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The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 1 December 2014
Letter from the President:
Thanksgiving is now behind us, and everyone
is full of turkey or ham, or if you are fortunate enough,
venison; it is time to look ahead to Christmas. This is
the time of year when we turn our attention to family.
So as beekeepers we slow down just a bit and take a
break. We spent Thanksgiving around the festive table
with family and friends indulging to the point where it
was difficult to back away from all that food. As
Christmas is now just days away we find ourselves
reminiscing about that Christmas long gone that was
the special Christmas in our youth. My vision or hope
for the Christmas to come is family around the tree or
the fireplace.
Okay then, break’s over. As Alabama beekeep-
ers, we look at our beekeeping calendar and see that
we’re preparing equipment for the spring nectar flow
in anticipation of the sound of new bees bringing us
Inside This Issue
Letter from the President 1
Letter from the Secretary/Treasurer 2
Master Beekeeper Certification 2
Margie Smith—November 3, 2014 2
John Crayton—Bee Inspector 3
Shorter Domain Name 3
Wil Montgomery on Wes Caudle 4
If in Doubt; Throw It Out! 5
Dr. Tew’s ACES Symposium 6
Sub-Lethal Effects 7
Local Associations 9
golden honey. On your calendar, I hope that you see a
busy week in February.
If you are a member of ALFA Bee and Honey
Commodity group, your annual meeting will be in
Montgomery on February 3, 2015.
If you are a beginning beekeeper or in the
Master Beekeeper Program, your symposium this year
is on February 4th, 5th, & 6th, 2015 in Clanton. Be sure
to preregister and check out the website at
www.Alabamamasterbeekeepers.com for more infor-
mation.
Dr. Tew's ACES Beekeeping Symposium will
be February 7th in Clanton. There will be more infor-
mation on this later.
And of course the Alabama Beekeepers Asso-
ciation annual spring picnic is coming up in May, and
that location has changed to Dr. John Hurst’s farm.
The February Stinger will have more information on
the picnic. There is an increasing number of people
interested in beekeeping. Recently, I participated in an
ACES Beginning Beekeeping Symposium in Mobile.
In this one-day event there were 58 in attendance, at
least 29 wanted to be beekeepers. I think it is impor-
tant at this time that the Association take a proactive
position in the support of local clubs and beekeeping
courses lending support where we are capable.
I hope to see you in February, Merry Christ-
mas, Gerry Whitaker, President
Letter from the Vice-President:
Very likely, our Vice-President ate too much
on Thanksgiving Day. We will hear from him in the
February Stinger. David Ellis, Vice-President
Gerry Whitaker, President
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 2 December 2014
Letter from the Secretary/Treasurer: Just wanted to remind everyone that it is De-
cember and dues are payable January 1st. Several peo-
ple have already paid their 2015 dues, and many will
pay at Dr. Tew's ACES Beekeeping Symposium. The
dues are $10.00. There is a membership renewal form
on the website at www.alabamabeekeepers.com. A
special thanks to Bob Fanning for maintaining this
website for the Association.
We want to remind everyone of Dr. Tew's
ACES Beekeeping Symposium coming up on Satur-
day, February 7th, 2015 at the Clanton Conference and
Performing Arts Center. This is the location where our
2014 annual meeting was held back in September. It is
an excellent facility. There is more information about
the symposium elsewhere in this newsletter. The food
committee is planning lunch for the symposium. We
will provide everyone either a bowl of Chili or a bowl
of potato soup along with either a turkey sandwich or
a pimento cheese sandwich. We are soliciting desserts
from anyone willing to bring a dessert. We would like
for the desserts to be cookies, cookie bars, brownies,
or lemon squares. We appreciate your help. Just bring
your dessert to the kitchen or leave it at the Alabama
Beekeepers Association table. We will get it to the
right place.
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. Thanks. Bonnie Funderburg
Secretary/Treasurer
Alabama Master Beekeepers Certification The Alabama Master Beekeepers will hold
classes and Testing for the Certification of the Ala-
bama Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, and Master
Craftsman Beekeeper at the Clanton Conference and
Performing Arts Center in Clanton, Alabama. The
classes and testing will be held February 4th, 5th, & 6th,
2015 with Dr. Jim Tew's ACES Beekeeping Sympo-
sium following on Saturday, February 7th. Also being
offered are classes for beginning beekeepers without
any experience. To register for Master Beekeeper pro-
gram classes, go to Alabamamasterbeekeepers.com or
call David Kelton at 256-523-4767. David Kelton,
Chairman
AL.COM ► PRESS-REGISTER ► SUN-
DAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 ►
MARGIE SMITH
-- March 11, 1939 - Nov. 3, 2014 -- Margie Smith
(born Lillian Margaret Parish) passed away suddenly
Monday, November 3rd. She is survived by her chil-
dren, grandchildren, brothers, sisters and many dear
friends. She was a world traveler who landed in
Chunchula, AL with her husband of over 20 years,
Jim Smith (deceased). They were known as beekeep-
ers. Crematory services are with Azalea City Funeral
Bonnie Funderburg, Sec/Treas.
David Ellis, Vice-President
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 3 December 2014
Home. Memorial Date to be determined at a later
time. We can light a candle for her and hold her in
loving memory until we can gather together to share
our stories. "A life well lived is like a light so beauti-
ful and rare that everyone in its glow is blessed be-
cause it's there". Editor’s Note: For many years,
Margie and Jim Smith were the main stays of the Mo-
bile County Beekeepers Association faithfully serving
that association in multiple positions.
John Crayton—Bee Inspector
11/07/2014
Dear Beekeeper Associations,
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and
Industries Apiary Section hereby solicit your assis-
tance in publicizing in your area an opportunity for a
first time beekeeper, (one who has never owned or
managed a colony of bees), to participate in a USDA
specialty crop grant project.
Applications may be obtained by visiting the
department’s web site: www.agi.alabama.gov. Com-
pleted applications are to be mailed to Department of
Agriculture and Industries; Plant Protection Section/
Apiary Unit; 1445 Federal Drive; Montgomery, AL
36107-1123 in care of John Crayton.
If interested, contact John Crayton (334) 240-
3710 or Dennis Barclift (334) 240-7225. THE CLOS-
ING DATE IS JANUARY 1, 2015. No applications
will be accepted after this date.
Your assistance in this effort is greatly appre-
ciated. Sincerely, John Crayton
NEW SHORTER DOMAIN NAME FOR
OUR WEBPAGES —
Bob Fanning
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 4 December 2014
I have mentioned before that I had plans to set up a
shorter domain name for our web pages. I finally did
it. You can now access our webpage by entering
www.albeeks.com instead of
www.alabamabeekeepers.com. If, however, you pre-
fer to use the longer domain name, that is fine, it too
still works. The bottom line is that you can use either
URL to access our website. This will not affect access
to our WebPages by search engines. So, folks search-
ing for beekeepers in Alabama will still get the same
results as before.
I chose “albeeks” because it has become very
popular to refer to beekeepers as “beeks” so it seemed
appropriate to use “AL” for Alabama and “BEEKS”
for beekeepers. Try it and see what you think! Bob
Fanning, Webmaster www.alabeeks.com
Wil Montgomery on Wes Caudle
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of accompanying
the new north Alabama Bee Inspector to check some
hives. These were not just ordinary hives in that they
belong to a WWII veteran who is 96 years of age. I
have been helping ‘Ike’ with his bees for a few years
now and recently his grandson, who is an adult, is in-
terested in learning how to be helpful in the bee yard.
I’ve done what I could to help Wayne become a com-
petent beekeeper. Ike has been asking me for some
time now to ask the state bee inspector to come and
check his hives.
Wes Caudle, the new state inspector who has
taken John Mynard’s place now that John has retired,
is extremely knowledgeable about what to look for
when checking a hive.
I was really impressed as to Wes’s patience and detail
explaining to Wayne what to look for to make a deci-
sion about what condition the comb is in.
Ike lives in Ashville, Alabama; but that needs a
little explanation. You head west out of Rainbow City
on Hwy. 411 and pass through downtown Ashville on
Hwy 23. About 8 miles further, you come to county
road 31 and another 4 miles to Bucks Valley Road.
Another mile and you are at Ike’s driveway to the old
farmhouse on Ike’s farm. Believe it or not, at 96, Ike
still farms and runs his ancient tractor to till his land.
When we arrived, Ike was seeding Crimson clover for
his bees come spring. I can vouch for the quality of
Crimson clover honey which has a delightful taste.
Wes started keeping bees after he was assigned
to his position as state inspector; but you’d never
know it to listen to him ‘reading a brood comb’ for
anything that may not be quite right. On this task he
has become an expert. No detail is left unnoticed. He
does this with determination and exactness. Nothing is
left to chance.
All of Ike’s hives passed the inspection by
Wes. Ike always wants some honey from his hives
when I visit him and I’m not want to disappoint him.
So I took two frames of nicely capped honey that one
hive could spare and leave enough for winter food.
Luckily, I’ve come up with a method to remove the
cross wires using a device that will heat them enough
to pull them out from the end bars without damaging
the honey comb. Ike likes to have comb honey on his
kitchen table as he lives alone on his farm in a house I
am guessing was built back in the 1920s or ‘30s. He
does have family living nearby to keep an eye on him
and help with his daily needs.
We Alabama beekeepers are indeed fortunate
that Dennis Barclift, our lead inspector, got Commis-
sioner McMillan to find monies to support our much
needed assistance by hiring a replacement for John
Mynard. We all hope John is enjoying his retirement
and his bees plus farming land near his home.
If you think you have a problem, like foul-
brood in any of your hives, get in touch with Wes
through the Department of Agriculture and Industries
in Montgomery.
When we returned to Southside, I took Wes to
my bee yard here about four miles from my home, and
he checked my hives. He is so experienced he pointed
out that one of my hives was infested with too many
Varroa mites. I began medication on this hive today.
It will probably make it through winter thanks to Wes’
keen eye and suggestion I medicate at once.
If you live in South Alabama, Randy
Hammond is your go to guy for hive inspection.
Randy has been with us for many years now. I always
look forward to saying hello to him at the annual ABA
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 5 December 2014
meeting and the Auburn Symposium. Wil Montgom-
ery, Georgia Master Beekeeper
Editor’s Note: Wes Caudle maybe reached at
334-240-7225 (office); 334-467-9408 (cell); 334-240-
3971 (fax).
If in Doubt; Throw It Out!
by Rusty Hivetool
I am the son of Great Depression parents. My
mother and father were teenagers during the 1930s. I
know their parents taught them not to waste anything;
nothing at all was wasted. This philosophy morphed
into “save everything”. My parents, unknowingly,
taught me to save everything, “I might need that
someday.”
After my mother’s death, for a few weeks, it
seemed like months, my wife and I, my brother, my
sister and her husband, and Shirley Quagmire, for-
mally a close friend of my wife’s, spent countless
hours perusing all of my mother’s important papers
and examining all the priceless artifacts within her
collections. After tediously inspecting every Christ-
mas card, Birthday card, Anniversary Card, Sympathy
Card, personal letter, business letter, news article,
magazine article, e-mail, and product warranty card
received since my mother attended Shoreline High
School; we carefully packed everything into banker
boxes and took it to the dump. My mother saved old
telephone books. I made two trips in my pickup with
a total weight exceeding twenty-one hundred pounds.
The dump charges by the weight. Why did she save
all this stuff?
Listen carefully. This is a mental illness. It is
a very subtle mental illness. After my father’s death,
my mother acknowledged that she was at least partly,
somewhat, responsible for my developing this disor-
der. “Save that. You might need it someday.” Let me
utilize some fancy medical jargon. I have an obses-
sive-compulsive neurosis. Does this sound serious? It
is. I have accumulated so much stuff that I cannot
function. My shop is so cluttered with pieces of
wood, which I cannot throw away because “I might
need that someday”, that two people cannot pass.
My daughter wanted two ice sleds for a Fro-
zen party. If you have no idea what Frozen is about,
don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. The only reason I
have any idea what Frozen means is because two of
my granddaughters have worn out the DVD. I thought
it was a multi-day movie. The movie, Frozen, was on
my TV every time I walked through the den. For my
daughter, I made two ice sleds from scrap pieces of
wood in my shop. You think that’s good? It is not!
She is planning a birthday party with Frozen as the
theme. There will be ice sled races. She has frozen
large blocks of ice in preparation for the Frozen party.
If I save something, I must remember two
things. First, I must remember that I saved it and, sec-
ond, where I put it. I confess. I have reached the stage
where I can turn from my desk toward my computer
and forget why. I must turn back to my desk to recall
what I was doing. I can walk to the file cabinet and
forget why! So, there is a slim chance I will remem-
ber that I saved something and absolutely no chance I
will remember where I put it.
I used to think “a place for everything and
everything in its place”. I read somewhere to just
have “a place for everything”. My goal is to quit us-
ing my shop to store stuff that I cannot find when I
need it and cannot remember that I saved it in the first
place. My new mantra is “If in doubt, throw it out”. I
printed this in a large, fancy font; put the paper in a
document protector; and have it displayed in my shop
so I cannot help being reminded every few minutes to
quit saving everything. Very, very slowly, I am be-
ginning to see a little more floor in my shop and base-
ment. I can almost foresee the day when two people
can pass each other in my basement. I have seen a
flyer concerning a support group for this disorder; I
know I saved it; but I cannot remember where I put it.
Rusty Hivetool, beekeeper
Dr. Tew’s 20th Annual Alabama Coop-
erative Extension System Beekeeping
Symposium
will be held on Saturday, February 7th, 2015 at the
Clanton Conference & Performing Arts Center; 1850
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 6 December 2014
Lay Dam Road; Clanton, AL 35045 (Lat.
N32.871424°, Long. W86.622264°). This is the same
location as the 2014 annual meeting of the Alabama
Beekeepers Association. Pre-Registration is $25.00
per person. After January 23rd or at the door, registra-
tion is $35.00 per person. Online registration will be
available at https://mell-base.uce.auburn.edu/
wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=C150207 . The
symposium is sponsored by the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System and the Alabama Beekeepers Asso-
ciation. Lunch provided for those who pre-register
(meal tickets will be provided in folders). Participants
may indicate if they desire a vegetarian meal.
If you do not have internet access, registrations
may be mailed to Dr. Paul L. Mask, ACES, 107
Comer Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5635.
Make check payable to: Auburn University.
Instructors include Dr. Lawrence Connor, Dr.
Greg Hunt, Editor Kim Flottum (Off-Site speaker);
Jennifer Berry (Off-Site speaker), Bill Evans, Sherry
Ferrell, Lonnie Funderburg, Roy Smith, and Elizabeth
Whitaker.
Driving Directions: From north Alabama going
south on I-65: Take Exit 212—Clanton. At the stop
sign at the end of the off-ramp, turn RIGHT toward
Clanton. Go 1.1 miles on Highway 145 which is Lay
(Continued from page 5)
Dam Road. Turn LEFT into Jefferson State Commu-
nity College. Park in the back of the building.
From south Alabama going north on I-65:
Take Exit 212—Clanton. At the stop sign at the end
of the off-ramp, turn LEFT toward Clanton. Go 1.3
miles on Highway 145 which is Lay Dam Road. Turn
LEFT into Jefferson State Community College. Park
in the back of the building.
From west of Clanton coming east on High-
way 22, intersect Highway 145 in Clanton at the in-
tersection of 4th Avenue North and 7th Street North.
Continue straight, staying on Highway 145 for 2.5
miles. Turn RIGHT into Jefferson State Community
College. Park in the back of the building.
From east of Clanton coming west on High-
way 22, intersect Highway 145 in Clanton at the in-
tersection of 4th Avenue North and 7th Street North.
Turn RIGHT, staying on Highway 145 for 2.5 miles.
Turn RIGHT into Jefferson State Community Col-
lege. Park in the back of the building.
Registration will begin at 8:00 AM with open-
ing remarks, introductions, and instructions to begin
at 8:30 AM. As of the date of this publication, the
tentative program includes the following topics: The
Sustainable Apiary; Honey Bees that Bite Mites; Pro-
ducing and Processing Varietal Honey; the Life Cycle
of the Honey Bee; Cooking with Honey Workshop;
Making and Maintaining Nucleus Colonies; the Cur-
rent Condition of Alabama Beekeeping, the Hive In-
spection; Products from the Hive Workshop; Produc-
ing Quality Queens in a Cool Climate; Topics by Kim
Flottum and Jennifer Berry to be announced.
Dr. Tew’s 20th annual Alabama Cooperative
Extension System Beekeeping Symposium is the
largest beekeeping event in Alabama drawing around
six hundred beekeepers from Alabama and surround-
ing states. This is an outstanding list of speakers mak-
ing presentations that will be of interest to every bee-
keeper. There will be some topics of interest to non-
beekeeping spouses. There is no more centrally lo-
cated meeting facility in the state. The pre-registration
fee includes lunch. There is ample time for socializ-
ing. There are door prizes. Do not miss out on the op-
portunity to participate in Alabama’s largest beekeep-
ing event. Go online and register right now.
Lapis Online There is a new internet publication that may
be of interest to Alabama beekeepers. Check out
Lapis Online at http://www.lapisonline.it/index.php/
en/. After registering, you will receive an e-mail to
activate your account. Then, follow the online in-
structions. The color photos are worth the effort.
Sublethal Effects Reprinted from Dr. Eric Mussen's UC-Davis Exten-
sion Newsletter (Jan/Feb 2014)
It should be apparent by now that honey bees
seem to be having problems when too many pesticide
residues accumulate in the hives. Since the bees are
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 7 December 2014
not dying of acute poisoning, researchers are focusing
their attention on so-called “sub-lethal effects,” as if
this were a novel idea. However, in 1988, Kenneth
Haynes from the University of Kentucky published a
paper titled, “Sublethal Effects of Neurotoxic Insecti-
cides on Insect Behavior.” He felt that this sort of in-
formation was important for a number of reasons: 1) it
might better explain the modes of actions of various
insecticides; 2) and it might elicit behavior changes
that might be disruptive to target pest insect physiol-
ogy; however he stated that this otherwise beneficial
effect might be deleterious to beneficial insects; and
3) it might shed light on how insects develop avoid-
ance reactions to some insecticides. Haynes referred
to a paper by H. Levinson who coined the word
“insectistatics” to describe interfered-with normal
processes of growth and reproduction that do not nec-
essarily lead to death.
The article goes on to explain in detail various
categories of behavior that are influenced by sublethal
exposures to various insecticides. Since this is an ear-
lier publication, the examples are mostly from expo-
sures to organophosphates, carbamates and pyre-
throids. The discussion of reproductive behavior states
that exposures usually result in production of reduced
numbers of viable offspring. This can be the result of
failure to find mates, failure to mate, and detrimental
physiological changes in the reproducing female. Oc-
casionally, more viable offspring resulted.
The next category, host-finding and feeding
behavior, includes references to honey bees. Haynes
states that we should not assume that a honey bee col-
ony is not affected by an insecticide exposure simply
because there is no immediate bee kill. When fed sub-
lethal doses of parathion, honey bee foragers lost their
ability to correctly relate the direction to the food
source with their waggle tail dance. They were off by
7.5 to 29 degrees when they danced on vertical combs
in the hive. When placed on horizontal combs in
sunlight, they danced directly to the source. “So, it
appears that the exposure to parathion interfered with
the translation between photomenotaxis (directed
movement at an angle to light) and geomenotaxis
(directed movement in relation to gravity). During the
first 5.5 hours following exposure to the parathion,
flying foragers would stop short before they reached
the food source at which they had been trained. The
exposed bees normally recovered their normal dance
patterns by the next day. However, the parathion ex-
posure also interfered with their ability to remember
the time of day when the food was provided in the
feeder. That effect lasted for more than a day. That
suggested that various alterations in behavior do not
all commence and dissipate at the same rate.
The parathion-exposed bees also took longer
to learn the proboscis-extension behavior, and spent
more time cleaning themselves and doing trembling
dances than tending to their routine house bee tasks.
The section on dispersal and locomotory behavior did
not refer to bees. The following section on perception
of pesticides did refer to honey bee behavior. Both E.
L. Atkins at UC Riverside and K.S. Pike, et al., at
Oregon State University felt that insects, including
honey bees, were repelled by permethrin applications
in the field. The observations showed that treated
fields were not visited as often by honey bees and the
bees in the field avoided contact with the treated foli-
age. They called this repellency. However, Dr. Chris-
tine Peng (now retired from UC Davis) and I ran ex-
periments with permethrin in laboratory studies, and
found that honey bees were not averse to walking
across heavily dosed filter paper to get to their food. I
presumed that the lack of foragers in the field was due
to the failure of the early “leader bees” that return
from the field with rewards that start the entire field
population on their way for the day, were killed and
never set off the foraging behavior for that crop.
Haynes recognized that possibility. However, now I
wonder. Is it not permethrin that is impregnated into
military and high end recreational sports clothing to
repel biting arthropods?
Haynes’ article wraps up with a review of the
modes of action of the chemicals that had been dis-
cussed and the following sentiment: Looking for
changes in behavior should be the best way to deter-
mine sublethal effects. Even though such studies are
more laborious than dose mortality studies, they
would elicit insectistatic effects. Those are the types
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 8 December 2014
Webmaster—Bob Fanning, [email protected]
Editor—Lonnie W. Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd., Oneonta,
AL 35121-4110 — [email protected]
2014 Officers and Board of Directors
President Gerry Whitaker, 910 County Road 153, New Brockton,
AL 36351-8299
Vice-President David Ellis, 9705 Bankston Road, Dora, AL 35062-
1722
Sect/Treas Bonnie Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd, Oneonta,
AL 35121-4110
Director - 2015 Bill Miller, 2991 Eddins Rd. Dothan, AL 36301-
7478
Director - 2015 Lionel Evans, 1307 Fern St., Athens, AL 35613-
2111
Director - 2016 David Kelton, 1590 Tabor Cutoff, Gadsden, AL
35904-9755
Director - 2016 Allyson Andrews, 2232 Chana Creek Rd., Eclectic,
AL 36024-6029
Director - 2017 Bill Evans, 1031 County Road 50, Jemison, AL
35085.
Director - 2017 Daryl J. Pichoff, 583 Park Avenue, Foley, Al 36535
Past-President Damon Wallace, 2003 Highpoint Drive, Opelika, AL
36801-2005, [email protected], 334-745-5312
Membership Report
Members as of October 2, 2014 725
Add New Members 20
Re-instated Members 7
Member as of November 30, 2014 752
of effects that we are seeing in our honey bee colonies
but are not receiving the attention they deserve during
our pesticide registration evaluations.
The complete citation for this article is:
Haynes, Kenneth F., 1988. “Sublethal effects of neu-
rotoxic insecticides on insect behavior.” Annual Re-
view of Entomology 33:149-68.
New Association
I just got a phone call from Nolen Ballard
down in Honoraville, Alabama. He wanted me to an-
nounce in the Stinger the incorporation of the Lower
Alabama Beekeepers Association. This newest bee-
keeping association meets at the Antioch East Baptist
Church, 2303 Old Stage Road in Greenville. There
were fifteen new members at their first meeting in Oc-
tober and eighteen members at their second meeting
on November 15th. Randy Hamman, the LA state bee
inspector spoke at their first meeting. Ballard says that
the new association hopes to pull in members from
Butler, Crenshaw, Lowndes, and Wilcox counties. J.
Fred Harrison is the vice-president, Tammy Edwards
is the secretary, and John Giles is the treasurer. The
new Lower Alabama Beekeepers Association plans to
meet bimonthly on Saturday afternoon. Their next
meeting will be January 17th. Contact Nolen Ballard at
[email protected] to confirm date/ time.
They are really on the ball. They have already incor-
porated as a not-for-profit and have begun the applica-
tion process for 501(c)(3) recognition.
Letter from the Editor— While ordering some catalogs for some new
wannabees, I came across information about local
clubs on the Brushy Mountain Bee Farm website.
May I suggest that you check out http://
www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Resources/
bee_assoc.asp to see if your information is up to date.
This Brushy Mountain website is just another source
for new club members.
Check your club listing on page 9. All I know
is what you tell me. Please keep this information cor-
rect.
His nom de plume is justified considering the
subject. Although not exactly concerning beekeeping,
I had to print the article by Rusty Hivetool. His article
is so apropos that I immediately went to my shop to
find something to discard.
The February Stinger will have reports from
the Master Beekeepers activities and Dr. Tew’s sym-
posium; so, the February Stinger will be published
after February 7th. Please submit your material for the
February Stinger by February 8th.
Lonnie W. Funderburg, Editor
The Stinger, Newsletter of the Alabama Beekeepers Association—Page 9 December 2014
Regional Clubs/Associations
Baldwin County: Daryl J. Pichoff, Pres. 583 Park Ave, Foley, AL 36353;
[email protected]. Meet 7:00 P.M. 1st Monday at Robertsdale Fire Dept,
St. Paul & Racine Streets, across from water tower. (Updated 12-01-2013)
Blount County Beekeepers Association: Contact Hal Hendrix, Vice-Pres.
[email protected] , Meet 4th Thursday at 6:30 PM at Blount County Re-
source Center, 62561 US Hwy 231, Cleveland, AL (Lat. N33.993546°,
Long.W86.57759°) (Updated 01-24-2013)
Central Alabama Beekeepers Association: Allyson Andrews, Pres. jan-
[email protected]; (334) 799-2254. Meet 6:00 PM 1st Thursday of
every month. Call for meeting place. (Updated 12-03-2013)
Chilton County Beekeepers Association: Bill Evans, Pres.
[email protected] Meet 1st Thu. each month at 6:00 PM at Clan-
ton Recreation Center, 309 1st Street (Highway 145 in city park) Clanton, AL
(Updated 9-17-2014)
Choctaw County: No current information available. Please update.
Cullman County: Phillip Garrison, Pres. 178 County Rd 1327, Vinemont,
AL 35179-6871, Tel (256) 734-5963, Meet 2nd Tue at 6:30 P.M. every odd
month at Main Alfa Building, 307 Main Ave N.W., Cullman, AL 35055 Lat.
N34.17883°, Long. W86.847793° (Updated 11-12-2002)
East Alabama Beekeepers: Tom Harris, Pres. 270 Oak Hills Dr. Wedowee,
AL 36278, (256) 363-2181, [email protected]. Meet at 6:30 P.M.
at Clay Co. Extension Office in Ashland. (Updated 08-25-2011)
Escambia County— Queen’s Castle Beekeepers Association Lucy Evans, Pres. [email protected] Contact O.J. Blount, 334-222-0751. Meet the last Saturday of every month from 9:00-2:00. Also contact at [email protected]. Lat, N31.152958°, Long. W86.745510° (Updated 02-13-2013)
Etowah County: Pat Sherrill, Pres. [email protected]
Meet 1st Thu at 6:30 P.M. at Carnes Recreation Center, 103 Case Avenue,
Attalla, AL 256-570-0202 Lat. N33.998267°, Long. W86.108728°Updated
(04-12-2014)
Jackson County Beekeepers Association: Contact Jerry Latham, 256-609-
7035. Meet 6:30 PM the first Thursday of even numbered months at ALFA
Insurance office, 23625 John T. Reid Parkway, Scottsboro, AL (Updated 04-
26-2013)
Jefferson County: Dr. John Hurst, Pres. Meet 6:00 P.M. 3rd Thu Birming-
ham Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park Rd. Birmingham, AL 35223-1802
County agent, Sallie Lee (205) 879-6964 Ext 11 Lat. W33.490438°,Long.
W86.775025° (Updated 12-16-2013)
Limestone County Beekeepers Association: Lionel Evans, Pres.
[email protected]. Meets 2nd Thu of even months (Feb, Apr, June, Aug,
Oct, & Dec.) at 6:00 PM at Limestone County Water Authority, 17218 US
Hwy 72 West, Athens, Al 35611 (Updated 04-26-2013)
Lower Alabama Beekeepers Association, Nolen Ballard, pres nolenbal-
[email protected] meet at Antioch East Baptist Church, 2303 Old Stage
Rd, Greenville, AL. Contact Nolen Ballard to confirm date and time.
(Updated 12/01/2014)
Madison County: Ricky Walls, Pres. 7006 Linda St; Huntsville, AL 35811;
256-686-8661; [email protected]. Meet 6:30 P.M. 2nd Thu in odd-
numbered months at Botanical Gardens, 4747 Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville,
AL Lat. N34.710198°, Long. W86.634864° (Updated 09-29-2014)
Mobile County Beekeepers Association- Robert Ardary, Pres. (251) 401-
2690 [email protected]. Meet at 10:00 AM on second Saturday
of each month at Grace Tabernacle Church, 2001 Dawes Rd, Mobile, AL
36695 Lat. N30.64868°, Long.W88.246652° (Updated 10-22-2013)
Monroe County: No current information on this club. (Updated 10-12-
2013)
North-West Alabama Bee Club: No current information on this club. (12-
19-2011)
North-East Alabama (Calhoun County & surrounding area): Joe Abernathy,
Pres. 256-835-1214, [email protected]. Meet 6:30 P.M. 2nd Thu 17th
& Noble Sts, Auburn Extension Administration Building, Anniston, AL Lat.
N33.666713°, Long.W85.831049° (Updated 11-28-2013)
St. Clair County: Nick Thomas, Pres. [email protected].
www.sccba.net Meet 6:30 PM 4th Thursday at Riverside Marina Building
next to the Riverside Fire Dept. Lat. N33.604328°, Long. W86.202918°
(Updated 11-28-2013)
Sand Mountain Beekeepers (Blount, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall & NE
AL): Lyle Greenwood, Pres, Tel (256)586-2206, [email protected]. Meet
6:30 P.M. on 3rd Thu of even numbered months at Guntersville Public Li-
brary, 1240 O’Brig Ave. (Updated 02-21-2013)
Saugahatchee Beekeepers Association meets the first Tuesday of every
even numbered month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug. Oct, Dec) 6:00 PM at the Lee
County Extension Office which is located at 600 S. 7th St. in Opelika, AL.
Contact Linda Schotz, President at [email protected] or 205-299-0625
for additional information. (Updated 10-12-2013)
Shelby County Beekeepers Association: Robert Shoemaker, Pres. 205-540
-1979, meet on the 1st Thursday of each month at the Chelsea Senior Adult
Center (Lat. N33.317724°, Long. W86.666318°) on Hwy 36 from 7-9 PM.
George Baldwin 205-516-0918 (Updated 10-10-2013)
South Alabama (Mobile County): This local association has ceased meeting
and disbanded. (Updated 10-26-2007)
Southeast Alabama Beekeepers Association: Gerry Whitaker Pres. whits-
[email protected], Meet 7:00 P.M. 1st Thu of each month at the Coffee
County Farm Center in New Brockton, AL (Updated 11-30-2012)
Tallapoosa River: Tony Goss, Pres. [email protected], meet 3rd Thurs.
every month at 6:00 PM at Dadeville Recreation Center, 116 Kids Ct, Dade-
ville, AL (Updated 4-11-2014)
Tennessee Valley Beekeepers Association: Mary Gibson, pres. Lamar
Roberson, VP, David Hicks Sec/Treas [email protected] (256) 565-4020.
Meet 2nd Thu of even months at 7:00 P.M. at the Moulton City Hall, 720
Seminary St, Moulton, AL (Updated 03-11-2013)
Walker County: Lonnie Funderburg, 1260 Easley Bridge Rd, Oneonta, AL
35121-4110 Tel (205) 625-3464. Meet 6:30 P.M. 4th Mon at Ext Svc Bldg,
1501 N. Airport Road, Jasper, AL except July and December, picnic in July.
(Lat. N33.863387°, Long. W87.265301°) (Updated 02-13-13)
West Alabama Beekeepers Association (Bibb, Tuscaloosa, Hale, & Pick-
ens Cos.) Bill Hewett, Pres [email protected] Meet 6:00 P.M. 3rd
Thu monthly at County Extension Service Auditorium, 714 Greensboro
Ave.,Tuscaloosa, Al 35401. Current website
http://www.HewettsHoney.com. (Updated 01-09-2011)
Wiregrass (Houston County): Roslyn Horton, Pres., 334-795-6201
home 334-790-2087 cell, [email protected]. Meet 7:00 P.M. 1st Thu
every month at Houston County Extension Office, Ross Clark Circle #4;
Dothan, AL. Lat. 31.194471°, Long. -85.374664°
(Updated 4-12-2014)
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