Eastern Apicultural Society 07 EAS JOURNAL Things You Need To Know About EAS 2007 EAS 2007 will be shortly after you receive this EAS Jour- RIGHT onto New London Rd, (Rt 896 North) at Railroad nal. We want your trip to Delaware to be a safe and conve- crossing just after Deer Park tavern. Proceed about 1/2 nient one. Here is a bit of information about getting to mile (through one traffic light). Turn RIGHT onto 2nd EAS 2007, the Newark DE area and some specifics about Pencader Way keeping the Marriott Hotel and Electronic our SC/Conference. sign on your right. Clayton Hall will be in front of you, parking will be on left. GETTING TO NEWARK • Alternative from I 95 Use Exit 1, Route 896 North. Newark DE is just to the North of I 95 between Phila- Drive past athletic complex, into Newark and pass main delphia PA and Baltimore MD, about 12 miles west of part of campus until you reach one-way Main St. Turn LEFT Wilmington, DE. Download driving direction from GOGGLE (west) and get in right lane to turn right at railroad cross- or MAPQUEST website (use Newark, DE); Newark’s one- ing (just past Deer Park Tavern). This is now New London way streets are a bit confusing at first. In Newark, follow Rd. Proceed about ½ mile (through one traffic light) pass- the signs for Clayton Hall/Marriott Courtyard. ing Marriott Hotel and electronic sign on right. Turn RIGHT WE ARE UNABLE TO POST ROADSIDE SIGNS IN into Pencader way and Clayton Hall will be in front of you. NEWARK • From the West – PA Take the Pennsylvania Turn- pike East to Route 283 South. Continue on Route 283 DRIVING DIRECTIONS South, which becomes Route 30 East outside of Lancaster, • From the North Take I-95 South to Exit 3 in Dela- passing the outlets to turn RIGHT on Route 896 South. In ware (Christiana Rd / DE-273 W). Keep LEFT at the fork to Delaware, Route 896 is also named New London Rd. Shortly go on DE-273 W. Go 3.8 miles, passing down Main St New- after entering Delaware, turn LEFT onto Pencader Way, just ark, and bear RIGHT onto New London Rd, Rt 896 North before the Marriott and electronic sign. Clayton Hall will just after the Deer Park Tavern. Proceed about 1/2 mile be in front of you. (though one traffic light). Turn RIGHT onto the 2nd Pencader • From the West – MD Come East on MD 273 until Way, keeping the Marriott Hotel and electronic sign on your you reach first traffic light after Newark County Club. Turn right. Clayton Hall will be in front of you, parking will be on LEFT and then at next light turn LEFT again (onto New the left. London Rd). Turn RIGHT onto Pencader Way after Marriott • From the South Take I-95 North to Exit 109B in Hotel and electronic sign on your right. Clayton Hall will Maryland (MD-279 N). Merge onto Elkton Rd, and follow for be in front of you. 3.5 miles, crossing into Delaware and Newark. Bear RIGHT onto W Delaware Ave / DE-2 / DE-273 E. Proceed two tenths AIRPLANE/TRAIN/BUS of a mile, and turn LEFT onto South College Ave, Rt. 896 If you fly, Philadelphia (PHL) is the closest airport N. Then turn LEFT on W. Main St, following 896 N. Bear ~ 35 minutes. There is a convenient DE EXPress shuttle (~$40) which you contract in the baggage area. AMTRAK trains run between Florida to New England and stops in Wilmington, DE Greyhound buses from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City travel to Wilmington. The Greyhound bus will drop you off in front of the Wilmington train station. We have some limited ability to pick up individuals at the airport or in Wilmington Continued on Page 7 What’s Inside • A Word From Our Chairman • A Glimpse of EAS 2007 • 2007 REGISTRATION FORM • Our Chairman Elect • From The Colonies Summer, 2007 Summer, 2007 1 A Word From Our Chairman . EAS Journal Eight years ago August I signed up including attending three meetings a Journal of the Eastern Apicultural for my first four year hitch. That was year... Society of North America, Inc. in Tennessee and Marlene Thomas This organization works because was President. Four years later in of those people. I salute each and ev- Volume 35, Number 3 Maine I signed up again. Rick Cooper ery one of you, and I humbly thank Kim Flottum was in charge there. I can’t re-up again each of you for your contributions – Chairman of the Board according to the rules of the club. great or small, long time or short, Of- 7011 Spieth Road That’s a good thing, and lots of people ficer, Director, butcher, baker or candle Medina, OH 44256 probably agree with that. stick maker. 330.722.2021 (h) But during those eight years EAS There are some special folks, cer- 330.725.6677, Ext. 3214 moved right along. We’re not the same tainly, who I want to single out be- organization we were, and that is a cause they deserve a bit of extra at- [email protected] good thing, too. Not that what was tention. I hope you don’t mind. wasn’t. It was a darn good organiza- Starting with Don Chirnside, Trea- Ann Harman tion. But what was wouldn’t work surer when I began. His tenure began Vice Chairman of the Board nearly as well now, as then. We had in the stormy days of the late 80s, but 1214 North Poes Road to change to fit what is. And what is, he exited with style, grace and loads Flint Hill, VA 22627 is a pretty different group. of black ink on the books. We all wish 540.364.4660 (phone & fax) We’re still the only U.S. beekeep- you’d come back to visit Don, if only [email protected] ing organization that lets you use a for a day. credit card to register for the annual Ann Harman has served as Vice Ben Bauer conference, and we’re the only one to Chair, and as Chair for a multitude of 2007 President let you do that on a safe and secure committees for all these years. We web page. That, my friends is a real couldn’t have done it without you Ann Firethorne Farm good thing. And speaking of that web – a voice of calm and reason and expe- 1020 Wylie Road page, in my humble opinion we’ve got rience. West Chester, PA 19382 the best, most useful, easiest to use Beginning way back when Don 610.793.9588 web page of any U.S. beekeeping group, Chirnside began, our stalwart Secre- [email protected] bar none, thanks to Rick Hough. We tary, Loretta remains to this day – 21 are, in fact, light years ahead of those years on the job and now four Chair- Jennifer Berry other groups when it comes to cus- men she’s had to take care of. That’s 2006 President tomer service I think. Don’t you? a record Loretta, and it’s been an honor Ag Res. Coordinator II What else? Well, what about group to serve even eight of them with you. Department of Entomology participation. Let me tell you some- And I don’t dare not mention John Athens, GA 30602 thing about that. During the past eight Tulloch...who took over when Don years do you have any idea how many stepped down. John has been a guid- 706.769.1736 people have served EAS as an Officer, ing influence for me for a variety of 706.542.3872 (fax) Director, Historian, VP, 2nd VP, Editor things...the Constitution, Bylaws and or President? Take a guess. Would you certainly the reorganization of our fi- Loretta Surprenant believe over 80 different good people nances. I don’t know if we’re richer, Secretary have come to serve EAS? 80! And some but we are as well organized as we can Box 300, 27 County Home Way of those fine folks have been here us- be thanks to you John. Essex, NY 12936 ing two or three hats. Figuring that, One of my goals when I came to 518.963.7593 (phone & fax) we’ve filled and trained just about 100 this job was to capture as much of the [email protected] positions of leadership in the beekeep- history of EAS as I could. Bill Evans ing community. That is absolutely fan- was Historian and Parliamentarian John Tulloch tastic as far as I’m concerned, and when I started, but he inherited very unmatched in any beekeeping group I little history. He was the best Parlia- Treasurer know of. mentarian we ever had though, and he P.O. Box 473 Most of these fine folks come to certainly straightened me out on Rob- 211 High Street their Board positions to get what they erts Rules. But he stepped down early Odessa, DE 19730 can from the experience. Some for the on and we needed a historian to carry 302.378.1917 (phone & fax) fun, exposure and friendship; some on. Enter Dick Chapin who stepped up [email protected] have an agenda sent by their associa- and has carried on better than anyone tion; and some are on their own mis- could have imagined. We now have Kent Williams sion. Together though, they have man- every journal, lots and lots of other President 2008 aged to run an organization that very papers from our history, and a flood of 580 State Route 385 North carefully spends thousands of other photos and other items.