Back in February, I stated that one of my goals for the 2009 beekeeping season was to enter the local Boone County Fair with my honey. I think showing honey is a great way to share the rewards of beekeeping with non-beekeepers and, hopefully, encourage others to get started in beekeeping themselves. It's also a friendly way of competing with fellow beekeepers.Well, I did it! This year, thanks to the bees, I took 2nd place for a full frame of honey and 3rd place for a 1lb jar of white extracted honey. I've recieved beautiful red and white ribbons to show for the effort, five dollars total prize money, and more importantly, I learned about the judging and correct display of honey and frames of honey. This will certainly be a topic of a future episode of The Beekeeping Podcast.
Congratulations to my beekeeping mentor, Susie, who took 1st place in both the same categories I entered. That's really the way it should be, for as it is wisely written, "The disciple is not above his master..." (Luke 6:40).I'm already looking forward to next years competition.
5 comments:
Darcy, I can't believe how almost clear your honey is, it looks great. My son and I are going to attempt to show honey this year that we are going to extract, also! I heard there is quite a bit of work to it, not using an extractor, perfect bottles, no air. Lots of work. I'll let you know how ours goes.
Darcy, good job on the honey show, I was surpised how almost clear in color your honey was. My son and I are going to show honey also this year, and I have heard there is alot of work to it, I'm looking forward to it! Brad
Congratulations on your awards! I would love to show some of our honey next year at the NYS Fair.
Great looking clear honey- and well deserved awards! Well done!
I am a nine-year-old beekeeper. My 4H beekeeping club is encouraging all of us to enter something in the 4H fair.The fair is three weeks from now and I want to enter a frame of capped honey.
Can you tell me how best to preserve the frame until the fair. How early can I take it out of the hive? How long can I leave it in the freezer?
Any advice?
Thanks! Sophie
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