Who's Been Spied Wearing the TVBC Hat?
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This is Dr. Megan Milbrath, who presented a keynote address, Toward Treatment-Free Beekeeping at the Western Apicultural Society's Annual Conference in Ashland, Oregon. July 2019
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See that hat? The Maurie gods in New Zealand so liked that hat that they caused the winds of Zealand to lift if off my head and blow it into the boiling mud pits they have there. Forever theirs, forever gone. After having to bow out of your meeting, is there any way I can get that hat replaced? You have seen it in a lot here as it is my favorite hat - my wife can spot me in the grocery store 5 isles away - but it just looks good.
Roger Marti, of Uster, Switzerland and who visited Idaho with his son Dario during the 2017 eclipse, sports the TVBC lid while at Stonehenge.
Dr. Keith Delaplane artificially inseminating queens at the UGA Honey Bee Lab. Thanks Jennifer Berry!
Jennifer Berry ran into Marla Spivak at a recent Beeking event and captured this splendid image of MacArthur Fellow Spivak in mid-February 2017.
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Jay Miller captivated a crowd of 60 beekeepers during the January 2017 TVBC meeting. Dispatched only days before from the American Beekeeping Federation annual meeting in Galveston, Jay, a member of the ABF President's Club - Silver-style, served as poll watcher & representative on a national scale, as the TVBC underwent a peaceful transition of power and the new TVBC officers were elected.
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Jay Miller, Father of the "Rose Gant de Bras (Pink Arm Gloves) Beekeeping Movement," demonstrates his prowess at working bees with only his sunglasses and Rose Gant de Bras and no veil, smoker or hive tool. Sez Jay, "I find that with my Patented Rose Gant de Bras , beekeeping is so simple these days! I now have plenty of time to spend with all my 17 grandkids and still work the bees."
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Jennifer Berry arrived in Boise in August 2016, and blew our socks off. Whoopee cushions, meeting Lt. Gov. Little, a rousing Pub Swarm thru downtown Boise, a day in the field with the renowned "TVBC HornDawgs," Foothills Learning Center lectures, the Annual TVBC BBQ, a trip to the Saturday Market, followed by a bustling Bug Day at the Botanical Gardens, and a superb Boise State University lesson on "What Would Bees Be, if We Let Bees Be?" and a tour of the Roof Top Bee Yard, all led up to Campfire Tales and a fireside, on-bended knee marriage proposal from Uncle Frank. It don't get any better than this!
Ol' Uncle Frank heads down to Georgia to visit Ms. Jennifer and two days later Jennifer sends the TVBC this superb picture of MacArthur Fellow Fellow Marla Spivak. Excellent!
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Out of the blue, Jennifer Berry sent us this picture of Jim Tew in mid-November, 2016, sporting his TVBC lid. Looking sharp, Jim, looking sharp!
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Ellen Topitzhoffer (left) and Carolyn Breece (right) in Boise, December 2015. Ellen was the featured speaker for the Hobbyist Session at the Red Lion Downtowner, where more than 80 beekeepers listened to her tried and true tips and tricks for successful beekeeping. A few days earlier, Carolyn kicked off the 2016 Oregon State Master Beekeeping Program Apprentice class.
Dr. Dewey Caron headlined the TVBC's National Honey Bee Day, 2015, event in August. Dewey was seen leading the Pub Swarm, quizzing Journey candidates at the Foothills Learning Center, churning ice cream in the Park, earning a honorary Bugologist certificate at Bug Day, giving a spectacular talk at Boise State University, thrilling the BSU audience through a glass wall and autographing books just prior to the Campfire Tales out at Duesmanville.
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Dewey Caron headed up to Montreal for the Granddaddy of all bee conferences - Apimondia 2019.
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At our November 2015 TVBC meeting, Dr. Ron Bitner, PhD, delivered an intriguing summary of pollinator projects that he has conducted around the world. In addition to being an internationally acclaimed expert on pollinators, Dr. Bitner is an award winning vitner (how fitting!) and a budding truffleologist.
This is Veldon Sorensen, a Utah beekeeper, who graciously visited with an ad hoc group of Treasure Valley beekeepers and led a vigorous discussion on neonics. After the session, everyone was invited to quench their parched palates with a cool, refreshing cup of grape Kool Aid! Yum!! What a great sport to visit with the group and to volunteer to model our new Club shirt and hat fashion statement.
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On Friday, December 5, 2014, Randy was in Boise at the Red Lion Downtowner and spent the entire afternoon speaking with the 100+ hobbyist/sideliner contingent.
Randy's agenda included presentation on the biology of the colony, during the course of a year; an eye-opening discussion on "Natural Beekeeping;" and how to "read" the combs. This was followed by a second hour-long presentation on practical management that built on the first discussion. The afternoon was spiked with pithy observations on the state of beekeeping, including a beekeeping application of the Gartner Hype Cycle (Initiating with a "Technology Trigger," the new beekeeper moves rapidly to a "Peak of Inflated Expectations," which is rapidly followed by a crash into the "Trough of Disillusionment," then recovery on the "Slope of Enlightenment," and finally the beekeeping experience culminates on the "Plateau of Productivity." Good stuff.)
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Kim Flottum, sporting his "Bronco Pride," freshens up the "Inner Cover" in the October 2014 issue of Bee Culture. What a dapper dude. Must be the hat!
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Kim Flottum, Bee Culture Editor, dons his new lid ("Manage Your Mites") and leads off the 2014 NHBD Boise Pub Swarm, August 14, 2014.
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Ian Sweet, VP, Collegiate Relations, with Sweet Honey Company & Special Education Fund for Deserving Beekeepers' Children, sports his new lid in preparation for a presentation to Boise State University at the end of September 2014.
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John Miller, w/ a disguised TVBC hat, traveling incognito while he surreptitiously visits the Club's "Kebin Duesman Memorial Disease Yard" in Southeast Boise. August 16, 2013.
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Sue Cobey and Dick Knapp, UC Davis, March 2012
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Steve Sheppard and Sue Coby, Republic of Georgia, 2011.
As seen in "Steve Sheppard: Genealogy Toward a Better Bee, Part 1," M.E.A. McNeil, American Bee Journal, April 2012.
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Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe;
ED Sessions, Boise, ID,
Jan 24, 2012
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Dr. Judy Wu-Smart, Dr. Steve Sheppard, Dr. Jeff Petts and Dr. Matthew Smart - Idaho Honey Industry Association annual meeting, December, 2009, Boise, ID
The TVBC Hat Gets Around
Worldly Views showing off the travels of the TVBC Cap.
