2010 Tennessee Beekeepers Association's annual conference
Registration Forms: PDF Format or Word Document
Cookeville Hotel information

Plans are well underway for the 2010 conference which will be held October 29-30 at the Hyder-Burks Ag Pavilion, Tennessee Tech, Cookeville. I hope that you and many of your members are planning to attend. Presentations are being geared toward beginners, more experienced 'keepers, and the 'keepers that want to move beyond extracted honey. Watch for more information coming soon. It's gonna be an excellent conference.
- Ray Turner, TBA Executive Vice President

Get Ready to Shoot
Click here for the 2010 Rules (PDF).
Start preparing now for the TBA Photo Contest as part of the TBA Conference in October. This year the honey show and photo contest will be open to all TBA members, whether they attend the conference or not. Categories include Scenic, Close-Up, Portrait, and Essay.
Below are some of 2009's winners.

Congratulations to Charles Wilson (right), the 2009 TBA Beekeeper of the Year. Presenting the award is outgoing TBA president Richard Underhill.

Ken Saylor (right) was presented the TBA Lifetime Membership award at the annual convention.

Pollination in Tennessee

A special project funded by the TBA and the TDA Market Development Divison.

Tennessee Beekeepers on the Map
State Apiarist Mike Studer provides these maps detailing the numbers revealed by the state registration of bee hives. You can access the hive registration form on Mike's site. Click a link below to see the map up close:

Registered colonies per county
PDF or GIF

Registered apiaries per county
PDF or GIF

Registered beekeepers per county
PDF or GIF

Meet the Officers
The slate of TBA officers, inducted in October, are (left to right) President - Jim Garrison, Exec. VP - Ray Turner, Secretary - Danny Scott, East Regional VP - Shirley DeBusk, Treasurer - Petra Mitchell, Upper East Regional VP - Debbie Clayton, Middle Regional VP - George Martin, no pictured is West Regional VP - Dick Shaw

 
Beekeeping in Tennessee
The University of Tennessee now has available the revised version of this great publication.  Printed copies are available through UT for $10 or you may download a pdf version of the publication.