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NJBA President's Message April/May 2008

You are probably all looking forward to spring as much as I am. I hope that your hives made it through the winter in good shape.

In case some of you don't know me, I thought that I would start off by telling you about myself. My wife, Elayne, and I moved to Jackson in the spring of 1978 and started a small homestead to improve the quality of food we ate. It seemed logical to include bees, but after a few years, I quit when my hives came down with foulbrood two years in a row. In 2002, after I retired from teaching biology and chemistry in Brick, I decided to try beekeeping again. So far, I have had good years and bad. Hopefully, as I learn more about beekeeping, the good years will outnumber the bad ones.

Recently, with increased cost of living expenses, concerns about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and development encroaching on farmland, we are faced with challenges that extend beyond simple, good beekeeping practices. Together, I hope that we can educate the public as well as the government officials about the importance of bees, beekeepers and farmland. I am hoping that as your president, I will be able to do a good job addressing these and other issues. I know that our organization has a strong executive board whose work behind the scenes is amazing. I feel blessed to be supported by such a group and know that we are all in good hands because of their hard work.

I confess that I have one embarrassing problem. My 'name chip' is fried, so please don't be upset if I have problems remembering names and keep those name tags on at meetings.

Thanks!

Pete Leighton