2011 State Fair of Texas
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 10:20 | 
Summer is here and it is hot!!!! If your bees are like mine, you are wondering what happened to the honey crop. Hopefully the weather will moderate and we will have some cool and maybe wet weather by the time for the State Fair of Texas and the Honey Booth.
There continues to be considerable interest in the honey bee by the media. Blake Shook and I have been interviewed several times this year about the honey bee and her impact on the food supply. We have endeavored to present a very positive image about beekeepers and their importance too. If you have any suggestions for telling the story of pollination, please send them to me.
As always, your help is needed to provide the honey and funding for the booth. We need more honey than ever and we will need your financial support to be able to tell the story. We are asking the commercial beekeepers to lead the way with $200 donations and the hobbyists $25 or more if possible. We really need to raise about $4000 this year. The financial needs are more pressing this year due to the state budget crunch. The Texas Department of Agriculture will not be funding as much this year and will do a major building reshuffle. The Honey Booth willnot be in the same location and we will have to do some modifications.
The TBA Honey Booth provides the best opportunity to get our story to the public. Over 1 million consumers of the 3 million that attend the Fair pass by the booth each year according to the numbers furnished by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Exposure to each consumer costs less than 4 tenths of a cent. That is very inexpensive. Honey and bees have been the news a lot lately. This has increased the demand for honey. Help us make the Texas consumer realize that they need to purchase TEXAS HONEY.
Our Honey Queens do a great job with the cooking demonstrations that make the public aware of what a wonderful ingredient honey can be in the kitchen. Please help them tell the story. Honey will again be showcased by the Honey Queens. We are fortunate that we have more Queens sponsored by local clubs than in quite a while.
Can you donate a case of honey with your label, or even a jar? Contact John Talbert at 214-532-9241 if you can. Can you be a volunteer in the booth to help tell the story of bees and honey? We need you to sign up for a date.
There continues to be considerable interest in the honey bee by the media. Blake Shook and I have been interviewed several times this year about the honey bee and her impact on the food supply. We have endeavored to present a very positive image about beekeepers and their importance too. If you have any suggestions for telling the story of pollination, please send them to me.
As always, your help is needed to provide the honey and funding for the booth. We need more honey than ever and we will need your financial support to be able to tell the story. We are asking the commercial beekeepers to lead the way with $200 donations and the hobbyists $25 or more if possible. We really need to raise about $4000 this year. The financial needs are more pressing this year due to the state budget crunch. The Texas Department of Agriculture will not be funding as much this year and will do a major building reshuffle. The Honey Booth willnot be in the same location and we will have to do some modifications.
The TBA Honey Booth provides the best opportunity to get our story to the public. Over 1 million consumers of the 3 million that attend the Fair pass by the booth each year according to the numbers furnished by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Exposure to each consumer costs less than 4 tenths of a cent. That is very inexpensive. Honey and bees have been the news a lot lately. This has increased the demand for honey. Help us make the Texas consumer realize that they need to purchase TEXAS HONEY.
Our Honey Queens do a great job with the cooking demonstrations that make the public aware of what a wonderful ingredient honey can be in the kitchen. Please help them tell the story. Honey will again be showcased by the Honey Queens. We are fortunate that we have more Queens sponsored by local clubs than in quite a while.
Can you donate a case of honey with your label, or even a jar? Contact John Talbert at 214-532-9241 if you can. Can you be a volunteer in the booth to help tell the story of bees and honey? We need you to sign up for a date.