Our Australian State conferences and member body AGMs are nearly completed for 2024.

Congratulations to all office bearers that have been elected to represent their members.  I have enjoyed attending the NSWAA and VAA conferences this year. The CEO has attended the NSWAA, TBA, SAA and the Asian Bee Conference hosted by BICWA in Perth. There were a great number of interesting speakers, I learnt a lot about learning to live with varroa from both conferences I attended. It was great to see all conferences well attended by beekeepers. Congratulations to all states for conducting well run and informative conferences. We look forward to the Qld conference in July.

AHBIC has sent out our Notice of AGM for the 10^th July 24 at Townsville.

At all of the state conferences we have presented the 2024 AHBIC update to demonstrate the tangible work AHBIC has been doing.  There is so much more we could be doing for our industry, but we are constrained by resources.  So please consider becoming a Friend of AHBIC to financially help run AHBIC.  There are only 200 friends of AHBIC contributing to keep AHBIC going of the 47,000 registered beekeepers in the country.

It will not be long before pollination season will commence. We hope that all beekeepers make time for a break or a holiday to recharge and reconnect with family and friends between seasons.  This is important now more so than ever as our industry faces some challenging times ahead.

Stephen Targett

Chair