Following the recent presentation by Mark Millard, here are sone suggestions:
- Start early preparing your exhibits!
- Jar up your honey at least a week before the show, so it has time to settle and for bubbles to come to the surface. Keep it in a warm room to help this.
- Cling film is the beekeepers friend, use it to clear the surface of honey of any tiny bubbles or traces of skum.
- Don’t worry about ‘travel stains’ on the inside lids of your honey, judges make allowances for car journeys. It’s more important to not open the lid 3 days before the show, so the aroma builds under the lid
- Filter your honey using a double mesh filter and a 200 micron filter bag to improve its clarity and remove all foreign bodies eg propolis. Keep all equipment and jars scrupulously clean.
- Use honey cappings to create the best wax products. Don’t use brood wax or dark wax collected during inspections
- Improve the quality of your wax by filtering it through j cloths, nappy liners and / or lint
- Enjoy the process and be proud of the products you’ve created!