Mobile phone: ______________________________

How and when did you get started keeping bees? ________________________________________________

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Tell us about your beekeeping experience (How many colonies do you have? Where you keep them? )

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Have you ever attended any beekeeping classes on basic or advanced topics? Please describe:

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Mann Lake Eastern Apicultural Society Master Beekeeper Scholarship Application Applicants should provide at least two letters of recommendation from experienced beekeepers that they know. These letters should preferably be written by a mentor and another beekeeping individual familiar with the applicant’s experience and qualifications. If possible, these recommendations should be provided by a Master Beekeeper, state apiarist, educator or research/extension specialist in the applicant’s home state. Individuals providing recommendations should send their letters directly to the Scholarship Committee at [email protected] or by mail to the address at the bottom of this page. These letters must be received no later than April 1.

Please list the individuals providing letters of recommendation on your behalf:

(1) Name: __________________________________________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________

Relationship to applicant: __________________________________________________

Experience in beekeeping: _________________________________________________

(2) Name: __________________________________________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________

Relationship to applicant: __________________________________________________

Experience in beekeeping: _________________________________________________

Please attach to this application an essay of two to three pages in length, typed and double-spaced, that describes your reasons for wanting to attend the EAS conference. You should also explain what your plans and goals are for future beekeeping activities, both in the short and long term.

_____________________________________________ _______________________ Applicant’s Signature Date

Submit this completed application, with your essay, to [email protected] or by mail to Brenda Kiessling, 10610 Hunters Valley Rd., Vienna, VA 22181.

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