From the March 30, 2008 Des Moines Register:
Andrew Joseph has been named state apiarist for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.
Joseph will oversee apiary registration and inspection, conduct beekeeper education courses and conduct public outreach on bees and beekeeping, Northey said.
Funding for the state apiarist job was provided by the Iowa Legislature during the 2007 session.
The position was suspended in 2001 because of budget constraints.
Joseph will be based at the department's laboratory facility in Ankeny.
He can be contacted by phone at (515) 725-1481 or by e-mail at Andrew.Joseph@IowaAgriculture.gov.
The Iowa agriculture department has three part-time apiary inspectors that examine hives across the state.
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