Nov 19
|
Meeting *
Thanksgiving Dinner |
To make sure we don't all bring candied sweet potatoes, please use the following to help with a varied and delicious meal:
If your last name falls on or between the following letters, please bring the food listed below.
A-F--savory side dish
G-L--salad (green, beet, egg, potato, pea, etc)
M-O--dessert
P-T--Bread
U-Z--gallon of drink(lemonade, unsweet tea, sweet tea, soda, etc)
Alamo Area
Beekeepers Association
Next
meeting: Tuesday November 19, 2013 at
6:30 p.m.
At Helotes Independent Baptist Church
15335 Orange Tower Road
Helotes, TX 78023
MEETING AGENDA
Ø President’s Welcome & Visitors Intro
by Rick Fink (5 min)
Ø Approval of the September 2013 meeting
minutes (5 min)
Ø Treasurer & Membership Report, Richard Trevino (5
min)
Ø 2013 Youth Scholarship Program – Hive Update from the
Scholarship Winners (2 minutes per
Scholarship Recipient)
Ø Presentation – Bill Baxter, Interim Chief
Apiary Inspector, Dept Entomology, Texas A&M University (20-30 min). Topic Varroa Mites; Rules & Regulations –
Q&A
Ø Program intermission & potluck dinner
Ø
AABA Election of Officers for 2014 (Sam Heinz)
Ø Planning for 2014 (R. Fink, D Fraser, R.
Trevinio Jr)
Ø
Reminders - AABA
Newsletter – blog format – Mind Your OWN Bee’s Wax
Ø
Reminders AABA –
honey extraction equipment
Ø Question & Answer Session
Meeting Agenda – submitted by Don Fraser, VP AABA
Blog: Mind Your OWN Beeswax
Post: August Newsletter
Link: http://aabanewsletter.blogspot.com/2013/09/august-newsletter.html
Post: August Newsletter
Link: http://aabanewsletter.blogspot.com/2013/09/august-newsletter.html
Reminder – Mimi Stricker would love to receive your
pictures and stories for inclusion in the AABA Blog: Mind Your Own
Beeswax. If you have an idea for a story
or some interesting pictures you would like to share please contact her at:
Mimi Stricker (210) 367-2896 merissa.stricker@gmail.com
Action Items:
R. Fink – review final agenda and action items;
mail to both AABA and non-AABA members; reminder to members regarding
pot-luck. The AABA will provide the meat
dish with members asked to bring side dish-vegetables, dessert, salads etc.
Action Item - AABA Bee Scholarship Winners - List of
recipients (see below). Expectations for
scholarship winners – take care of the bees, work with mentors, come to AABA
meetings and provide a 1-2 min overview of their beekeeping activities. The use of pictures, poster boards etc is
encouraged. Parents are encouraged to
help their children with their 1-2 minute presentations; it is a great
opportunity to learn presentation skills before a friendly and supportive
audience. The
list of scholarship recipients include:
Parents
|
Children
|
Vonda and Curtis
|
Nathan, Joshua and Alex (family award)
|
Laura
|
Jacob
|
Jenni
|
Nathan
|
Richard Lynn and Joni Lea
|
Brenton
|
Kelli and Stephen
|
Mayce, Ryland, Cadyn and Eyslie (family award)
|
Michael and Sue
|
Luke
|
Ricka
|
Abby
|
Mimi and Thadd
|
Chloe
|
2013 Events
Jan 15
|
Meeting
*
|
Feb 2
|
Bottling
Party
9am-1pm Pearsall, TX |
Feb 2
|
AABA
San Antonio Stock Show
& Rodeo Booth Set-up |
Feb 7-24
|
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
Come meet us at our booth |
March 19
|
Meeting
*
|
April 13
|
Field Day
Majestic Ranch, Boerne TX |
May 21
|
Meeting
*
|
July 16
|
Meeting
*
|
Sep 17
|
Meeting
*
Honey, wax and photo contests |
Nov 19
|
Meeting
*
Thanksgiving Dinner |
