"The Official Organization for All Indiana Beekeepers"
A 501(c)(3) organization
The Beekeepers of Indiana
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Proposed By-Law Change was approved.
Would you like to know where you can buy honey in your local area? Click on 'Local Honey' or check out the 'Local Honey' page under 'Services'.
Speakers for Local Associations
Interested in speaking at other local associations? Have a specific area of beekeeping expertise and willing to share that knowledge with other beekeepers?
Many of our local clubs would like to hear what other clubs are doing, tips and tricks for keeping our honey bees alive and surviving through winter.
Perhaps you are passionate about Top Bar Hives, Warre Hives or just Live Hives and you'd like to share that passion with other beekeepers.
Send an email to chuckdailey@att.net, subject "Speaker List"
See our Education page for more information or to request someone to speak at your group.
You can renew your membership or join The Beekeepers of Indiana (TBoI) using PayPal as well as continue to mail them in. If you'd like to mail them, please note the address for sending in your dues.
The Beekeepers of Indiana
7784 N. Sanctuary Lane
Mooresville, IN 46158
Attn: Debbie Seib, Treasurer
The address label on your newsletter includes your dues expiration date.
For more information see the Membership tab on our website.
Want to know what is going on in the state? Click on the Meetings/Calendar link.
As a member of The Beekeepers of Indiana, you'll receive a quarterly newsletter. If you have changed your address and not notified us, your newsletter will end up in a dead letter file at the US postal service.
If you have moved, or will be at a different location and your mail is not forwarded, please contact us so you don't miss out on any important beekeeping events happening in Indiana. Contact Debbie Seib, the Treasurer for address changes.
2024 Bee School will be held on February 24th, 2024 at Horizon Convention Center in Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Judy Wu-Smart and Shelby Kittle will be our Guest Speakers. We'll also have a speaker from Dalan Animal Health to share with us the latest on the vaccine for American Foul Brood.
Dr. Judy Wu-Smart leads the Bee Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lab staff and students organize beekeeping workshops and field days, and answer questions about pollinator health and management. Her appointment is 65% extension and 35% research.
Shelby Kittle is a former Nebraska Youth Scholar (2014) and Honey Queen (2018). She currently helps manage roughly 100 colonies for research and teaching at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Bee Lab throughout the past 5 years. Shelby is now pursuing her Master’s degree at UNL and her research seeks to 1) better understand how beekeepers can improve overwintering success and 2) identify ways to stimulate comb production for culling old equipment and spring build up. Her goal is to provide information from her research that beekeepers can apply to make more informed management decisions in their own apiaries!
Click here for more information about our, location, speakers, topics, vendors, hotels and how to register.
2023 saw a record number of Honey Show Entries. Here are the winners.
Name |
Place |
|
Light Extracted Honey |
Kerry Werst |
1st |
Light Extracted Honey |
Dawson Dittmer |
2nd |
Light Extracted Honey |
Kris Bilyeu |
3rd |
Dark Extracted Honey |
Dave McComb |
1st |
Dark Extracted Honey |
Lori Hurst |
2nd |
Dark Extracted Honey |
Roslyn Dittmer |
3rd |
Chunk Honey |
Dave McComb |
1st |
Chunk Honey |
Dave Shenefield |
2nd |
Cut Comb Honey |
Dave McComb |
1st |
Cut Comb Honey |
Ella Wheeler |
2nd |
Cut Comb Honey |
Isaac Wheeler |
3rd |
Creamed Honey |
Dave McComb |
1st |
Creamed Honey |
Dave Shenefield |
2nd |
Creamed Honey |
Dean Swomley |
3rd |
Beeswax Candles |
Ethan Mitchell |
1st |
Beeswax Candles |
Dave McComb |
2nd |
Beeswax Candles |
Garry Reeves |
3rd |
Artistic Beeswax Candles |
Ethan Mitchell |
1st |
Artistic Beeswax Candles |
Dave McComb |
2nd |
Gift Basket |
Dave McComb |
1st |
Gift Basket |
Lori Hurst |
2nd |
SWARMS or CUTOUTS
Swarms are more prevalent in the Spring; however, anytime a hive is overcrowded they may swarm. What's the difference between a swarm and a cut out or trap out? See a short explanation below. If you need to find someone interested in removing swarms check out the Swarm Call List link below. If you have bees in a structure, check out the Cut Out List link below.
Swarms - a cluster of bees that have landed on a temporary location, usually a tree limb or fence.
Cut outs - hive of bees are in a structure; home, garage, etc.
Trap Outs- a hive is located inside a structure that prohibits the removal of any of the structure to get to the bees. This is the most time consuming and requires several trips to the location.
Here is a Swarm Call List of The Beekeepers of Indiana by county along with name and contact numbers.
Here is a Cut Out List of beekeepers in the The Beekeepers
of Indiana that will do cut outs. The list is by county along with name and contact numbers.
We are a 501(c)(3) organization.
Answers about The Beekeepers of Indiana:
E-mail Debbie Seib, 317-432-9578
The Beekeepers of Indiana
Copyright 2023, All rights reserved.
Send comments or questions about this website via e-mail to:
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