Once again, we will be bringing this popular and entertaining event back to the 2013 fall conference. After several years of absence, we had a honey judging contest at our 2012 fall conference. It was a big hit! So we have decided hold a honey judging contest again at our 2013 fall conference. So bring your honey and strut your stuff. Entries can be liquid honey, creamed honey, comb honey and/or bees wax. Michigan Beekeepers Association Honey Show Rules 1.Only members in good standing of the Michigan Beekeepers Association will be allowed to place entries in the show. 2.All entries must have been produced within the last 12 months. 3.All honey entries will have three of each item. (liquid, three one pound jars, comb, three sections, etc.) 4.Exhibitors are allowed one entry per class. 5.Entries must have no identifying labels or marks on the entries other than the marks placed on them by show officials. 6.Color grades are to be determined by the show superintendent, whose decision is final. 7.The show superintendent may refuse entries for reasons he or she believes are just. 8.All entries must be entered and in place before the program begins on Saturday. 9.All entries must be exhibited in clear glass or plastic. In case of a tie and no other way can be found to break the tie glass will be judged over plastic. Comb honey entries in wood may be exhibited in removable cardboard paper cartons. Round sections must have clear covers on both top and bottom. 10.Standard honey jars, Gamber, Queenline, etc are acceptable. No other jars, canning, jelly, etc. will be accepted. 11.Metal or plastic caps may be used. 12.Beeswax-two classes. Class one entries will be three one-pound blocks. Class two is an artistic presentation that shall use a minimum on one pound of beeswax. 13.Decisions of the judges are final. .
