The Hertfordshire Beekeepers Autumn Honey Show takes place on Saturday 28th September at the Christchurch Peartree Hall, 20 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1BW.
Doors open at 9.30am and entry to the show is free of charge and open to all. Please sign-up if you’d like to attend, here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hertfordshire-beekeepers-association/herts-beekeepers-autumn-honey-show-2024/e-plmpmd
It features :
- Eleven different competition classes
- Nine that will be judged
- Two people’s choice classes
- Details:
- Schedule of Classes (download)
- Entry Form
- Previous Results
- Presentations
- Light refreshments available throughout the day.
Details of the speakers are available here : Speakers
Programme
| 9.30am | Show opens |
| 10.30am | Competition entries close |
| 10.30am – 11.30am | Speaker : Steve Riley – The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa |
| 11.30am – Noon | Speaker : Richard Ridler – Bees Abroad |
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Speaker : Jane Ridler – Drone Laying Queens and Laying Workers |
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Speaker : Jack Silberrad – Farming for Manuka; Inside New Zealand’s Gold |
| 3.30pm | Results of Honey Competition |
| 4.00pm | Close |
Competition Entry
The competition classes are as follows:
- Super frame ready to extract
- One 1lb jar of runny honey – light colour
- One 1lb jar of runny honey – medium or dark colour
- One 1lb jar of crystallised or soft set honey
- One 1lb jar of honey from a beginner
- One bottle of mead
- One honey cake
- Five beeswax blocks
- Two matching beeswax candles
- Colour or black and white photograph
- Craft item
To enter the honey competition please download the Schedule of Classes document, review the rules for the classes you want to enter and then fill in the entry form:
- Schedule of Classes (download)
- Entry Form
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and cake will be served throughout the day, but please bring your own lunch.
Tickets
Entry to the show is free of charge and open to all.
Please sign-up if you’d like to attend, here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hertfordshire-beekeepers-association/herts-beekeepers-autumn-honey-show-2024/e-plmpmd
Venue
Christchurch Peartree Hall,
20 Tewin Road,
Welwyn Garden City,
AL7 1BW
Contact
For more information, please contact John Palombo at chair@hertsbees.org.uk, or at 01279 501025