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:
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To strive
to understand and solve the common apiculture
problems of the Association members. |
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Providing
and promoting apiculture education and the use
of more productive methods of beekeeping within
the region. |
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Developing
both the scientific and practical aspects of
apiculture. |
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Promoting
good relations with individuals, businesses and
other organizations sharing a common interest in
apiculture. |
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Sponsoring
and engaging in activities fostering good
relations between the regional beekeepers and
the general public. |
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Promoting the use of honey
and honeybee products.
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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 August meeting is this Thursday,
August 1st! The meeting will be held at 1001 Farm
Way Lane Halifax. This months program will be on
"Cutouts: to bee or not to bee"! Hope to see you
there!
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.
Emerson Haupert-Keill
Halifax County Beekeepers Association
Secretary
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.
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