Every year as part of the WHPA annual convention, member organize the Kids & Bees Expo The Expo offers the opportunity for kids to learn more about bees and honey. Kids attending have the opportunity to experience the following: See an observation hive with live...

The Wisconsin Honey Producers Association is seeking applicants for the position of 2023 Wisconsin Honey Queen. The 2023 Wisconsin Honey Queen will travel the state promoting the honey and beekeeping industries.

Now in its 4th year, the Wisconsin Honey Producers Association announces the application period for the Youth Beekeeper Scholarship Program. Selected applicants are awarded a 2-year scholarship that will include a complete 10-frame hive kit, equipment, and a 3lb. package or a nucleus colony of live honey bees.  Mentors are needed for the scholarship recipients.

Join the WI Honey Producers Association at the 2022 Fall Convention Nov. 3-5, 2022 Embassy Suites by Hilton 1200 S. Moorland Road, Brookfield, WI Book your room for the WI Honey Producers Association Convention! Or call 1-800-EMBASSY. The group name is WI Honey...

Nominations are OPEN for Beekeeper of the Year and other WHPA Awards. Submit your nominations before October 1.

To combat colony losses and apiary damage from bears visiting a beeyard, the WHPA has launched a Bear Loss Report Form where beekeepers can enter their colony losses resulting from nuisance bears.

The Wisconsin Honey Producers Association is proud to announce that Shannon Lamb of Dane, Wisconsin was selected as the 2022 Wisconsin Honey Queen.

On November 6, 2021 Doug Hauke was honored as WHPA’s 2021 Beekeeper of the Year at the annual Fall Convention in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. As a boy, Doug wanted nothing to do with the bees on his father's dairy farm. He headed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study bacteriology and virology.  While there, he worked several seasons at the University’s bee lab. The bee research experience changed his thinking.  It convinced him he was destined to raise bees back home and by 1980 he owned the family business.

The 2021 Pioneer Award winners, Tim & Lois Fulton have been beekeepers for over 25 years.  They are a small-scale honey producer specializing in local, seasonal raw honey, creamed honey, beeswax candles, beeswax wood sealer and conditioner, and propolis. They can...

Members of the WI Honey Producers Association and the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) recognize the urgent need to get behind the anti-dumping lawsuit, and we are asking for your financial support! You can donate online to the Honey Defense Fund at http://bit.ly/HoneyDefenseFund.

The University of Minnesota's Apiculture Extension Educator Katie Lee breaks down best practices when beekeeping in the time of COVID-19.

The COVID-19 Toolkit lists resources provided by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) for agricultural organizations as they prepare for potential impacts of COVID-19 on their business operations.

WHPA welcomes Chris Hansen and Missy Moore to the Northeastern and Central Districts where they will each serve as District Chair respectively.