Conference Honey Show
Entering the Show
The Fall Conference provides an opportunity to enter products of the hive from your bees in this year’s Honey Show. May there be good fun in preparing entries! Turn them in to a Honey Steward in the Conference Room between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Friday evening and between 8:00 am and 9:00 am on Saturday morning.
Did Someone Say Cookies?
New this year! This fine old English bee teapot will be awarded to the winner of the Honey Cookie Contest at the 2019 Fall Conference in Florence. Those entering need to bring at least a dozen honey cookies (honey being the predominant sweetener) along with the recipe to be made available for OSBA publication. Cookies are to be judged by OSBA officers, with the balance served at the afternoon break. This should be a fun event added to the Honey Show and auction of the entries.
Guidelines
Those entering the Honey Show must be an OSBA member or be registered for the conference. As a benefit of membership, please note that OSBA members may enter without being present (though we hope you are able to attend!).
Items entered will be auctioned during the conference. We hope all entries will be donated; if not, please consider donating at least one of each appropriate entry. Proceeds are to be used for future honey show awards.
MINIMUM QUANTITIES
Comb Honey Sections – 3 square or 3 rounds
Extracting Frames, each class – 3 frames
Extracted Honey – 3 standard, uniform queenline 1 pound honey jars (no pint jars)
All Other Honey (Creamed and Chunk Honey) – 3 wide mouth pint jars
Photos – 8″ x 10″ photo, narrow black frame.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
COMB HONEY: Class #1
1. Comb Honey, any one variety (three round section)
2. Comb Honey, any one variety (three square section)
EXTRACTING FRAMES: Class #2
4. Full depth, any one variety (3 frames)
5. Shallow, any one variety (3 frames)
6. Western, any one variety (3 frames)
7. Semi, any one variety (3 frames)
EXTRACTED LIQUID HONEY: Class #3
Three – 1 pound queenline jars (Please state variety if known.)
8. White
9. Amber
10. Dark
OTHER: Class #4
11. Creamed Honey (3 wide mouth pint jars)
12. Chunk Comb Honey (3 wide mouth pint jars)
BEESWAX: Class #5
17, Natural or Sun bleached 1 pound minimum (1 piece)
18. Beeswax candles, 100% beeswax 2–5 pounds (dipped large single or several pairs)
19. Artistic beeswax, 100% beeswax. Entries can be several pieces but must be fastened together. Entries can be different shades of wax, i.e., brood wax or capping wax. No artificial enhancements.
BEEKEEPING PHOTO: Class #6
Entries must be an 8″ x 10″ photo in a narrow black frame. (Please identify location.)
Subject matter: “Through the eyes of a Child”
GIFT BASKET: Class #7
Must contain at least 5 honey and related bee products.
HONEY COOKIE CONTEST: Class #8
Must include at least one dozen “predominantly honey” cookies, with the recipe made available for OSBA publication.
MEAD TASTING CONTEST: Class #9
Honey Show Judging
Honey Judge: Marjie Ehry
Honey Stewards: Susan Rauchfuss and Bonnie King
Beekeeping Photo: To be judged by conference attendees
Honey Cookie Contest: To be judged by OSBA officers
Mead Tasting: To be judged by registered attendees between 21 & 99 years of age
2019 Honey Show Awards
Best of Show: $100; Sweepstakes: $75
1st Place: Blue Ribbon; 2nd Place: Red Ribbon; 3rd Place: White Ribbon
Honey Cookie Contest: Old English bee teapot!