ETBA Honey Queen, Kellie Lenamond
2009-2010
Kellie Lenamond was crowned 2009 ETBA Honey Queen by 2004 ETBA Honey Queen Connie Collins on Feb. 5th 2009 at TJC West Campus in Tyler.
In November 2009 she was runner up for Texas Honey Queen at the Texas Beekeepers Association Annual Convention held at the Holiday Inn Select on South Broadway in Tyler.
Queen Kellie was a busy “little bee” in 2009 spreading the word that the honey bee and pure natural honey are very important to man from many different aspects including pollination, preservation of the honey bee, and their importance to our health, diet, and beauty. She discussed these topics with eighteen different groups in the East Texas area, including Longview High School’s Forrest Awareness at Eastman Nature Center, Bruce Miller Nursery in Edgewood, The East Texas Fair in Tyler, and school children.
Kellie gave cooking demonstrations and shared her samples with the groups including several Master Gardening Clubs, 4-H groups, Church groups, and the Texas State Fair in Dallas.
She attended meetings and gave reports to the ETBA local club and Texas Beekeepers Association at the delegates meeting in Round Rock.
Some of her appearances were covered by the news media around Texas. Tyler Telegraph’s feature Editor Megan McGowan and Photographer Jaime Carrero witnessed first hand how many bees can be in a hive as they suited up to watch Kellie and instructor Dick Counts remove a monster bee hive from a fifty-five gallon barrel, secure them in frames, and put in their permanent home, a bee hive. Afterward they were privileged to taste the honeycomb and pure natural honey straight from the bees.
She did a telephone interview for “America in the Morning” and “The Jim Bohannon Show” that was heard on a combined total of approximately 500 radio stations. She was contacted by a free lance editor of The Cambridge University Press in New York for an article about beekeeping in Texas. It has gone to press and we are awaiting a copy.
The year 2010 promises to be a busy one already for Kellie. She will continue working with her bees and spreading public awareness of this amazing insect created by God.
She will graduate in May and is planning to attend the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky in the fall to prepare for a career as a Physician’s Assistant.
East Texas Beekeeper Association has completed the new honey cook book entitled "Cooking With My Honey". It is a high quality, hard backed book with ring binders and includes over 200 honey recipes. All proceeds go directly into the ETBA Honey Queen Program. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to use natural, healthy honey in cooking. Great for Christmas and birtday gifts. You will want to pass this one on to yours kids and grand kids! The price for this wondferful book is only $13.00 if picked up at an ETBA meeting. Books are available now at any meeting of the ETBA.
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