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  • From: "Becky Bollinger" <beckyalis AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] State fair booth
  • Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:30:09 -0400

How about meeting early in the week. I have a pretty open schedule so
anytime is fine with me. What times are good for you guys. Also, where
should we meet? I would offer my house but my brother and his two dogs
are staying with us right now and it is a bit crowded. Does someone
mind offering their place? Another option is meeting somewhere like a
restaurant. Either way the sooner the better, so we can map out a
plan. Just let me know what works for you.

I like the idea of displaying the equipment that is used in
beekeeping, but I also don't like the idea of displaying the chemical
treatments. I don't use them and believe we should promote more
natural ways, but that is just me. We can definitely debate this out
more when we meet. The power point slide show sounds like a good idea
too. I will need to check with Don to see if that would work in the
set up we have. If we can not do that we could have members of the
club submit blown up pictures and do write ups about what is in the
picture beside it. Also, if the pics were mounted they would be
eligible for the judging. I will bring the premier book rules for the
display when we meet. The display as a whole is judged on
attractiveness and educational value. Also, individual items such as
pictures, honey, wax, etc. are also judged.

Some other information I have found out from Don is the booths will be
provided. He said they use what they call hockey platforms. If anyone
was at the fair last year and saw the displays, that is similar to
what we will be doing this year. Of course it is in a different space
so it may be different. They may have the wall to use in the new
space. The table top is about 8X6 feet, but he said could be as narrow
as 4ft. There is a backdrop we could use from the state or Jeff Knight
has one he is willing to let us use with back lighting (we would have
to drive to get it though). There will probably be a fence about 2 ft
away from the display, so people would not be right on top of it. He
did say if we display anything really valuable you may want to put in
the back of the display. We are also allowed to put up a banner that
has our club name on it. We just have to have it covered during the
judging or put it up after the judging. I think this would be a great
and as David suggested we could use it again at our meetings.

I hope this is clear enough and not too drawn out. I will bring all of
this info to the meeting as well. Let me know if you have any other
questions and I can relay them to Don.

Thanks for all of the ideas and help and just let me know as soon as
possible when is a good time for you guys to meet.

Becky



On 9/23/06, Tom Wright <tomw AT nc.rr.com> wrote:

You're right there, John, but I do think people need to know about some of
the threats faced by beekeepers. Everyone knows about the Africanized bees,
but who knows about hive beetles? Maybe talk about treatments, but emphasize
Integrated Pest Management and natural products.

Tom Wright


john wallace wrote:

THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED TO ASSOCIATE HONEY WITH CHEMICALS!!!
RETHINK DISPLAYS OF HONEY AND THEIR MEDICATIONS. JOHN WALLACE



From: Tom Wright <tomw AT nc.rr.com>
Reply-To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [ocba] State fair booth
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:20:23 -0400

Hi everyone:

Sorry I couldn't jump in sooner, but it was busy week.

My thought is to set up more of a "working" display, showing the tools of
the trade: boxes, tools, woodware, smokers, veils, boxes of Checkmite,
Apistan, etc. People are accustomed to seeing all the pretty displays of
honey jars, spun honey, wax, etc. Most people have no idea how involved
beekeeping is, and this would be a very good way for them to find out. For
instance, how many people know that bees are classified as "livestock?" As
such, they're like any other animal--they get sick, they need to be fed and
watered, etc.

Maybe have a hand-cranked centrifuge (which I have) and a few frames and
let people (kids?) spin out some honey. How abou a full super with honey,
so people know what beekeepers go though harvesting honey.

I also have some presentation material that could go up on a wall. Could
anybody do a PowerPoint slideshow to run in the background, maybe with
pictures that members took? (Ahem, Jeff B?...)

Let me know about a meeting? We don't have a lot of time, and this is at
the top of my list of things to do!

Tom
(cell #201-0892)

Tom Wright wrote:



Elisabeth Curtis wrote:



I am very new to beekeeping and don't feel I have much to offer --
certainly not any "products." But I recently took bee equipment to a
friend and neighbor's KG class that had been studying bees and gave a
half-hour presentation on beekeeping, and I wondered if any folks have
materials that can be used to get kids interested in bees that could be
part of the presentation. It might let people know that there are people
out there who are willing to come to classes, etc. I'm thinking kids
books, videos, enlarged pictures, stuff like that. Since doing the class
yesterday I have received one wonderful thank you poster and two more
invitations to talk to classes, so in addition to using it for the booth,
I personally would be interested in what other people have found
effective when doing this sort of thing. Just a thought . . .
-Elisabeth Curtis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky Bollinger"
<beckyalis AT gmail.com>
To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: [ocba] State fair booth






Hi Everyone,
So far Tom Wright, Ken Krebs, and David Langham have offered to help
with the state fair booth. I wanted to see if anyone else is
interested in helping. I plan on setting up a meeting for us to get
together and discuss the project in more detail. This is going to be a
lot of fun and a great way to show people about beekeeping. Anyways,
just let me know. I plan on trying to set up a meeting soon, since we
don't have too much time.
Thanks,
Becky

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Becky Bollinger <beckyalis AT gmail.com>
Date: Sep 18, 2006 10:22 AM
Subject: State fair booth
To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>


Hello Everyone,

At our last meeting Don Hopkins presented the idea of our club doing a
booth display at the state fair. If any of you went to the fair last
year, you will remember the presidents booth across from where the bee
booth was. Well we have all of that space to fill up this year. So Don
thought we could do a booth as a club. I think this is something we
could do if enough members are willing to participate by supplying
products. If enough people participate, you should only have to
provide a few things each. I am forwarding on an email that Jennifer
Keller sent me with more details about the booth and what it should
include. There are also some pictures of previous displays. Since it
is such short notice they are not expecting anything too fancy. We
would just need to set it up the day before the fair starts which I
think is the 14th and probably disassemble it after the fair is over.
If all of you could think about it and respond with what you could
contribute, as soon as possible, I would appreciate it. Again, I think
it won't be too bad if a lot of us participate. This would also be
something we could use towards our Golden Achievement Points.

Thanks

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: jen k <jenjkeller AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 15, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: state fair pictures
To: Jeff Bollinger <jeff01 AT email.unc.edu>


I know it is very short notice, and your booth probably wouldn't look
quite so elaborate, but I think you guys could come up with a very
nice display. Remember that there is a backdrop available for use if
you want it.

A brief description of some of the items in the pictures...
-honey is obviously the focal point...there is honey in jars, junk
honey in jars and comb honey in plastic boxes.
-gift baskets is a category.
-wax has several categories...the large bowl-like pieces are in one
category, the candles are one, and then there are wax figurines (not
candles) as a separte category.
-In front of the displays are complete frames of honey in a display box.
-also in front on the left display is their photography exhibit.
-on the middle display is a good example of the pictures of honey plants
other items being displayed are honey candy, books, hive tool, smoker
bee journals, veil, mead.......

Anyway, I hope this gives you a better idea of what a booth may
consist of. I am also going to put at the end of this message the
link for the state fair book which has the rules and guidelines to
follow. Everything on the list in the book under categories is
something that your club could put on the table to be be judged, but
it is not necessary to include every single category. Do what you
can. Also Don forgot to mention that there are cash awards for 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place in just about every category (not much, but better
than nothing).

The website is
http://www.ncstatefair.org/2006/PremiumBook/2006DeptI.pdf

Let me know if I can help in any way, and I am sure that Don would
also be willing to help, although he may get busy setting up at the
fair. If you have any questions, give me a call at 513-7702 (work) or
609-2252 (home) or email.

Jennifer




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Thomas Wright of the OCBA has a presentation suitable for KG, although a
few of the vu-graphs will be beyond them. These can be removed. There is
also a suggested narrative. With kids that age, the more "hands on" you
have, such as comb, a piece of beeswax, and mounted bees (worker, queen,
drone, the better. Bee supply companies sell an acrylic block with these,
in addition to larvae and pupae. Mounted honeybees, bumblebees, wasps, and
hornets/yellowjackets, and mud daubers are good to teach the kids the
difference, In season, you can take live specimens in baby food jars.

NHB has a good video that is free if you request on school or OCBA
letterhead.

Tom Wright

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