NATIONAL CREATIVE HIVE PAINTING CONTEST

Winners Announced:

The winners of the 2009 hive Painting Contest are:

First prize:  Scott Eckstein for entry #2.

Second Prize: Mandel Mendenbach

Third Prize:  Jon Bednarczyk

Scoring was done by online voting.  Congratulations to these guys, and tanks to all other
entrants.

RUHL BEE SUPPLY is sponsoring a national creative hive painting contest in support of the
Northwest Apiculture Fund for Honey Bee Research.  

The Northwest Apiculture Fund for Honey Bee Research, Extension and Education is a
collaboration between the Oregon State Beekeepers Association and Oregon State University.
For more on the Fund, please visit
www.orsba.org/htdocs/download/Endow.doc. Contributions
to the Fund are encouraged. Please make your check payable to OHSU FOUNDATION. Important:
On the Memo line, take care to write, "The NW Apiculture Fund for Honey Bee Research,
Extension and Education" so that the funds will be appropriately earmarked.

Mail your donation to: OSU Foundation, 850 SW 35th St., Corvallis OR 97333-4015. If you have any
questions, please contact Kenny Williams, Chairman of the OSBA's Endowment Fund, at
541-456-2631.

For full details of the creative hive painting contest, including rules and prizes, please go to the
following link:
National Creative Hive Painting Contest

DEADLINE FOR VOTING IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 5pm Pacific Standard Time! Winners
will be announced the following weekend at the
2009 NORTHWEST CORNER BEEKEEPERS
CONFERENCE. Winners will be posted to our website Monday, November 23.

How to Vote:
1. Click this link for your ballot.
2. Keep your ballot window open as you browse the entries.
3. Submit your favorite entry for each category!
Ruhl  Bee Supply
Creative Hive Contest
Alvalea Fong #1
Alvalea Fong #2
Brandy Demelt &
Bernie Hayden
Jennie Hansen
John Bednarczyk
Kimberly St. Hilare
Mandel
Medenbach
Scott Eckstein #1
     
Scott Eckstein #2
     
Brian Hansen
John Bednarczyk
Mandel
Medenbach
Most Outrageous Hive
Click on each entrant's name to view other submitted images.
Best Garden Accent Hive
Click on each entrant's name to view other submitted images.