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MINUTES
Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association
September 13, 2007
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The Tampa Bay Beekeepers Association monthly meeting came to order on Thursday, September 13, 2007, 7:30 pm at the Hillsborough County Extension Office meeting hall. Treasurer Jane Hall presided. There were numerous guests. Approximate number of attendees: 57. Alton and Bobby Wheeler and Rob Messineo provided the refreshments. Door prizes provided by Bert Kelly, and Dwight and Nell Aman.
Jane announced the 50/50 raffle that began this meeting.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Vetaley Shoshenko, ND, PhD was introduced by Rob Messineo. Dr. Shoshenko spoke on the hive as a medicine chest. He works with the American Apitherapy Society, worked as a commercial beekeeper for 7 years in the U.S. He began with bees in 1963 in the Ukraine. Dr. Shoshenko emphasized that naturopathy is based on the idea that each individual is responsible for their own health and knows their own body the best. Bee Pollen has been identified as ‘nature’s perfect food’ and a good source of energy containing vitamins, proteins, free amino acids, antibiotic like substances and enzymes. It has been used to treat over 70 diseases from alcoholism to eye problems at doses from a maintance of 1-2 T. per day to up to 5 T. per day for acute problems. Pollen will spoil if left out so should be removed from a pollen collector after no more than a ˝ day. Royal Jelly is almost pure amino acids so must be taken in moderation but has been used for more severe and acute problems such as asthma, cancer, depression, and others. He also discussed bee stings, diluted venom, and propolis.
Announcements:
Mike Godwin was in an accident and is at St. Joseph’s
Jim Alderman is having surgery.
Club Apiary report: Supers were returned by from Bill Roberts after extraction. 28 hives were re-queened last month. This month’s work party will be ensuring all hives are supered. Re-queening the rest of the club hives will occur in October.
Old Business:
Marked queens will be provided by John Keating in October.
State association meeting is November 1-3 in Winter Haven. Registered beekeepers will be receiving a registration form in the mail.
Reminder: The October 11th meeting will be held in the old meeting hall due to a schedule conflict.
New Business:
Julie Nichols has one hive she would like to donate to the club. It needs to be moved to our apiary.
Ag in the classroom needs volunteers to show a hive, tools and wax and talk about beekeeping. The dates are October 23rd – November 1st from 9am to 1pm Monday - Thursday. It is at the state fairgrounds in Tampa. Todd Jameson will set up an observation hive and work the first two days. Need volunteers for the remaining days or this information will not be passed on to the kids! Must decide next meeting if we have enough volunteers. Motion passed to donate up to $300 to purchase wax for the event.
Next month – officer selection of President, vice-president, and secretary. Jane Hall will stay on as treasurer.
Membership dues are being collected at this meeting or the October meeting.
Todd Jamison announced that 5 hives were for sale in Pinellas; see him for details if you are interested.
Special thanks to Rebecca Conroy for filling in as Secretary during the Hammonds’ absence.
Meeting adjourned at 9:45.
NEXT MEETING:
Thursday, October 11th , 2007, 7:30 p.m. at Hillsborough Extension office in the old meeting hall. Officer elections for President, Vice-president and Secretary. Alice Miller will bring the refreshments.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Amanda Ellis.
Also scheduled for upcoming meetings include Dr. Jaime Ellis in November with a video presentation by Todd Jameson on AHB.
Notes by R. Conroy
- Submitted by A. Hammond
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