NJBA
2012 Honey Show
Feb 2, 2012 - From NJBA: Now’s your chance to show off your hard work and make an entry (or entries) in the NJBA Annual Honey Show! It’s very easy to prepare entries, and you have the
chance of not only winning a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place ribbon in any one of 20 classes, but also rosettes in Best of Division in six divisions (Extracted Honey, Honey Comb & Spreads, Mead, Beeswax, Cosmetics and
Photography). There are also rosettes for Best of Show (based on a single entry) and Best Exhibitor (based on accumulation of points for all an exhibitor’s entries). There are cash prizes too!
You can give your entries to any attending member of the Executive Board prior to their meeting on Thursday, February 16, 2012. I will canvas the Executive Board to determine which members will be attending and able to deliver entries and will be sending a follow-up email shortly. Executive Board members are all the state officers and committee chairs, past state president, current branch presidents and secretaries (See the website Organization page for all Executive Board members' contact information.) You’ll definitely be able to drop off your entries with Tim Schuler in Southern NJ or me up in Northern NJ any time prior to February 16th. You can also bring them to the Rutgers EcoComplex in Bordentown, the day of the judging (February 17, 2012) before 9:00 a.m. If none of this works for you, contact me and I will make every effort to arrange to get your entries to the show.
Judging will be on Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. This year, all the entries will remain on display in brand new cases constructed by member Angelo Trapani after the judging until the Winter Meeting and Auction on February 25, 2012. You will be able to view them the week after judging during normal business hours and, of course, at the Winter Meeting prior to the auction of the 1st place winning entries.
I encourage everyone who has three pounds of honey from the 2011 season laying around the house to put together three glass queenline, one-pound jars, slap a label on them and get them entered. Basically, if the jars and lids are clean, they’re filled uniformly and you can’t see air between the honey and the lid, there’s as little foam as possible and you don’t have any bee parts, wax, grass, etc. floating around in it, you’ve got a chance to take home a ribbon, a rosette and some cash (well a check anyway).
Click here for the complete rules and the entry form and blank score sheets (so you can see the criteria and point system used for judging). Click here to enter online. You will receive a confirmation email with a completed entry form that should be submitted with your entries. You can also fax your entries to 908 879-7529. Entries that I receive ahead of time will allow me to prepare the judging sheets ahead of time. Your help is appreciated!
Remember, you have to be a member in good standing to enter. That means you need to pay your 2011 dues if you haven’t already! There is a renewal form for dues in your state newsletter, or click here. Entries that win 1st place are auctioned to members as a fundraiser at the NJBA Winter Meeting which will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012. See the Calendar for details. This meeting is where you pick up your entries, judging sheets, ribbons and prize money. If you don’t plan to attend, you must arrange to have someone in attendance pick up your entries or we can not guarantee that they will get back to you. If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Janet A. Katz, Honey Show Chairperson
webmaster@njbeekeepers.org
www.njbeekeepers.org