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March 2, 2010 ... SCBA well represented at the Capital!
Terry Combs of Keyesport snapped this photo of SCBA members outside the Senate Agriculture and Conservation Committee chamber in the Illinois Capital in Springfield as the Senate committee prepared to discuss SB2959, introduced by Senator Luchtefeld in support of a Illinois beekeepers.
SCBA Members Left to Right: Butch Byerley, Ken Kloepper, Marvin Hahn, Ray Chapman, Larry Loveless, and Chuck Fugate.
Alfred Trost Auction - Beekeeping Equipment
ESTATE
AUCTION
Of
Alfred E. Trost
JUNE 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM
626 EVANSVILLE AVE., WATERLOO, IL.
CLOTHING: Gloves, Veils, Bee Suits
TOOLS: Hive tools, Smokers , Electric Decapping Knife with built in thermostat
CONTAINERS: 5 gallon Buckets (60#) with White Plastic Lids
JARS Glass: Queenline/metal white lids 8oz , Round/ white metal lid 1 lbs, Square/ white metal lids 2 ˝ LB, Beehive shaped with lids ˝ LB, Round plastic with lids 8 oz.
COMB and Cream Honey Containers
HIVE ACCESSORIES: Entrance Feeder, Metal Covers, Masonite Inner Liners, Metal Rabbets L-shaped, spacers , Hive Staples , Strapping, Hive Tags, Wire Mesh, Frame Wire
QUEEN EQUIPMENT: Wood Bound Excluders, Queen cages, Cell cups, Queen cell protectors, Queen / Drone Traps
FOUNDATION, Crimped wire, Wired with hooks, Thin Surplus, Section wax, Shallow cut comb
FRAME materials : Section dividers, separators, section super parts
HONEY HANDLING Products: Stainless double sieve, nylon strainer material, stainless tubs
REFRACTOMETER
OBSEVATION HIVE
MAGAZINES: 1975-1980 Gleenings
CHEMICALS
Valve to wash pesticide container
ANTIQUE and COLLECTABLES: honey jars, Gleenings Magazine and 1st issue bee stamps
Dark Honey
Wax and Art Wax
March 26th, 2010 ... SCBA to help Boy Scout !
SCBA Request...
At the March 26th meeting, ... Terry Combs of Keyesport made a heartfelt request that the members of the St. Clair Beekeepers Association and the general public as well support a young Boy Scout (Christopher Stowell) from Oklahoma as he attempts to have the Boy Scouts of America reinstate the beekeeping merit badge which was discontinued in 1995. To support Chris, please follow this link... Beekeeping Merit Badge! It will only take a few moments of your time and Terry and the members of the SCBA thank you!
February 4th, 2010 Press Release !
For Immediate Release
ISBA Applauds Senator Luechtefeld's Introduction of SB 2959
Contact: Mike Sabo (618) 458-7745
February 4, 2010, Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Beekeepers Association (ISBA) today announced its support for Senator Dave Luechtefeld's (R-Okawville) introduction of SB 2959 to recognize raw, unadulterated honey as an agricultural commodity. Further, SB 2959 will amend the Sanitary Food Preparation Act to ease regulation on hobby beekeepers who wish to sell their honey direct to consumers.
Last Fall, the Illinois State Beekeepers Association adopted a resolution calling upon the State of Illinois to acknowledge the unique properties of honey and to assist in eliminating burdensome regulations upon Illinois beekeepers. Honey, in its pure and unadulterated form, is a healthy farm product possessing documented anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Hobbyist beekeepers in Illinois stand as a backstop in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other maladies that endanger honeybee populations. Illinois beekeepers are stewards of nature and, as honey purveyors, SB2959 will enable hobbyist beekeepers to continue practicing their craft, thus assuring those who perform the culinary arts access to a wholesome, fresh local product. SB 2959 will encourage Illinois economic networking between beekeepers and consumers at the local level. The bill will assure beekeepers the ability to maintain their bee colonies that serve an important role as pollinators to Illinois crops.
The Illinois State Beekeepers Association is very grateful to Senator Luechtefeld for championing this cause. Likewise, members of the Association express their gratitude to Steve Chard, Illinois Chief Apiary Inspector, for his support of the ISBA resolution.
The Illinois State Beekeepers Association requests the support of the citizens of Illinois and asks them to call upon their respective State Senators to support SB 2959.
PLEASE HELP NOW! Members and friends of The St. Clair Beekeepers Association, and citizens of Illinois, please contact your state senator and representative and ask them to co-sponsor and support SB2959 and HB6132. You may search for your Illinois Senator and Representative at http://www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx and contact information about your respective state senators and representatives at http://www.ilga.gov/
UPDATE on SB2959 & HB6132!
Friends,
The Illinois Senate Bill 2959 has now passed in both houses of the Illinois Legislature. It has shown remarkable support in both houses and is now being sent to Governor Quinn for his signature. Please take the time to contact Governor Quinn's office and ask that he please sign this bill into law when it reaches his desk! You may contact the Governor's office at :
SpringfieldOffice of the Governor |
ChicagoOffice of the Governor |
You may follow this link to see how the Senators voted on SB2959! and how the Representatives voted on SB2959!
The following links will allow you to monitor the status of the honey exemption bills as they passed through the Illinois Legislature.
Last, but not least, if you have any questions regarding these bills, please contact our ISBA resolution committee chairman, Mike Sabo, for answers and please take the time to thank Mike for all his efforts in working with the legislature in Springfield on this very important issue to citizens and beekeepers alike.
From the Fall meeting of the ISBA in Springfield...!
At the Fall meeting in November of the ISBA, the ISBA membership voted to create a committee that would draft a resolution to be presented in the Illinois legislature requesting that the IDPH coordinate with the ISBA to update and revise it's regulations concerning honey! The committee chairman is Mike Sabo and other volunteers serving on the committee include...
Jim Belli - ISBA Member from upstate Illinois
Bill Buckley - ISBA President
Steve Chard - IDOA Apiary Inspection Chief
John Hansen - ISBA Past President & Cook- DuPage Beekeepers member
Ken Kloepper - SCBA Director & Past President SCBA
Larry Krengel - ISBA Bulletin Editor
Rich Ramsey - ISBA Political Liason & LincolnLand Beekeepers Member
Update: This resolution has now been adopted by the ISBA!
Updates on pending Congressional bills that affect beekeepers !
Congress is currently considering legislation that would severely restrict local beekeepers from selling locally produced honey at farmer's markets and other small retail outlets.
This legislation, known as HR 2749 The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and other similar related bills will affect other small farmers as well who sell fruit, vegetables, jams and jelly's, eggs, dairy products, etc. at these local outlets.
On July 30th, 2009 this bill passed in the House and now is on it's way to becoming law. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has sponsored a related Senate bill known as S.510. For more information follow this link... S.510 and then call or write your representatives and senators and ask them to modify this bill. Currently these bills are being discussed by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Recently, I received a call from Lonnie Langley who indicated that he was able to reach one of the writers (in Senator Durbin's office) who was working on the S.510 bill. Apparently, there has been quite a bit of concern expressed by citizens regarding some of the fees and record keeping requirements associated with the House Bill HR 2749, and Lonnie was assured that many of the requirements in the House bill have been dropped from the Senate version sponsored by Senator Durbin in order to accommodate farmers and small food producers.
By forcing costly food processing facility registration fees and operational requirements on small food producers, only large industrial scale companies will be able to financially afford these! Ask your representative to make changes to the bill which will insure that small scale beekeepers will be able to compete as well.
All of this regulation is supposedly designed to make our food supply safe? Currently 60-70% of the honey sold in grocery stores in America is imported from countries such as China, Viet Nam, Argentina, Mexico and others. Beekeepers here in America are struggling to survive. For more information on this and other similar bills affecting beekeepers and all small farmers, check out this link ... Small Farm Bills.
Update on HR 2749... The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Latest Action: Aug 3, 2009: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Please ask your elected officials to help! Thank You
* New ... See Brenda Tracey's From the Bee Yard article.
The SCBA Iron-on Patches have arrived and nearly sold out the first night, but Brenda will be ordering more! They look great, and thanks to Brenda for following up on the Patch Project. I hope to see you sporting your new patches at upcoming meetings. Brenda may be reached at... my_honey_bee@yahoo.com
Brenda has also supplied the following instructions from the manufacturer on applying the patches to your favorite garment...
Iron-On Patch Secrets
In 10 Easy Steps
Instructions for the iron-on patches.
1. Do not use an ironing board and do not use steam! Use a table or counter top with a hard surface.
2. Set the iron on the cotton/linen setting. Allow time for the iron to get hot.
3. Place a terry cloth towel on the table or counter top. Place the garment on the towel.
4. Position the applique(s) on the garment.
5. Cover the applique(s) with a pressing cloth or a Teflon ironing sheet.
6. After making sure that the iron is hot, place the iron on the pressing cloth and applique(s), using very firm pressure. DO NOT move the iron.
7. Hold the pressure for 30 to 35 seconds. (40 to 45 seconds for heavy fabrics such as denim). The goal is to melt the adhesive on the back of the applique into the fabric of the garment.
8. Pick the iron up and repeat the process for any unheated areas.
9. Allow the applique(s) and the garment to cool. Turn the garment inside out and repeat the process.
10. DO NOT attempt to iron the applique(s) on garments that cannot accept the highest heat setting on an iron. For example: leather, silk or nylon.
Thanks again, Brenda for all your efforts... Ken
* New Web Page on this website! ... At the bottom of the list of links on the main page is a link to a new web page, "The Tradin' Post". This page is intended for use by the members of the St. Clair Beekeepers Association. If you would like to list some equipment or bee related items on this web page, please contact Ken Kloepper at kloepper@htc.net. Please check it out at The Tradin' Post!
Note: The SCBA reserves the right to list or edit only those ads deemed to be of interest to our members or to refuse to display any or all ads for any reason!
Are you considering the possibility of selling honey at a Farmer's Market?... Check out this link to Understanding Farmer's Market Rules.
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At the annual Holiday meeting in November, Bob Quick was presented with the 2008 St. Clair Beekeeper of the Year Award by President Ken Kloepper.
Bob Quick was selected as the St. Clair Beekeepers Association's " 2008 Beekeeper of the Year " by the board of directors of the SCBA. Each year, the Board of Directors searches for and selects a member who has worked hard to promote interest in beekeeping and deserves to be recognized for that effort. This year’s award winner has attended meetings regularly and acted as a true ambassador of beekeeping by encouraging many people to become beekeepers. He has opened his home and apiary to our members for meetings on a number of occasions and has worked tirelessly to promote beekeeping which is evidenced by the growing number of new members he has brought into the club. This year he demonstrated his dedication to helping new beekeepers by arranging to purchase a large quantity of used beekeeping equipment and then making it available to our members at a very reasonable cost. He is always friendly, outgoing, and willing to help in any way possible with putting on a program or teaching others what he has learned about bees over the years. Please join us in congratulating Bob on a job well done, and thank him for all the efforts he makes behind the scenes. Bob cares for his bees at his home near Edgewood, Illinois.
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