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2006 American Beekeeping Federation Convention
Jan. 11-14, 2006, Louisville, Kentucky
ABF Finalizing Plans for Louisville ConventionA tour to the Walter T. Kelley Co. and a Serious Sideliner Symposium will “book-end” the 2006 American Beekeeping Federation Convention. The convention is set for Jan. 11-14, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Louisville, Ky.
The bus tour to the Kelley plant — with lunch provided by the Kelley Co. — will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The buses will depart Louisville about 8 a.m. and return by 5 p.m. Pre-registration and a $25.00 transportation charge are required for this optional activity.
“We are pleased to be included in the ABF Convention activities,” says Kelley president Sarah Manion, “and are looking forward to hosting the tour and luncheon at our plant.”
The Serious Sideliner Symposium is aimed at those beekeepers who operate fewer than 300 colonies and who, while no longer hobbyists, are not fully supported by beekeeping-related income. The goal is to help them become better at what they are doing through new efficiencies (equipment, procedures), through expansion of product offerings (specialty honeys, propolis, beeswax items), and through offering new services (pollination, bee removal service).
Dr. Larry Connor of Wicwas Press, New Haven, Conn., is coordinating the Symposium. He has extensive experience working with smaller beekeepers, as well as in Beekeeping Extension and commercial queen breeding, and publishing. “This group of beekeepers is often neglected,” he says. “Not hobbyists but not full time either, they may be bringing in $500 or more dollars a week in extra family income in honey sales and pollination rentals. The region around Louisville, especially, is filled with these families.”
The Symposium will run concurrently with regular ABF programming, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, and Saturday, Jan. 14. The cost for the two days, including coffee breaks and admission to the ABF Trade Show and any portion of the regular program they wish to attend on Friday and Saturday is $95.00 with advance registration. Persons who register for the full four-day convention are welcome to attend any part of the Symposium on Friday and Saturday without additional charge.
The general convention begins on Wednesday morning and continues though Saturday evening. For a pre-registration packet with more details on the Kelley tour, the Sideliner Symposium, and other convention activities — plus the general convention program, contact the ABF Office, P.O. Box 1337, Jesup, GA 31598, ph. 912-427-4233, fax 912-427-8447, e-mail: info@ABFnet.org, or visit www.ABFnet.org.
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