June 2009 Honey Queen Report
June 1st, 2009 | 
Author: Hello, everyone,
I hope you (and your bees) are enjoying the month of June!
Here is what I have been doing recently as Honey Queen:
On April 24th, I met with a troop of Girl Scouts at the Acevedo’s home, and Mrs. Acevedo led the girls and their mothers on a tour of their farm, showing the girls a wonderful collection of beehives in boxes, trees, birdhouses, and other interesting places where the bees were in residence. She also pointed out various flowering plants that the bees like to visit. The girls were captivated, and asked Mrs. Acevedo and me many excellent questions. Before leaving, each family enjoyed bottling their own jar of honey.
The Heard Green Living Family Festival was held on May 2nd at the Heard Museum, where my mother and I arranged a beekeeping booth and observation hive. We were able to share the importance of honey bees and beekeeping with many people that day, and answered many questions about local honey and colony collapse disorder.
May 15th was Texas Day at Mathews Elementary in PIano, an annual event which I had had the privilege of attending twice before. Every year on a given day, various speakers come to the school to teach about Texas history and culture, and that day, Kaylynn Mansker, my sister Caroline, and I gave presentations to five groups of very interested and enthusiastic 4th graders. The children enjoyed trying on the bee veil, jacket, and gloves, watching the bees in the observation hive, and eating their honey sticks.
Best of all was our CCHBA picnic on May 16th, I was glad to see so many of you come out, despite the rainy weather. It was so nice to fellowship with you all, and share in the delicious food and fun games.
Thank you for a wonderful day.
I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
~ Queen Allison
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About Allison Adams
Allison Adams is the 2009 Collin County Honey Queen. She is the seventeen-year-old daughter of Ned and Caryl Adams of Plano, Texas. She began beekeeping five years ago through the Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association youth scholarship program and has thoroughly enjoyed it ever since. She also finds pleasure in drawing, cooking, gardening, sewing, English country dancing, and most of all, spending time with her family.
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