The WV State Honey Festival Committee would like you to meet Devon Anderson. She is the daughter of Steve and Karen Anderson and our Reigning 2009 WV State Honey Princess.
During Devon's reign as the WV Honey Princess she will be attending monthly committee meetings for our festival, attending other fairs and festivals and appearing at local events and parades.
2010 AMERICAN HONEY QUEEN TO VISIT WEST VIRGINIA
Lisa Schluttenhofer, the 2010 American Honey Queen, will visit West Virginia August 26-30. She will make appearances at the West Virginia State Honey Festival in Parkersburg, WV, August 28-29, speaking to attendees about how honeybee pollination creates the building blocks to our food supply. She will also share information on the many uses for helpful and wholesome honey. Lisa will make several scheduled appearances throughout the area during her stay.
Lisa is the 20-year-old daughter of Mike and Roberta Schluttenhofer of Thorntown, IN. She is a sophomore at Purdue University where she is majoring in Natural Resources and Environmental Science. At Purdue, she is active in the College of Agriculture Dean’s Scholars Program and activities at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. She has been a beekeeper for eight years.
As the 2010 American Honey Queen, Lisa serves as a national spokesperson on behalf of the American Beekeeping Federation, a trade organization representing beekeepers and honey producers throughout the United States. The Honey Queen speaks and promotes in venues nationwide, and, as such Queen Lisa will travel throughout the United States during her year-long reign. Prior to being selected as the American Honey Queen, Lisa served as the 2009 Indiana Honey Queen. In this role, she promoted the honey industry at fairs, festivals, and farmers’ markets, via television and radio interviews, and in schools.
The beekeeping industry touches the lives of every individual in our country. In fact, honeybees are responsible for nearly one-third of our entire diet, in regards to the pollination services that they provide for a large majority of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. This amounts to nearly $15 billion per year of direct value from honeybee pollination to United States agriculture.
For more information on Queen Lisa’s West Virginia visit and to schedule an interview, contact Tom Riddle at 304-481-6941 or www.wvhoneyfestival.org.
