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The Halifax County Beekeepers Association is a group of beekeepers who live and/or work in or around Halifax County, VA, USA, united in support of the following goals:
 
bullet To strive to understand and solve the common apiculture problems of the Association members.
bullet Providing and promoting apiculture education and the use of more productive methods of beekeeping within the region.
bullet Developing both the scientific and practical aspects of apiculture.
bullet Promoting good relations with individuals, businesses and other organizations sharing a common interest in apiculture.
bullet Sponsoring and engaging in activities fostering good relations between the regional beekeepers and the general public.
bullet Promoting the use of honey and honeybee products.
 

PLANNED EVENT UPDATES

THERE WILL BE NO OCTOBER MEETING DUE TO THE ASSOCIATION'S ACTIVITIES AT THE HALIFAX COUNTY FAIR.


INTERESTING INFORMATION

The Virginia State Beekeepers Association recently initiated an effort to include the Honey Bee as the State Pollinator among the designated official emblems and designations of the Commonwealth.  In 1622 honey bees were reintroduced to North America with the shipment of beehives to the Jamestown Settlement.  Since that time the honey bee has traversed the state and continent to provide pollination for agricultural crops as well as plants, in forests, meadows, and wetlands.  Over the past 400 years the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, has become a naturalized species whose activities benefit other pollinators, wildlife, plant life, and people.  Your assistance and that of your association’s membership is needed to achieve this designation goal.

Please circulate copies of the attached petition among your members.  Ask them to take the petition to fairs and festivals, farmers markets, and other meetings and gatherings to acquire support for designating the Honey Bee as the State Pollinator.  The signed petitions will be presented to members of the General Assembly.

Completed petitions may be mailed to:

Lannie Ballard
100 Pear Tree Lane
Natural Bridge, VA 24578

Digital copies of signed petitions may be emailed in reply to this message.

To print out copies of this petition, we have included a copy on the Halifax County Beekeepers Association website in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format here: PollinatorPetition

To sign the petition online visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMubJAc_nJA_0xn3abS8wEOq_eQx0-HhdiuRrHPSUhYRW3zw/viewform


MEETING INFORMATION

Our monthly meetings are usually held on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm in the Halifax County Agricultural Marketing Center located at 1001 Farm Way Lane in Scottsburg, VA.  We hope to see you there.

Mary Helen Stanley
Halifax County Beekeepers Association
Secretary/Treasurer

MEETING LOCATION DIRECTIONS

Halifax County Agricultural Marketing Center
1001 Farm Way Lane (Halifax County Route 922)
Scottsburg, VA  24589 - USA

From the town of Halifax, take State Route 360 (North Main Street, which turns into Bethel Road) North and East towards Scottsburg, and turn left on to Farm Way Lane (County Route 922).  On Farm Way Lane drive roughly 4/10 of a mile until you get to the first building on your left.
Note: The Agricultural Marketing Center is not identified with a sign.

From the town of Scottsburg or US Route 360, take State Route 360 (Bethel Road) East, towards Halifax, Centerville or South Boston, and turn right on to Farm Way Lane (County Route 922).  On Farm Way Lane drive roughly 4/10 of a mile until you get to the first building on your left.
Note: The Agricultural Marketing Center is not identified with a sign.



 

Halifax County Beekeepers Association Website Administrator: wildhandyman@gmail.com