Shows

SWBK Annual Honey Show

Some of the winning entries

Wendens Ambo Village Hall is a great venue for our meetings and those who organised the Meeting have done a good job. Steph kicked off the organisation, Vanessa and Barbara organised the catering (the many contributors of cake, roll etc are thanked), Jane and Richard judged the entries with a a light but informative touch.
We managed a light discussion on the problem of monster bees at this time of the year whilst J and R got on with the judging. In spite of queen replacement, prolific feeding, one of our hives roars like a lion and once interfered with takes half an hour to return to the hive. We are not unique and the discussion was informative.
Jane and Richard emphasised that there were simple things that we could do to improve our honey like clearing crystals, filtering specks of rubbish and not leaving hairs in our honey. Cleaning and polishing the jars and lids and reading the rules carefully (even if apparently stupid) also helps.
It was a pity that there were not more new beekeepers in attendance, this sort of meeting is an excellent learning opportunity.
Thanks, everyone

Yony Yeats
29/09/24