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Maycox Named American Honey Queen
USAgNet - 01/23/2017
The American Beekeeping Federation has announced that Maia Jaycox and Hope Pettibon were selected as the 2017 American Honey Queen and Princess at its annual January convention in Galveston, TX.
Maia is the 19-year-old daughter of Scott and Juli Jaycox of Webster City, IA, and the granddaughter of Lynn and Debbie Jaycox of Webster City, IA, and of Richard and JoAnn Kuebler of Tucson, AZ. She is a sophomore at Iowa State University in the
open option program with an interest in biology. She is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at Iowa State. Maia began beekeeping with her family about four years ago and currently tends to seven hives of bees. She previously served as the Iowa
Honey Queen.
Princess Hope is the 20-year-old daughter of Patrick and Christie Pettibon of McKinney, TX, and granddaughter of Larry and JoAn Davis of Greenville, TX. She is currently attending a bible college in south Texas and has future aspirations to be a wilderness
emergency medical technician. Hope has been keeping bees with her family since 2004 and has earned awards for her honey. She previously served as the Texas Honey Queen.
The two will spend the next year promoting the beekeeping industry throughout the United States in a wide variety of venues, including fairs, festivals, schools, and media interviews.
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