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URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/illinois-state-beekeepers-associ
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SUMMARY:Illinois State Beekeepers Association Annual Fall Meeting
DESCRIPTION:November 7-8 — Springfield\, Illinois\nThe AHSTC Honey Judgin
 g Class is November 7 and the 2025 ISBA Fall Meeting and Show Me the Hone
 y Show is on November 8.\n\n​November 7\, 2025\nAll day Honey Judging Cl
 ass — Sanctioned by American Honey Show Training Council. Lunch is on y
 our own for the day of the class.\n\n 	Entries to be accepted for the Show
  Me the Honey judging contest from 3-5 p.m. Friday and 7-9 a.m. Saturday.
  There will be at least 24 categories spread across 4 classes to compete
  in.\n 	We are pleased to announce one of our guest judges will be Monica 
 Siwiak from Richmond\, Texas. She is an AHSTC certified judge and the top 
 winner at last year’s ABF Conference. We will be hosting a “Meet the J
 udge” table for you to ask questions and get some pro tips from Monica.\
 n\nNovember 8\, 2025\, ALL DAY FALL Meeting and Honey Show\n\n\n 	Annual F
 all Meeting (lunch included for tickets purchased before cutoff)\n 	Entrie
 s to be accepted for the Show Me the Honey Judging contest (cutoff time fo
 r entries to be decided). Judging A and results of the Show Me the Honey c
 ontest.\n\nTwo of the confirmed speakers are:\n\n 	Krispn Given — Seni
 or Apiculture Specialist and Honeybee Breeder in the Department of Entomol
 ogy at Purdue University. His research is focused on selecting resistance 
 to the varroa mite by selecting bees with desirable behavioral traits\, gr
 ooming and mite-biting. Today he is recognized as one of the leading inter
 national authorities in the fields of instrumental insemination and honeyb
 ee breeding. He started breeding bees 30 years ago.\n 	Jerry Hayes — Sta
 rted out as a backyard beekeeper\, studied under Jim Tew at Ohio State Uni
 versity\, he was a Research Technician at the USDA/ARS Baton Rouge Bee Lab
 \, Dadant and Sons Regional Mgr.\, Dadant and Sons New Product Dev.\, Chie
 f of the Apiary Section for the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer 
 Services\, Monsanto Honeybee Lead\, VP of Vita Bee Health North America\, 
 and now Editor of Bee Culture magazine.\n\nFor more information and to reg
 ister go to https://www.ilsba.com/summary-of-events.html
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