Last month in Geneva, the Board of Directors had their in person meeting. We were happy to unveil our new Lifetime Member plaques! Fortunately, three board members are also Lifetime Members and received theirs at the time! If you are a Lifetime Member, please come to one of our in person meetings and we'll give you a plaque to proudly hang in your place of business or your honey house!

Also, at our last meeting, Mark Fiegl was back to join us. He was apparently “sleeping” during the last Fall conference and couldn’t be there to receive his Beekeeper of the Year award!
Congratulations Mark Fiegl!

Summer Picnic is coming up quick! July 18th

It will be at Kutik’s Everything Bees in Oxford, NY.
We are working on guest speakers and will also be having Beekeeper Olympics!

2026 Board of Directors:

Officers

President - Tom Shultz
Vice President - Bob Deemer
2nd Vice President - Eliazara Campbell
3rd Vice President - Tom Kingsley
Treasurer - Kim Ess
Secretary - Heather Dodds

Directors
Western Region - Todd Smith & Doug Ford
Central Region - Dan Winter & Mark Fiegl
Northern Region - Justin Bennett & Jennifer Bittner
Eastern Region - Bill Powell & Mary Anne Welsh
Southern Region - Nick Hoefly & Moira Alexander

The New York State Honey Map is now live!

These are the ESHPA members that sell honey throughout the state. We will be advertising this heavily on all our new flyers and advertising and especially at the State Fair when people are ALWAYS asking us where to get honey. Of course people come from all over the state, so this is a great opportunity to pick up some new customers!

If you would like to be listed on the map,
you need to be a current member and fill out the following form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/171wimSdBVKNTZZGwV1mCdkJ3N1aqjXA0Y2uucLdkymE

Did you know we have a calendar of ALL the beekeeping club meetings throughout the state?

Welcome to The Empire State Honey Producers Association, Inc.
Or for short, ESHPA.

ESHPA open to all beekeepers in NYS, from the hobbyist with one hive, to the commercial migratory beekeeper with thousands. This is made clear in the preamble of the bylaws:

To promote and protect the interests of New York State beekeepers, and

To form an association for mutual benefit of New York State honey producers; to promote and assist in efforts to preserve and protect the honey bee; to assist New York State honey producers in promoting, marketing and publicizing honey and hive products and educate the public to the value of honey bee pollination; to aid in presenting a uniform point of view on concerns of New York State honey producers to state and federal agencies and the general public.

To procure uniformity and certainty in customs and usages of trade and commerce, and of those having a common trade, business, financial or professional interest; to promote a more enlarged and friendly intercourse among beekeepers.

ESHPA was originally founded in 1870 as the “New York State Bee-Keepers Association”, with dues of $1 (considered too high by many potential members). Ladies interested in beekeeping could join with just a signature.

Today ESHPA is a 501(c) (5) Federal Tax exempt corporation with a governing board elected by the general membership. Full bylaws are available at ESHPA.org . Regional “North-Eastern” “Southern” “Western” and “Long Island” directors are elected to three-year terms. Officers are elected to two year terms.

The majority of ESHPA members have less than 50 hives according to a voluntary online survey conducted in 2012.

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