EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

Past and future volunteers for the FSBA honey booth at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida, will be open February 4th through the 15th, 2027 

As usual, we will need LOTS of volunteers to work the booth.  Volunteers will talk with the public about honey bees, beekeeping and will sell Florida honey.  The money from the honey sales supports FSBA activities. See below the sign up sheet.  A Volunteer shift is about four hours and the volunteer will receive a FREE entry ticket into the State Fair for that day.  Parking is free at the fairgrounds.

Please, mark your calendar and sign up to volunteer in the FSBA booth!  

We could use a couple more people on the FSBA Fair booth committee. Most of the committee activities are conducted online by email or by text message. There are occasionally some on-site booth preparations before the event.  The current booth coordinators are Tammy Sadler and Susan Harris for any questions: beefairfla@gmail.com

The 2026 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held at the  

Mission Inn Resort, 10400 County Road 48, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 34737

SEE THE SEPARATE PAGE WITH INFORMATION

If you are interested in being a sponsor or vendor for the 2025 conference see info here or email your request 

to:  AnnualConference@FSBAbee.org 

 Order your FSBA Gear below! In our Web-Shop we have shirts, stickers and some other items to be shipped directly to you. Shipping and Tax will be added to the pricing shown on the page. 

The study has been published. Please click here to access the UF page regarding the study results!

2025 FSBA ANNUAL MEETING/CONVENTION/CONFERENCE

was November 6-8, 2025 at the Osceola County UF/IFAS Extension Complex, 1921 Kissimmee Valley Lane, Kissimmee, FL 34744. 

We had a great showing of speakers, vendors AND attendees!  We were sold out, ran out of space and had to use tents in the grass.  The Bobcat Derby returned and an onsite apiary for training & show n tell.  

Featured Speakers

• Dr. Jamie Ellis    Dr. Cameron Jack   Amy Vu    Jeff Pettis     Garett Slater   Randy Oliver   Rogan Tokach    Lori Johnson   Jessica Sullivan   Diane Spoden    Dan Long  Emily Flowers   Jennifer Hagen    David Westervelt   James Fulton - FDACS Honey Bee Diagnostic Lab   Alansos  Billy Fussell   David Mendes    

2024 FSBA ANNUAL MEETING/CONVENTION/CONFERENCE

was October 3rd - 5th, 2024 in OCALA, FLORIDA.  

- Oct 3rd, UF Beelab tour in Gainesville & Welcome reception at hotel

- Oct 4th & 5th Conference & Annual Meeting

Location was Ocala Hilton Hotel & Conference Center, 3600 Southwest 36th Ave, Ocala, FL 34474

Featured Speakers

• Dr. Jamie Ellis, UF    Dr. Cameron Jack, UF   Amy Vu, UF   Kamon Reynolds  Michael Bush   Tucka Saville   Teddy Miska   Medhat Nasr   Diane Spoden   David Westervelt   Bo Sterk   James Fulton - FDACS Honey Bee Diagnostic Lab   Georgia Department of Agriculture, David Williams   Chris Alanso   Billy Fussell   Dr. Lena Barascou   Kimberly & David Lott   David Mendes   Tina O'Brien   Dr. Bob Porter   Jim O'Brien   

2023 FSBA ANNUAL MEETING/CONVENTION
was held from October 13 & 14 2023.  We had a welcome reception from 6-9 pm the evening of the 12th at the host hotel.  

Location:   UF/IFAS Extension Facility, Orange County FL

It was a great success and the speakers, vendors, beekeepers, sponsors and volunteers made it an event to remember.  

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THE 2023 CONFERENCE!