Welcome to the Wisconsin Honey Producers Association. The WHPA was organized in 1864 by the beekeepers in the State of Wisconsin. The purpose of the WHPA is to form a strong bond and fellowship among commercial and hobby honey producers to effectively: 

Protect the honey producing industry of Wisconsin from policies and environmental changes that will negatively affect honey production.

Improve the marketing of honey and bee products by supporting and promoting the Honey Queen Program, advertising, and scientific developments beneficial to honey producers and the industry.

Support and promote educational programs by disseminating scientific developments and by sharing knowledge among members.

Support and promote educational programs aimed at public acceptance of the honeybee in our environment. 

The WHPA promotes the use of honey and hive products, as well as research into beekeeping problems and issues. The association also supports the honey queen program, which works to promote honey use across the state of Wisconsin.

The WHPA provides a good connection to other regional, state and national beekeeping organizations. The spring and summer meetings, and the fall convention are good places to pick up information, learn up-to-date techniques for beekeeping, and to network with other beekeepers, large and small. The Badger Bee provides communication from the world of beekeeping, information on current events and connections with suppliers of beekeeping related supplies and services.

Please contact any of the officers or district chairs to find out more about the WHPA, to start your own beekeeping effort or for general honeybee questions. We hope that you will find our website entertaining and informational.

Wisconsin Honey Producers Association

State Fair Managers Are Sought

State Fair Managers are sought The WHPA is seeking applications for manager and assistant manager our booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. The fair dates are August 4 through August 15 with a setup date preceding the fair and tear down day after the fair.
The managers duties include recruiting and coordinating workers for set up, all fair days and tear down. To perform quality assurance check on booth products, inventory tracking of product received, sold and returned. Other responsibilities are booth operation before and throughout the fair, daily income records, nightly deposits and full financial recap of State Fair activities within a week of the fair completion. Provide a critique of State Fair including suggestions for the next year. Hours have been traditionally split between manager and assistant.
The assistant managers is to be at the WHPA booth from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. days of the fair. The duties include supervising the volunteer staff, maintain daily income records for nightly shift, record and sign off on nightly receipts, take responsibility to secure nightly receipts and provide a written critique of operations of the 2010 WHPA Honey booth for future development.
These are paid positions. If you are interested please contact Tim Fulton at 262-553-5510 or e-mail tfulton.whpa@sbglobal.net