BEEKEEPER OF THE YEAR
In 2003, the ISBA Board of Directors established its Beekeeper of the Year program. This prestigious program is designed to recognize, on a yearly basis, an Illinois Beekeeper who most embodies and exemplifies the key objectives of the ISBA, to promote:
Each Summer, the ISBA may nominate a Beekeeper that meets the following candidate requirements:
- Interest in Honey Bees and Beekeeping by encouraging good Beekeeping practices in Illinois
- The utilization of Honey Bees for pollination of agricultural crops
- The dissemination of information about Honey Bees and Beekeeping
Each Summer, the ISBA may nominate a Beekeeper that meets the following candidate requirements:
- A candidate must be a member, in good standing, of the ISBA and must be a resident of the State of Illinois
- A candidate must be first nominated by an ISBA member, approved by the program Chairperson and the ISBA Secretary and finally approved by the ISBA Board of Directors
- A candidate must be willing to receive the ISBA Beekeeper of the Year designation
- If a winner is not willing to participate, a new winner will be awarded from the slate of nominations
Past Recipients of the ISBA Beekeeper of the Year
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2003 - Charles Lorence
2004 - Marlin Wagner 2005 - Dan and Janet Hart 2006 - Ron Fischer 2007 - Rich Ramsey 2008 - John Hansen 2009 - Rita Taylor 2010 - Mike and Astrid Sabo 2011 - Gene Killion 2012 - Bill and Dorothy Buckley 2013 - Larry Roth 2014 - No selection 2015 - Dr. Lawrence DuBose 2016 - Bernie Andrew 2017 - Ray Chapman 2018 - Tom Simpson 2019 - Doug Leedle 2020 - Jim and Karen Belli 2021 - Marcin Matelski 2022 - Arvin Pierce |