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As of 3/11/2026
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2026 Illinois State Beekeepers Association Summer Meeting
will be hosted by the
Prairie State Beekeepers
June 12th - 13th, 2026
Location
The conference will be hosted at Lincoln Land Community College at the Lincoln Commons with hands on presentations at the West Lake Nature Grove Apiary.
Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved and discounted at the Country Inn and Suites, 3092 Adlai Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703, (217)544-4515.
Topics
Will be posted once a master schedule has been confirmed.
will be hosted by the
Prairie State Beekeepers
June 12th - 13th, 2026
Location
The conference will be hosted at Lincoln Land Community College at the Lincoln Commons with hands on presentations at the West Lake Nature Grove Apiary.
Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved and discounted at the Country Inn and Suites, 3092 Adlai Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703, (217)544-4515.
Topics
Will be posted once a master schedule has been confirmed.
The FY2025 Illinois Dept of Agriculture Apiary Report to the Governor and the ISBA is available at the below link on our website as are past reports dating back to 2004.
IDoA Annual Apiary Report
IDoA Annual Apiary Report
Check out the Summary of Events page for educational opportunities which we have been made aware of.
If there is an educational opportunity your ISBA affiliated beekeeping association is conducting or sponsoring, please send the information via email to the ISBA webmaster, Steve Petrilli at [email protected] for consideration and publication on the ISBA Summary of Events page of the website.
If the timing permits, it may also be published in the next issue of the ISBA Bulletin.
If there is an educational opportunity your ISBA affiliated beekeeping association is conducting or sponsoring, please send the information via email to the ISBA webmaster, Steve Petrilli at [email protected] for consideration and publication on the ISBA Summary of Events page of the website.
If the timing permits, it may also be published in the next issue of the ISBA Bulletin.
An email campaign was sent out on 10//7/2025 to all ISBA members we have email addresses for.
If you have not received an email from [email protected] in your inbox, check your spam or junk folders and mark the email as not spam or junk. It should let your email client know it is not junk and future emails should go to your inbox
Gmail may also put the email in the forums tab instead of your inbox or primary folder or may even put it in the updates tab. Move the email from the forums tab or updates tab to let Gmail know to direct it to your inbox.
If you have not received an email from [email protected] in your inbox, check your spam or junk folders and mark the email as not spam or junk. It should let your email client know it is not junk and future emails should go to your inbox
Gmail may also put the email in the forums tab instead of your inbox or primary folder or may even put it in the updates tab. Move the email from the forums tab or updates tab to let Gmail know to direct it to your inbox.
If your beekeeping association has a change of officers or directors for 2026....
- Please email the respective contact information for the officers and/or directors to be listed on the Affiliate Associations page for your association to Steve Petrilli: [email protected]
- If your association has a website, please ensure the new officer information is listed on your website so it can be verified. If your association does not have a website or if your website is not updated, the submitted information, it will need to be verified before the ISBA website is updated.
- If you have not defined your apiary (bee yard) locations to Beecheck.org, you should!
- It is free to create an account on Beecheck.org and register (define) all of your bee yard locations.
- The annual renewal is also free.
- You can access Beecheck via a browser or the new app recently available for Apple and Android devices
If you are growing specialty crops you should define those locations on the Driftwatch.org side.
Licensed and responsible applicators (aerial or ground) are supposed the check for any bee yards or specialty crops near the area of application.
The Beecheck.org site has links to the Driftwatch site for the specialty crop grower and links to the Fieldcheck side of Driftwatch where licensed applicators should register.
- If you accidently or intentionally unsubscribed from ISBA emails, we cannot send you another email until you opt back in to receive them.
- You can opt back in to receive emails by clicking here and completing the form.
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EpiPen® (epinephrine) Savings Card | Save up to $300 on a 2-pak
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A prescription from your doctor is required to obtain an Epipen. Most doctors will write an Epipen Rx for you if they are aware you are a beekeeper.
Mylan, the manufacturer of the Epipen and Epipen Jr is offering a savings card for 2026 which can save you up to $300 for each 2-pak. They also offer a $25 discount card on a generic version. Not all insurance plans qualify, but if yours does, it is worth the time to visit the Mylan site at the below link to ascertain if your insurance does qualify:
https://www.epipen.com/
https://www.epipen.com/