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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Swarm Removal List

Cutout Contact List

logo for Purdue Field Day, which includes a skep hive with a bee flying around it. The bee's flight path looks like half of a strand of DNA

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Beck Agricultural Center

4550 US 52

West Lafayette, IN 47906

Pre-registration fees (per person)

Adult TBoI member = $45.00

Adult TBoI non-member = $55.00

Youth= $20.00 (15 or under)

 

 
A flyer advertising Pollinator Day, Celebrating 10 years. Join us for the 10th annual Pollinator Day for family-friendly fun! Enjoy hands-on activities, games, crafts, local vendors, food trucks, native trees and seeds, and info-packed booths. Educational classes including "Hummingbirds: Our Beautifully Feathered Pollinators" by Marilee Burnside and "Bats: Nature's Nocturnal Helpers" by Brad Westrich (Indiana DNR). The event will take place Saturday April 26 from 10am to 3pm at Purdue Research Park, 3000 Technology Avenue, New Albany. The event is supported by Duke Energy and Purdue University.

Basic Grafting Class by the Central Indiana Beekeepers Association

A two-part grafting class will take place on May 3 and 10 in Indianapolis. More information can be found here.

If you are looking for specific information and can’t find it, please contact the TBoI Secretary.

The Beekeepers of Indiana (TBoI) is the official organization promoting beekeeping for all Indiana beekeepers.

NEWS

Honey Trade Bill

For over a year, ABF past-presidents Dave Hackenberg and Dave Mendes, along with ABF Board Member, Bret Adee, have been working with Congressman Steube and others on a Honey Trade Bill. On Friday, their hard work paid off as the Steube-Panetta honey trade bill was introduced in the House.

Here is the press release for Steube and Panetta’s version joined by Rep. Ezell. You can read the full bill text here.

This industry has been asking for years for this. And while it took a long time, decades actually, we knew it was important for our industry.

How important, you ask?

“As a commercial beekeeper from Montana and president of the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) a national organization representing beekeepers in all 50 states from hobbyists to commercial operations, on behalf of ABF we strongly support the Honey Integrity Act. ABF is grateful to Congressmen Stuebe and Panetta on their sponsorship of this critical legislation . We were pleased to work closely with Congressman Stuebe a beekeeper himself, on the need for this legislation to protect U.S beekeepers and U.S. consumers from economically adulterated honey from entering the country. ABF looks forward to working closely with the legislations sponsors to see this much needed legislation become law.” —Patty Sundberg, President of American Beekeeping Federation

How can you help? We need everyone to contact your senators and congressman and ask your senators to cosponsor the Tuberville bill in the Senate and your congressman to cosponsor the Steube-Panetta legislation in the House.

How to find your Representatives

While obtaining his Master Beekeeper certification from Cornell University, Kris came up with the idea of creating a calendar for area beekeepers in Zone 6. Each month, the calendar lists what to look for and what to do. A Hive Inspection template and a detailed life cycle of a honeybee are also included. To purchase, navigate to hiddenhollowhoney.com

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