The Pennsylvania Honey Queen Program is currently seeking candidates for the 2024 Honey Queen and Princess. Candidate must be a single female, between the ages of 18-24 as of November 1st, who is a resident of Pennsylvania. It is not necessary that the candidate come from a beekeeping background. Further qualifications and details on our Honey Queen Application Form.
PSBA 2023 Fall Meeting & Conference
In Person!! Not Zoom... We are happy to announce that Dr. Jamie Ellis and Randy Oliver will headline our presenter list. This will be a great opportunity to see and hear these two nationally recognized speakers. Register here.
Dates: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 20-22, 2023
Registration Deadline: 1 Oct 2023
Location: Ramada State College Hotel and Conference Center, 1450 S Atherton St, State College, PA 16801
Hotel Rooms: For reservations call (814) 238-3001 and use Group Code BEE2023. The group room rate is $94 plus taxes
including buffet breakfast. Room reservations deadline is 19 September 2023, but the hotel may honor the rate for a late
reservations. Suites are NOT available at the group room rate.
Our summer picnic was held Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Fisher Bee Farm, located at 1 Queen Bee Lane, McVeytown. We had a great turnout and excellent BBQ provided by Justin Dobrowolsky & Carleen Vorisek. Photos will be posted shortly.
The 2023 PA State Apiary Inspection season has begun. Find your local inspector by clicking on your county on our map. The entire list of local inspector's names and contact information is also available on that same page.
Meet the 2023 Apiary Inspection Team
Queen Paige Rhyne and Princess Natalie Shimo's 2023 Pennsylvania Honey Queen Brochures are now available. A $10 donation for a pack of 100 brochures is requested. You can purchase brochures by contacting Cathy and Lucy at honeyqueen@pastatebeekeepers.org or you may print them from this pdf file if you prefer.
Western PA Beekeepers Conference
Feb 10-11, 2023 - This was a fantastic event with hundreds in attendance! Many thanks to everyone who volunteered.
Slide show recap of the seminar: https://annieo.smartslides.com/wpba_seminar <-- click this link
Still photo gallery https://annieoneill.pixieset.com/westernpabeekeepingseminar/
Photo credit to Anne O'Neill and Nancy AndrewsPennsylvania Farm Show 2023
The 2023 PA Farm Show was January 7 - 14 at the Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania Farm Show is the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association's showcase annual event and the primary source of fund raising for the Pennsylvania Honey Queen Program. More information is available by clicking here.
Beekeeper of the Year for 2022 Selected
The 2022 Beekeeper of the Year award was presented to Gary Carns at this year's PSBA fall conference.
Candidates wanted for 2024 Honey Queen and PrincessThe Pennsylvania Honey Queen Program is currently seeking candidates for the 2024 Honey Queen and Princess. Candidate must be a single female, between the ages of 18-24 as of November 1st, who is a resident of Pennsylvania. It is not necessary that the candidate come from a beekeeping background. Further qualifications and details on our Honey Queen Application Form. |
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