At our apiary meeting this weekend, we extracted honey from supers collected from our Palmsted Wood bees. We also talked about the bottling process, and how you can use the commonsense that should be applied to preparing a foodstuff, to getting a few bottles of honey ready for honey shows. The following links provide some…
Our friends at Dover and District BKA are running their Honey Show on 20th October in Shepherdswell Village Hall. All local beekeepers are welcome to enter the open classes in the Show, and we’ve often had good success when members have joined in this very traditional of autumn activities. Please find attached the Dover Honey…
You may not have realised, but the East Kent Ploughing Match does have an element of Honey Show. There are open classes for both set and liquid honey. Please download and print off a Show schedule, if interested. ekpma – honey show Sept 2016 The East Kent Ploughing Match will be held on 28th September in…
In the hopes that plenty of honey will be collected through July and August, it’s timely to remind members that the association has a 4-frame extractor and settling tank. Chris Bailes is coordinating the borrowing of the extractor. He would prefer bookings to be made on his home telephone number of 01227768470. There is…
The Dover Honey Show is at Alkham Village Hall on Saturday 22nd October. In recent years, CBKA have been strong supporters of the show, both as competition entrants, and even winners. We have provided the winners of the Novice honey category in both 2009 and 2010, and therefore have a reputation to preserve. Please support…
