Home & Garden Honey Exhibit

CLASS 27 – HONEY & BEESWAX DIVISION

DIRECTORS: Scott Booth - Chairman 613-347-1340, George Runions, Jennifer Galley.

Rules & Regulations
1. Exhibitors of honey and beeswax must be bona fide beekeepers and the exhibits shown by them must be pure honey from floral sources in their apiaries.

2. Not more than one entry per class from an apiary will be accepted.

3. Honey entries entered in the wrong colour class will be docked 5 points. Honey colour will be determined using a honey classifier approved by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The judges are empowered to declare any product of inferior quality to be ineligible for placing.

4. Liquid and granulated honey must be exhibited in 500gram (375ml) honey jars. (These can purchased from the Secretary or Committee chair the week before the fair - $2/jar).

5. All classes of comb honey (including round) must be packaged in individual clear plastic boxes (also available from Secretary or Committee chair - $1/box). Comb honey must be produced in the hive and must contain pure honey. Cut comb honey should be well drained and must be packed in individual plastic boxes).

6. Honey moisture content (density) will be determined by the use of a refractometer. Entries will be marked down 5 points for each 1/10 of 1% moisture content in excess of 17.8% in liquid honey.

Entry Fee
$3 membership to the St. Lawrence Valley Agricultural Society (Williamstown Fair).

Prizes 1st - $20 2nd - $15 3rd - $10

CLASS 27A - AMATEUR

Someone who has less than 5 hives and has been a beekeeper for less than 5 years

Section
1 Liquid honey, any colour (1 jar)

CLASS 27B - BEEKEEPER

Section
1 Liquid honey, white (2 jars)
2 Liquid honey, golden (2 jars)
3 Liquid honey, amber (1 jar)
4 Liquid honey, dark (1 jar)
5 Granulated honey (1 jar)
6 Comb honey – 1 piece 3‖ x 4‖
7 Beeswax – 1 piece 3‖ x 4‖
8 Producers Display – using 4 items from above plus one home baked item. Display must be no larger than 18" wide by 12" deep by 14" high.

Specials
S1 Premier Exhibitor – most points in classes 1 to 8 – perpetual trophy donated